Here at SimpleTire we’ve gone through and compiled some of the best tire choices for your Volvo S90, including all-season, ultra-high-performance all-season, and winter tire choices, ranked in Best/Great/Good order. We then break down the SimpleScore ratings for traction, handling, and longevity using our system that looks at data points in each area and assigns a numerical score. Ready? Let’s get started:
1. Pirelli Cinturato P7 All Season: Best All-Season tire
Let’s start this roundup with the Pirelli Cinturato P7 All Season. The Cinturato P7 All Season has a handling score of 9.6, thanks to compact central blocks and robust construction that minimizes tread squirm and tire distortion during hard cornering. Wet and dry grip are enhanced by a next-generation rubber compound and a combination of sipes, lateral grooves, and circumferential grooves that work as a system to expel water from the tire’s contact patch, resist hydroplaning, and boost winter traction for a traction score of 9.8. The Cinturato P7 All Season does fall a bit when it comes to longevity, with no mileage warranty and a SimpleScore of 8.5. It’s worth noting, though, that this tire is available with run-flat technology, a reinforced sidewall design that allows a driver to go as far as another 50 miles at 50 mph even after a complete loss of inflation pressure. With low rolling resistance, low noise, a forgiving ride, composed road manners, and great handling, the Pirelli Cinturato P7 All Season is a great pick.
2. Bridgestone Potenza Sport A/S: Best UHP All-Season tire
Here’s a tire that delivers the inspiring cornering ability, braking performance, steering response, and road manners of a UHP tire with all-season versatility: the Bridgestone Potenza Sport A/S. The Potenza Sport A/S features Bridgestone’s PeakLife Polymer rubber compound and a 50,000 mile warranty, for a SimpleScore of 8.9 for longevity. Handling properties put it in the UHP category thanks to a reinforced shoulder and sidewall that resist deformation during hard cornering and a solid rib design for a SimpleScore of 9.5. Year-round grip comes from full-depth 3D sipes and biting edges, circumferential and lateral grooves, and open shoulders with slots for water evacuation, all of which allowed us to award the tire a 9.5 in traction. The Potenza Sport A/S is quiet, refined, and nimble, making it a great candidate for the Volvo S90.
3. Nokian Hakkapeliitta R5: Best Winter tire
You’d probably expect any tire company based in Finland to have plenty of experience designing tires for a tough Scandinavian winter and you’d be correct in that assumption. Nokian (yes, the same parent company as Nokia phones) has invested decades of work in designing next-generation winter tires, and the Hakkapeliitta R5 is packed with innovations and features to get you through the demands of winter driving. The Hakkapeliitta R5 is a far cry from the heavy, noisy, clunky “snow tires” of 40 years ago, with its low rolling resistance, the Hakkapeliitta R5 is a great candidate for a winter tire for EVs. The Double Block Grip pattern is designed for nimble, responsive handling and cornering as well as tenacious winter grip, with SimpleScores of 9.9 for traction and 8.6 for handling. Arctic Grip Crystals melded into the tread are designed to deliver the same kind of confident grip you’d expect with a studded winter tire, except without the damage to pavement surfaces, excess noise, and legal restrictions that always accompany studded tires. The tread compound and construction of the Nokian Hakkapeliitta R5 is also tough and durable, for a SimpleScore of 9.2 for longevity. As always, the Hakkapeliitta R5 shouldn’t be used in warmer conditions. The softer, more flexible tread formulation of winter tires will wear quickly in warmer weather and shouldn’t be used if temps are above 45 degrees F. In case you’re curious about the name, “Hakkapeliitta” is the Finnish word for that country’s 17th-century cavalry troops. The Hakkapeliitta R5 is, as you’d expect, Three Peak Mountain Snowflake certified.
While these are the best Volvo S90 tires on the market, there are plenty of other options to consider:
4. Falken Azenis FK460 A/S: Great UHP All-Season tire
We’ve been impressed by pretty much everything from the Falken brand for a while, and the Azenis FK460 A/S is no exception. The Falken Azenis FK460 A/S has dependable, confident grip in wet or dry weather, with its advanced 4D Nano rubber compound, circumferential grooves with chamfered edges, Emerging Grooves that open up more for extended performance as the tire’s tread depth wears down, and Canyon Groove Tech that delivers enhanced grip in wet or wintry conditions for a traction score of 8.6. That 4D Nano tread formulation is part of why the Azenis FK460 A/S is covered by a 50,000 mile warranty, for a SimpleScore of 9.1 for longevity. Steering response, cornering, road manners, and braking performance are all strong points of this tire, for a SimpleScore of 8.8 for handling. We’ll also point out here that the Azenis FK460 A/S is quiet and composed on the highway, with grooves that are acoustically tuned to cut down on wind noise and cancel certain frequencies to keep road noise to a minimum.
5. Nitto Motivo - Great All-Season tire
We’re going to close out this list with the Nitto Motivo, a great value in an all-season tire that drivers love for its year-round traction along with a quiet, accommodating ride and excellent wear properties. The Nitto Motivo is designed with an asymmetrical tread pattern, reinforced shoulders, solid center rib, Nitto’s 3D multiwave sipes, and silica-rich rubber compound that deliver responsive cornering as well as all-season grip, for a SimpleScore of 8.8 in handling and 8.6 in traction. Nitto covers the Motivo with a 60,000 mile limited manufacturer tread life warranty, which we figured was enough for a SimpleScore of 8.1 for longevity. The Motivo is also designed with alignment indicators that can alert a driver to premature, uneven wear in case your wheel alignment is out of spec, something we consider to be a nice touch. In addition, the Nitto Motivo’s USA-made tire manufacturing processes have the goal of producing a tire that’s more uniform and consistent, contributing to a quiet, supple ride by blocking out road irregularities and vibrations.
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