Best Tires for the BMW E61 530d Touring

There is a lot of tire for the money. I wouldnt worry about the wet grip, it is more then enough for normal driving manners. I have driven this tire cross europe in all kinds of weather, high speeds in autobahn, on some bad roads in eastern europe. Overall definitely bang for buck.
The tire is surprisingly comfortable for UHP tire, ride is not harsh and usable in bad roads.
Of course there is less confidence in this tire, when you really start pushing it, then for example PS4S that is on my STI, but so is the price!

Will buy again!

I've been running these tires for a (snowless) year - so while I can't comment on their snow performance, I've got a good feel for them year round.

In warm dry temps the grip is as good as premium branded summers I've driven on other cars, they feel progressive when pushing on, and I'm quite confident pushing them. Don't get me wrong - for a similarly priced summer I'm sure the performance would be greater, but if you're running them through summer the performance is solid. To summarise they feel like 'good,' summers rather than 'premium' winters when driving around in 25C+. Driving normally you don't notice that you're driving on winters. But I wouldn't run them year round unless you can avoid it - see below.

In warm/wet conditions they again do well and resist aquaplaning brilliantly - something the last summer has provided ample opportunity to confirm that.

In colder conditions they do what any good winter tire should - become very grippy. You can feel the traction increase as they temperatures drop and they they start to feel like a 'premium' tire. From 2C and below the change is very noticeable.

Noise and comfort are good and I haven't noticed any noise as another reviewer mentioned.

But if you're planning on running them year round - don't. While grip and performance are more than adequate for summer use, wear has been pretty bad - I've got through a set of rears (down to about 3mm, so below the limit to be useful in snow) in less than a year/10,000 miles. They haven't always been driven conservatively, but that was a surprise.

But I've got a lot of confidence in the Sottozero 3's, so I've ordered a new pair for the rear and will be switching to dedicated summers when the temp increases. Great tire and hopefully I'll be able to update this with snow performance in a few months.

This is its second winter. Just came back from ski trip in Italy and it's performed without fuss in the mountain snow and on 90mph French motorway in both dry and heavy rain. Looks hardly worn with plenty of thread left. Family commented it was very quiet and comfortable for the long journey even though I can tell it's a bit noisier on certain roads compared with the best summer tires. Needless to say my car will go nowhere without these tires in the recent 2013 UK snowfalls esp given our roads are untreated. It's no problem to go over 4 inches of snow. It's not at its best when it's just wet and oily and does slip a bit if you push it but always controllable. If you're wondering, I run only non-RFT on my car! Recommended yes. For some reason it's never picked for any reviews/tests so I can't really tell you how it compares.