Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3

The new Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3 tire offers outstanding all-season performance, prioritizing safety and comfort. It boasts an 'A' rating on the European tyre label for wet braking and features 3D adaptive sipes for excellent snow grip. The innovative compound ensures effectiveness in a wide range of temperatures, delivering optimal performance in both summer and winter conditions. The SF£ will be available from 16 to 20 inches, with a selection of sizes with the Elect marking, indicating tyres equipped with technology that enhances the characteristics of BEV and PHEV vehicles.

Tyre review data from 17 tyre reviews averaging 84% over 71,305 miles driven, and 7 tests with an average result of 2nd.

Dry Grip 89%
Wet Grip 90%
Road Feedback 84%
Handling 86%
Wear 70%
Comfort 77%
Buy again 88%
Snow Grip 91%
Ice Grip 83%

First On MarketNovember 2023
Wheel Size15 - 20"
Width185 - 255mm
Profile35 - 65
Rolling ResistanceB - C
Wet GripA - A
Noise (dB)69 - 72
Winter Rating3PMSF Rated

The Cinturato All Season SF3 is ranked 8th of 59 All Season Premium Touring tyres.

This tyre replaced the Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF2.

In Depth Tyre Comparisons

Tests Included

7

Best Result

1st

Worst Result

5th

Average Result

2nd

Latest Tyre Test Results

The Best All Season Tyres for 2024
3rd of 7 tyres
  • Best in dry with shortest braking distance and fastest lap time, very good in wet, best aquaplaning resistance on test, very good in snow traction and snow handling, best ice traction, low noise.
  • Slightly extended snow braking, highest wear resulting in lowest overall value.
  • The Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3 would have been the test winner if I hadn't tested wear, and honestly, was my favorite tyre to drive on. It was the best in the dry, one of the best in the wet, very good around snow handling and its rolling resistance was plenty good enough too. The fact it has high wear might not be an issue for some, plus it's not much higher cost per 1000km than the Michelin, but if wear is important to you, then this is not the tyre to buy. Certainly the most summer feeling of all season tyre which will be appealing to some.
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The Best All Season Tyres for 2024 / 2025
1st of 9 tyres
  • Joint highest dry performance rating, top-rated wet performance, second-highest snow performance, above-average ice traction, high comfort rating, second-lowest rolling resistance.
  • None.
  • It's a strong win for the Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3. Pirelli have been rapidly evolving their aftermarket line of tyres recently, and the SF series has been through multiple iterations to get to this point, and it's been worth it. The tyre was joint best in the dry, the best in the wet, second best overall in the snow, good on ice, comfortable and had the second best rolling resistance. It's a hugely impressive tyre.
Test Winner 2024 All Season 19" Test Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3 View Full Test >>
2024 Sports Car All Season Tyre Test
1st of 13 tyres
  • New all-season tyre with convincing driving characteristics in all weather conditions, dynamic handling qualities, direct steering response, exemplary aquaplaning characteristics.
  • None mentioned.
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SizeFuelWetNoise
15 inch
185/65R15 92 V XLCA71
16 inch
205/55R16 94 V XLCA72
205/60R16 96 V XLCA72
215/60R16 99 V XLBA72
17 inch
225/50R17 98 W XLCA72
225/45R17 94 W XLCA71
215/55R17 98 W XLCA69
205/50R17 93 W XLBA72
225/60R17 103 V XLBA72
18 inch
225/40R18 92 Y XLCA71
245/45R18 100 Y XLBA71
245/40R18 97 Y XLCA71
255/35R18 94 Y XLCA71
19 inch
235/35R19 91 Y XLCA71
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Size Price Range  
185/65 R15 £97.25 - £97.25 (1 Prices) Compare Prices >>
195/55 R16 £140.88 - £143.28 (2 Prices) Compare Prices >>
205/50 R17 £153.17 - £153.17 (1 Prices) Compare Prices >>
205/60 R16 £148.49 - £150.89 (2 Prices) Compare Prices >>
225/45 R17 £118.92 - £126.60 (2 Prices) Compare Prices >>
235/45 R17 £138.58 - £153.21 (2 Prices) Compare Prices >>
Available in 46 tyre sizes - View all.

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Top 3 Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3 Reviews

Given 80% while driving a BMW m2 (255/35 R19) on a combination of roads for 3,000 spirited miles
Genuinely seriously impressive tyre. I decided to use these as a winter tyre as I live in Scotland.

In dry conditions manages to have acceptable levels of grip in a straight line, slight wheel spin sometimes but cannot complain since the M2 is RWD 365bhp.

Very strong tyre in the dry and super progressive, really lets you know when it does begin to slip when doing spirited driving. A big strong point as these tyres still allow the vehicle to be driven in a sporting manner.

In the wet they are okay for wet straight line grip, it spins up pretty easy in 1st and 2nd gear. Regardless still catches grip eventually, the handling in the wet is also okay, nothing special and is nicely progressive when the car does begin to slip away while cornering.

They are also amazing at aquaplane resistance, never met a puddle that caused the car to lose control, and I’ve been through a good few storms on the motorway with standing water, been through large street puddles/low floods. Can really have confidence driving through very poor storm like rainy conditions

In the snow these tyres are brilliant, couldn’t complain at all. Was able to drive this powerful rear wheel drive without any problems in multiple inches of snow. I could rely on cornering grip (great and predictable snow drifts) it stopped well in the snow too and could go up and down snowy hills without a sweat. Genuinely very impressed and gives me great confidence for poor weather conditions.

In icy/frosty conditions, they seem to be great, pretty much felt the similar to the wet weather grip levels. Tyres seem pretty good in minus temperatures, won’t blow your socks off but will absolutely keep you safe.

All in all, after being able to test the tyres over a period of 3000 miles through various winter and mild conditions, I will only buy these going forward even with the price premium.

I feel like it allows my performance car to still be a performance car in the colder months. It also gives me peace of mind driving through the most adverse of conditions.
Helpful 131 - tyre reviewed on December 23, 2024
Given 96% while driving a Renault Megane (205/50 R17) on a combination of roads for 20,000 spirited miles
Before these tyres I drove Kumho Solus all season tyres and was disappointed with them. They lasted 40 000 km, but grip was average on dry, bad on wet and when I tried them in snow I only managed to drive half way up a snowy road close to my house where I live.

After a lot of thinking and calculating once again I decided to buy all season tyres since buying two sets of premium winter and summer tyres is nowadays rather expensive (especially if you drive 35 000 km per year as I do). But this time I watched probably every possible review of every tyre ever made.

And that's how I ended up buying these Pirelli tyres. And they are amazing. I've driven them for about 2000 km. On dry roads almost every tyre will be ok, the question was how are they going to behave on wet roads and in the snow? I really pushed them to the limit in these conditions and they performed great. Grip in wet is amazing, tyres are giving me a lot of confidence. This year I went to the exact snowy hill to compare them with before mentioned Kumho tyres and they performed great, climbing up a snowy and muddy road without a problem.

They will probably not last as long as Kumho but we'll see.

All in all, I would definitely recommend these tyres.
Helpful 89 - tyre reviewed on January 7, 2025
Given 87% while driving a Lancia Delta 1.4 Multiair (225/45 R17) on a combination of roads for 6,000 average miles
I’m going to leave this mini-review here, even though I haven’t tested them in the fall/winter. They have been on the car for about 4 months and 6000 kilometers.

These are absolutely incredible tyres, especially considering the fact that they are all season. Dry and wet grip is really good, braking is safe and the handling is really nice.
I think they were the best decision for this car in the family and if they behave good in the winter, be it on snow or at low temperatures, I’ll get them for the other car in the family.

Been looking for more reviews for them in that aspect and I haven’t seen many, that’s why I decided to leave my (short) experience here.
Also, the wear is really good so far. I believe that if they last for 30.000 kilometers or three years, it would be a good deal.
Really safe and nice tyres overall.
Will be back in the spring with the experience after driving them in the fall & winter.
Helpful 90 - tyre reviewed on July 16, 2024
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Latest Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3 Reviews

Given 100% while driving a Opel Insignia Sports Tourer Biturbo 4x4 (235/45 R18) on a combination of roads for 40,000 average miles
Best all season tyers ! 10/10
Helpful 0 - tyre reviewed on January 13, 2025
Given 75% while driving a BMW 1 series M pack (195/55 R16) on mostly country roads for 1,000 easy going miles
I am back with a winter review,
The tire behaves just fine until around -5 degrees on dry/wet/ asphalt and are good on mud or a little fresh snow.

On old frozen snow however they will get you moving, but you don't feel that the tire grips in any way, these tires will allow you to move slowly in a mostly straight direction. Basically you give a little gas and hope that you move somewhere, every second on snow will sound nerve-wracking - still the traction control will rarely intervene. If there is ice the car will just slide randomly when braking but the tires allow you to always stop. If you keep the speed steady and slow it maintains direction without issues even in tight corners, when you lose control the car just slides and the only thing you can do is to stop it.

My car is RWD and I wouldn't really dare to go up a large hill with snow/ice with these tires unless absolutely necessary. The car slides/spins in place whenever one has to go up on an icy/snowy ramp from a full stop. They will get you up the hill if you insist, but if you don't have a lot of space around you will slide left-right and hit the edge of the road.

At around -10 degrees or lower it starts to feel too hard and slides as soon as you hit some gravel with ice/snow on a half cleaned road, brake a little harder and you slide like a sleigh. I don't know if I would want to test these without snow chains/socks at -20 degrees or lower and fully snow covered roads because the lower the temperature the lower the feel of grip in the steering wheel.

TLDR: I won't say it's a bad tire because it will allow you to move and stop just fine if you have space, otherwise the car felt like a sleigh going sideways more than I would have liked. I managed to get up and down on 20-30% ramps with snow, however in very tight spaces I was very lucky that I didn't hit the car because the car slid sideways a lot when braking. You have to also always pay attention when joining a main road from a snowy road, the rear tires will slide sideways.
Helpful 1 - tyre reviewed on January 13, 2025
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Given 81% while driving a Mazda 2009 Mazda 6 2.5 (205/60 R16) on a combination of roads for 3,000 spirited miles
Bought them as replacement for old Michelin Alpin 5s, only to use them in winter, I live in mild climate, mostly city and some backroad and highway driving. I usually push the car way above legal limits on dry, have GY Asymmetric 6 for summer, those have no limit on average 170hp family sedan. Pirellis compare really good on dry, its just the tire to buy when you want to keep some of the summer tire feeling during winter, not really sporty, but comfortable and really showcase where the limit is on turns when around 0 celsius temperatures. In wet and rain they are little bit better than winter tire, but not as good as summer tire. Havent had any snow this year yet, but last weekend during ice storm, on clean ice they were surprisingly good.

On the downside, when temps drop below -5 C, they lose some dry grip, compound becomes too hard.
Helpful 0 - tyre reviewed on January 10, 2025
Given 81% while driving a Honda Civic 1.5T (235/45 R17) on mostly country roads for 1,500 spirited miles
Pretty impressed with these, but they do have some limitations. I replaced some Bridgestone full winter tyres with these and they don't have the snow grip of that full winter, which probably stands to reason, but it's not a huge distance off it. What they do well is limit the float that some winter tyres come with when the car moves around on the tread block, it's still there, but tolerable. Some winter tyres really are unnerving for that and I'm sure going to an all season has mitigated an amount of this.
As I'm using these effectively like a set of winter tyres, I'm not wholly bothered by dry grip in the higher temps, these aren't a patch on my Goodyear ays 6's, but they're ok for the dryer winter days that they will encounter. Comfort wise, they are pretty good. Road noise on the civic isn't that well suppressed and these tyres are definitely quiet compared to any thing else I've had on, and I've had a fair amount of brands on this car. One thing they do though is best described as sing to you when you really start to lean on them, not annoying, but noticeable.
I can't comment on wear as yet due to the lack of mileage. Overall, as a replacement for a premium winter tyres, I'm very happy. They get you going in the snow, stop you pretty well and they do inspire some confidence when you want to press on.
Helpful 2 - tyre reviewed on January 6, 2025
Given 80% while driving a Volkswagen T Roc (215/50 R18) on a combination of roads for 2,000 easy going miles
Good tire. Good handling on wet and dry. Consumption defect.
Helpful 1 - tyre reviewed on January 6, 2025
Given 83% while driving a Toyota Corolla (225/45 R17) on a combination of roads for 1,500 easy going miles
These are my first all-season tyres. I live in Slovakia under the mountains, so I was really hesitant about getting them, but my first experience is very good and I am impressed. I have them fitted from November and I already experienced temperature from +15 to -10 °C. I am very impressed with SF3 during dry condition and also during wet condition, it is much better experience then winter tyres also in temperatures under 0 °C.

At first, I was not sure about snow traction...but after it gets me on steep hill without even slipping in 5cm fresh snow I could not believe it. Also I experienced several pass via mountain pass one time with heavy snow, and I was also not a problem. I didn´t feel huge difference between Pirellis SF3 and other premium winter tyres. Since my car is FWD...for extra traction when I go skiing I bought also set of sock chains, but I didn´t need them so far...

Now I am curious how they will handle hot temperatures during summer.
Helpful 2 - tyre reviewed on January 3, 2025
Given 65% while driving a Audi a3 8v sportback 2.0tdi quattro 150cv (225/40 R18) on a combination of roads for 3,000 spirited miles
Very noisy on rough surfaces, it seems to suffer from potholes because it drags a lot more noise, excellent support on wet surfaces, in my opinion it suffers a bit from aquaplaning. Average braking on wet surfaces.
On dry surfaces I noticed that it delays the steering response, it seems to float and then leans on the curve, definitely an excellent grip but you have to understand this behavior.
I came from the icep evo 3 and the steering response seemed more direct and sporty as the sensation of aquaplaning was better but on wet surfaces they were k.o. Compared to the SF3. I have to try it on snow, I hope I won't be disappointed by the grip on snow
Helpful 10 - tyre reviewed on December 11, 2024
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In tests so far the SF3 has been excellent in aquaplaning, but coming from a summer tyre braking will feel a little different. You should be impressed with the snow performance.
Given 95% while driving a Honda ZR V SPORT e:HEV (225/55 R18) on a combination of roads for 4,000 spirited miles
Amazing tires. Absolute champions in the wet, great handling in the dry, sporty feel. Matched up with an FWD SUV vehicle you will not have any problems. One thing of note, they are less sporty in the dry than the original summer tires.
Helpful 17 - tyre reviewed on November 3, 2024
Given 80% while driving a Skoda Kamiq (205/55 R17) on a combination of roads for 0 average miles
Pirelli cinturato all seasons SF3 tires replace Continental ecocontact 6. I am satisfied. Better handling on dry and wet. Less rolling, reinforced tire. On the other hand, more rolling noise.
Helpful 12 - tyre reviewed on October 31, 2024
Given 88% while driving a BMW 440i Gran Coupe M Sport (245/45 R18) on a combination of roads for 800 average miles
Had these to prepare for UK winter conditions for safety over my summer tyres (Goodyear Eagle F1 5), and already can feel improved comfort and ride. It's hard to describe really but it just feels better to drive.
Wet is fantastic and I feel much more confident on such surfaces at higher speeds. Dry is the same, and I mostly drive on both country and town roads. Have experienced motorway with these too and the same feeling of confidence and comfort. So I couldn't be happier with the tyres.

Yet to experience the tyres on ice or snow but I've full faith in them.
Helpful 12 - tyre reviewed on October 28, 2024
Given 100% while driving a BMW 120i M Sport (195/55 R16) on mostly town for 5 spirited miles
Initial impressions: The tire is silent compared to 18 inch Michelin Pilot Sport 5's and takes bumps well for an XL tire.

Turning feels really nice at 15 degrees celsius in the dry, I am very happy with Pirelli so far, I'd even say that now my front wheels turn too quickly, I have to get used to smaller tires. Some of the tires were lightly bulged out of the factory, but still in spec for a small car. (Balanced with Hunter Road Force Elite)

I'll return with a winter review.
Helpful 19 - tyre reviewed on October 25, 2024
Given 85% while driving a Nissan Juke (225/45 R19) on a combination of roads for 2,000 average miles
It has definitely been a choice that improved the driving comfort of my car. I’m pleased with the road handling. I’ve had the chance to drive around 3,000 km without experiencing any issues. With my B-segment SUV, I can now take turns more easily, and I’m satisfied with the braking distance. Both dry and wet grip have shown a significant improvement for me. The performance and safety level of my vehicle have definitely increased. I haven’t noticed a difference in fuel consumption compared to my previous tires yet. Although the suspension of my B-segment SUV is medium-firm, I feel less impact from bumps and potholes on the road, and I can notice the difference in comfort. I haven’t had the chance to try it on snow or icy roads, but I’m confident it will perform well.
Helpful 14 - tyre reviewed on October 22, 2024