Best Tires for the Alfa Romeo Stelvio 2.9T V6 Quadrifoglio

Using these for second season for about 3-4 months in winter only. DOT 2023 . First season I didn't had chance to drive in real winter snow/ice conditions. Overall these handle fine in dry and wet. Yesterday we had a lot of snow, ice and water and I can only say .........if you want to live don't ever buy this tire and use it in winter conditions !!!! Absolutely horrible traction, braking and handling in winter conditions. I was very lucky I survived yesterday. The tires feels very hard after just around 3-4K km and absolutely useless in snow and ice. I never had such bad experience with any premium tire in my driver life which is around 30 years. The pressure is at factory recommendations and the tires were kept in closed excellent conditions when not driven. I don't know what exactly did the guys at Continental but I guess the rubber compound is terribly mistaken at the factory. Hard as hell . Before I bought them I looked to all the tests from everywhere and this awful tire was always in the top 3 in the tests ???? I will never buy whatever from Continental in my life again !!!

Much better than I thought. Wet excellent dry fine. I would try something else next time as when wear down to 4mm they are noisy. Sidewalls are ok softish load rating. Car is Stelvio QF so powerful heavyish. I don’t do track so want same grip but more refinement.

I replaced my originally factory fitted Pirelli P Zero (rear 285/40/20 front 255/45/20) with these Toyo's. The Pirelli's were almost gone when replacing. I have had a hugh doubt what the replace the Pirelli's, because of prices differ amazingly. In the end I took the gamble with these Toyo's. They were average 155 euro's per tire, the Pirelli's would come in at 300 euro's. So basically they are half price. I would fear I would loss sportiness. My Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio is a crazy sporty car for beiing a SUV. With (now) 580HP it put the tires under hugh pressure. The fact of the matter is that I feel I have lost 5% sportiness but gained about 30% comfort. And that is really welcoming. My wife really asked me: why is the car so quiet and why does it feels so luxerious. Ok, the Pirelli's were really worn out, but then again, the difference is really hugh. With normal and sporty driving you feel no difference in sportiness. It's only when you really going to push, you feel a slightly "softer" sidewall. Well, still the sidewall is incredibly stiff. Maybe the Pirelli's are just overdone, and this Toyo's is right were it should be. On the edge they are predictable and well behaving. The design is good (almost same side wall design and also tire pattern). The rear tires a slightly different to the front. Above 285 width Toyo puts a very tiny center pattern on the tire to increase straight stability. You can really feel how stable the tires are at greater speeds. I cannot say other then I absolutely fell in love with the tires. In this size for this car absolutely recommendable. Amazing value for money.