Passenger Car Winter Premium Touring Tires

Good in both dry and wet conditions; ideal for cold mountain regions.

After one winter season in the Alps and driven about 6.500 km , grip in snow and ice is good but wear is as poor as for the previous generation of blizzaks : lost 1 mm in only 6500 km ! Driving gently ...

These tires use nylon cords so they flat spot very easily. They came on a car I bought used and the could not be road-force balanced to within spec. They drive alright but I just wish they were rounder. You can hear the road force variation in the tread noise as you drive down the road. They definitely wear better than the Blizzak WS90s that I had on a previous car and they probably grip better in the dry and wet as well. Snow grip was decent when they were newer but has fallen off as the tires wore out, I didn't find ice grip to ever be that great. Overall would not buy again, mainly because of how not-round they are and how easily they flat spot.

A very good winter tire, very durable, incredible bite in the snow. <br />
A car wearing these can traverse some serious snow inclines.

Had the tires for about 6000km, although, I bought them as I bought the new car (Forester XT), so I couldn't compare it with the platform I already knew. Anyway, I've done about 3000km is some bad weather, snow, mountain passes, ice, and I couldn't believe how good the tires were! Yes, there is a new 4x4 beneath me, but even on slopes in deep snow when I tried to accelerate harder (playing to find the grip) the car just goes, didn't stop. On roundabouts cars in front of me were sliding (icy rain that night) but XT stayed planted (low speed of course). With nicer/hotter weather the rain came, and i was expecting a few (uphill) slips here and there (there are quite a few patches that are really steep and slippery concrete here) and the car was planted (I even stopped and continued at the middle of the slope to see how it would've coped, and it was like I was on level ground, not even TC kicked in, nothing). When I got the feel for the car I tried to push it couple of times just to try to see what's it like on the limit, and it's so hard to get any of the systems to activate (ABS, TC, a bit of slip). One time, since I come from 20 years of driving hot hatches, I did enter more aggressive into a long right hand turn during rain, and the back end stepped out but nicely, it wasn't snappy, totally controllable (I know it's not too much of a useful info for this type of car/application, but still). Either way, it can't all be down to the car, tires made the connection with the surface, and the smile on my face (surprise) was the same when I tried Super Sports fro the first time on my JCW more then 10 years ago. Anyway, now I'm thinking of buying Cinturatos for the summer!

For a first time driver in southern Ontario, these tires gave me confidence to drive in deep snow days. Especially for the price these tires hold their own. For city driving, these tires provide a healthy level of grip in snow and slush and didn't ever do anything unexpected. On highways covered in Ontario snow, the WinterCraft WP72 is similarly straightforward but at higher speeds the grip level becomes a little more vague on a lane change. Nothing jarring or dangerous, and the tires do communicate the limit fairly well. I found that in icy conditions these tires give out more so than in other settings. Depending on how much load you have going into icy corners, you may find this tire doesn't give you the best indication to slow down before losing grip. The one major drawback of this tire is the noise at highway speeds. Nothing unbearable but these winters drone more than a comfy all season would. If you're looking for a dead quiet tire this isn't it but for an affordable price these are great winters.

well, they last only for 2 winters, around 15000 km. what a shame. In a smart forfour, probably with misaligned wheels (totally slicks outside, ok inside) but it was a bad surprise. But they do grip wonderfull on wet, that's for sure

Just bought the Hakkas after needing to replace the Michelin X-ice snow 4 that I been using since 2021. Did my first 100 miles and there is my first impression:<br />
1. Grip on dry and wet asphalt is much worse than with Michelin, but still much better than Sailun or other cheap winter tires.<br />
2. Nokian Hakka 10 has noticeable spike noise while driving and breaking , Michelin x-ice snow 4 you can hear spikes only when breaking. <br />
3. In corners and b road twist you can feel that car is riding on metal more, and that means the tire has less grip and car feel almost wobbly. Definitely the Michelin did the better job for road handling, according and breaking on dry and wet road. <br />
Haven’t had a chance to drive on ice and snow yet ( spring hit early) but will update the review after winter is back again.

Positive:<br />
The tires work well on wet and dry roads, they offer enough traction to not spin the wheels even under strong acceleration. <br />
In the corners they offer good grip, you can clearly feel the car starting to understeer when getting to the grip limit in corners, there is no sudden loss of traction or snap-oversteer.<br />
The tires seems to wear slowly and evenly.<br />
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Neutral:<br />
Snow traction, mainly on a few cm of fresh snow and snow slush, seems good, but is also limited by the car being rear-wheel-drive without a locking differential. <br />
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Negative:<br />
With the tires being the Runflat "Driveguard" variant, the ride can be harsh and the noiselevels are subjectively high. There is a loud humming sound between roughly 80 and 90 kmh (50-55 mph) which can be quite annoying. The noise is most noticable at city speeds, on the highway at over 100 kmh (60mph) the noise starts to reduce and is not intrusive anymore.

Excellent winter tires, outstanding grip in all winter conditions in the Alps. The overall handling is very predictable. The tires offer a safe driving exprience and are relatively quiet. I can definitely recommend them.

I live in Sweden where winter tires is really important. I've tried Nokian Hakkapeliitta R5 in the past and thought they were great. But these new Pirelli Ice friction is something else! The snow grip is incredibly precise and the feedback you get from them makes the slides predicable even at higher speeds. The ice grip also is quite good, starts and braking are predictable which is nice (but nothing compared to a studded tire). The comfort aspect of it all is quite good in my initial impression. The noise level is quite low and the ride is also great! Changing conditions is not a problem for these tires in my experience, going down a twisty backroad with sections of ice, snow and dry ground in 70+kph being no problem at all! The wet is somewhat of a weakness of this tire with aquaplaining being a problem quite frequently (very common issue with these nordic winter tires though). Although it handles the wet better than the rival Nokian R5.