Owners most often praise the Pirelli CINTURATO P7 for dry grip, with dry handling also well regarded. Ride comfort attracts more praise than criticism, although around one in seven owners find the ride harsh. Wet grip is more divisive, with around a quarter praising it and one in seven finding it lacking. Tread life varies considerably, with almost equal numbers reporting long life and rapid wear. Road noise also divides opinion, while around one in ten owners report weak sidewalls, poor steering feedback or punctures.
What owners mention most counted across 155 reviews
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Owner ratings averaged from 193 ratings
Owner score73%
Dry Grip83%
Handling75%
Comfort74%
Road Feedback73%
Wet Grip73%
Wear69%
Pirelli CINTURATO P7 Reviews - Page 5
Score spread across 157 written reviews
miles
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86%
Member
225/60 R16 H
8,000 miles
A Combination of Roads
Spirited
Hello from Italy!
Brand new to replace glorious but already worn ContiEcoContact.
So far (after 10.000 km), satisfied.
Touring tires but with some sporty character, as the old Contis no concern both with dry roads and in the rain, good resistance to aquaplaning, precise breaking with short stopping distance and low fuel consumption.
Excellent road feedback and satisfactorily subjective handling with precise cornering, features somewhat superior as compared with the previous fitted Contis.
Comfortable but not "mushy", however more noisy compared to the Contis.
Relative expensive, I hope in both a reasonable wear and maintenance of the current positive features with time to repay the money spent.
I bought my 2014 Audi a3 2.0tdi with Pirelli P7 cinturato fitted. The front was 50% worn and the rear tyres about 25%. The previous owner hadn't roared regularly. I therfore put the P7s with better tread up front on thr driving wheels.
They are definitely a touring Tyre, and have limited sporty ability, not that that's what I'm after.
In smooth tarmac the P7s will spin or slip and the traction control will intervene
But they are quiet at 120 to 130kph my cruising speeds. They are pretty decent in 2 to 5mm standing water. They communicate quite well with driver. Not as sporty as the Conti SC3 or SC5 but it's a touring tyre. They have handled the occasional rough edged pot hole and they don't drone or whine at cruising speed. A good and recommended touring summer Tyre. Getting a little old. But they atoll work and are recommended for for thr A3.
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I changed from Dunlop Sport Max RT to this Pirelli's P7 cinturatto.
My thoughts:
Dry: good grip, traction and braking. The only drawback is that the sidewalls are soft, so.the cornering is not top notch.
Wet: good overall performance.
Noise: very quiet tires.
Treadwear: so far so good..they are soft compound, still tje wear evenly.
Bottomline: a good overall tire, just it is not a UHP tire, is a Summer Touring tire, for me.it is very similar to the Michelin Primacy3..very similar tire.
If you want a good summer overall tire with good performance this tire is for you...but if you want a UHP tire you better try The Pirelli Sport Dragon or the Pitelli PZero Nero....
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I own a tire sale shop and I decided to use this tires for my Hyundai I20 1.4 L
I put them on my car 5 years after the production date
First they a little bit hard but they got soft after 2 month
Now my car is more comfortable than ever
Braking in dry road is excellent
Very good on wet and the handling is better than what you can ever imagine
They have ran 20000 km and they have 80%
If you drive your car fast and you need the best handling you need these are the best
I had these on my last car for the last four years. Great handling, feedback and braking in the wet and dry with the only downside being that they went a horrible brown colour. This does put me off buying again as they just looked dirty.
My car originally came with Falken tyres which were fairly worn and noisy. When they wore out, I have decided to change to a new set of P7 tyres. Grip is great on both dry and wet roads, handling has also improved. Certainly provides confidence on the roads. So far, have clocked only about 11,000km so still early to comment on the wear rate. So far, I have done a combination of highway and trunk roads driving. Overall very pleased with the tyres. I would say that these are not very quiet tyres but for the above average grip and drive, I have no qualms about it. Will definitelty consider buying P7 again when they are worn out.
Brandon Low
Singapore
There are alot of crappy roads and speed bumps in my city, so I wanted good Tyre comfort and these gave me somewhat of comfort. My other option was blueearth. I'm pretty sure that the pirellis grip much better, in both dry and wet. They're not that loud as some may say. Very normal. Louder than the hushed yokohamas though. Handling is superb. Braking is good but not excellent sometimes, might be due to bad roads.
Fitted as OE on my 2013 X3. Still have 5mm left on the 2nd set after 90k miles. Not great in the snow but I live on the south coast so not a problem for the one occasion in 7 years that I needed it!
These tyres have lasted me 30,000 miles at the front, on mixture of country lanes, motorways (mostly) and in the city. They do wear quite quickly compared to some tyres, however they are very quiet and comfortable to drive on with good grip both in dry and wet conditions.
I drive 26,000 miles per annum to work and back much of which is mway. I have tried many tyres over my 19 years of doing this journey. I'm not a professional tyre tester, but I can tell you in my > 500K miles driven the P7 Cinturaro is the best I've driven as an all round tyre. Hideously uncomfortable in my 118D M Sport BMW (178,000 miles) Run flats. But you know what they are safe , reliable, last long and get you home on a puncture. When you do the miles I do this is a massive plus. Run flats are a love / hate for me.
