Best Tires for the Volvo C30 R Design Sport

After buying my 2nd C30, it came with a brand new set of these tires on the summer wheels. For comparison my previous C30 is on Goodyear eagle f1 supersports. My initial thoughts are that they shouldn't be called intensa UHP 2 but rather intensa touring 2. On hard cornering you feel the tires rolling on the sidewall( this could also be strengthened by the fact that they are 235 on 7.5" rims) and they just don't give you that sporty feeling even on this car which is lowered by about 35mm. Not particularly impressive grip either, as i managed to properly embarrass myself pulling out of the school junction spinning through the entire two first gears without even trying with my 177hp in the dry. On the Goodyears they hook as you go into 2nd gear. All in all not what I would call a UHP tire, and I have now swapped over my wheels and tires from my 1st C30, and will be selling these with that car. Only redeeming quality is the comfort, but personally I would rather have a broken back with sporty handling than comfort without sports.

Recently fitted new all round so can't judge full yet, but I immediately noticed how quiet and smooth they feel compared to my previous little worn, but inadequate 'Event'!!!! tires, and they definitely have much less forward rolling resistance, so I expect they will be better on fuel economy.
Grip already feels really good in both dry and wet conditions, and braking distances have shrunk.
Things will likely change as I put some wear into them, but first impressions are very good, and I'll reserve full judgement until later.

Very impressed, hold the road in both wet and dry conditions, noise levels very low and the ride has improved much more comfortable. The steering feels a touch lighter with these meaning the feedback is a touch less and its to early to say about wear. I have not tried a hard stop and hope I won't have to but overall I'm very happy with these tires and would buy again.

Very impressed, hold the road in both wet and dry conditions, noise levels very low and the ride has improved much more comfortable. The steering feels a touch lighter with these meaning the feedback is a touch less and its to early to say about wear. I have not tried a hard stop and hope I won't have to but overall I'm very happy with these tires and would buy again.

Recently purchase a Volvo C30 D3 2012 R-Design and these tires were already fitted.
I have being driving on them just over one month and I have just ordered up a new set of Michelin Pilot Sport 4 to replace them.I have little faith in these tires and do wonder why some people fit such a poor tire on a reasonably powerful car.In the dry they are just about passable,it's a complete lack of feedback from the tire and the noise given off by them is terrible on certain road surfaces as for wet grip it's very poor and traction brakes very easily with little feedback.
I suggest you give these a wide berth next time some tire outlet suggests them and try and purchase some a tad better.

My experience of Uniroyal is in a friends car, but has prompted me to order a set of 205/55 R16 V91 Rainsport 3's. I have studied many, many reviews, looked at prices on every on line site available and come to the conclusion that these tire are the best choice for me. I was amazed to find no garages here in Torquay sell these tires, and most will only fit tires purchased from them! I found one garage that will fit my tires allowing me to buy at a bargain price online and have them fitted at local garage and old tires disposed of etc. Pointless wasting money on the two other alternatives I considered, Goodyear Efficient Performance and Michelin Cross Climate. Looking forward to great driving even in UK weather.

Zu Beginn hatte ich an den Reifen nichts auszusetzen. Komfort, Geräuschentwicklung und Handhabung war alles ziemlich gut. Nach 15.000 Kilometern hatte ich noch 5mm Profil übrig – gar nicht schlecht, wenn man meinen Fahrstil bedenkt.
Unglücklicherweise muss ich nach noch einmal 13.000 Kilometern ehrlicherweise sagen, dass sie kaum noch oder gar keine Dämpfung mehr bieten und so laut werden, dass ich mehr als einmal mit dem Auto in der Werkstatt war, um die Buchsen überprüfen zu lassen, weil ich mir nicht vorstellen konnte, dass Reifen so einen Lärm machen!!
Das Auto kommt mit trockenen und nassen Bedingungen gut klar, außer am Limit, und das Feedback ist nicht schlecht. Also hier keine Beschwerden. Aber die Seitenwände fühlen sich zu weich an, besonders wenn man ans Limit geht (ärgerlich, wenn man da den Verlust an Komfort bedenkt!).
Pirelli hat hier einen fantastischen Reifen für die ersten 10.000 Kilometer entworfen. Ab dann werden sie zunehmend unbequemer über Unebenheiten und schwammig in Kurven!
Ich kann sie nicht empfehlen – zumal für den Preis, bei dem ich erwartet hätte, dass die guten Eigenschaften auch ein ganzes Reifenleben halten!

Les pneus au départ étaient bien sans défauts. Confort, le bruit et tenue de route étaient plutôt bonnes. Après 10.000 miles j'ai 5mm qui reste, pas si mauvais compte tenu de mon style de conduite.
Malheureusement, après environ 8000 miles je peux honnêtement dire qu'ils fournissent peu ou pas de confort ou de conformité et sont tellement bruyants que la voiture a été au garage à plus d'une occasion pour jeter un oeil tellement je ne pouvais pas comprendre qu'un pneu puisse faire tellement bruit!!

La voiture tient bien sur le sec et le mouillé, sauf si vous la poussez vraiment et la sensation n'est pas mauvaise, donc rien à redire, mais les parois latérales paraissent souples en poussant la voiture (gênant, étant donné le manque de confort!)

Pirelli avait réussi à créer un pneu fantastique pour les 5-8000 premiers miles, qui deviennent corrects sur les bosses, mais spongieux dans les virages !?

Je ne peux pas recommander ces derniers vu le prix, je m'attendais à ce qu'ils aient les mêmes caractéristiques tout au long de la durée de vie des pneus!

Just bought a set for my rears, have had them on the front for about a year and a half. I moved from UHP tires to 'touring' tires to improve wear rate - and it's definitely worked. The pay of is aggressive grip due to a softer sidewall. For daily driving these are great, not so good f spirited driving but that's not what they're made for.

I woul definitely recommend, iv not got them on all corners. Got loads of tread left after about 10k miles, only used a couple of mm

The grip is fantastic wet or dry. To get the economy the tires raise to reduce the contact patch when travelling straight, but this translates to a feeling of instability at speed as the tire raises and drops. The wear rate is horrific, I'm down to the wear limit in 6000 miles. Very disappointed as auto express rated them the best tire 2015, I guess they didn't test wear rates. I will not buy them again. I've ordered some Nokian zLine to replace them.