P Zero Nero All-Season is Pirelli’s ultra-high performance tire. Nero in the name means black in Italian. As a consequence, these tires look like lustered tires in their nature. Moreover, this tire is an over-notched version of Pirelli P Zero Nero M&S. They even have a special name for this design. Pinna! However, Pinna brings advantages and disadvantages. Let’s dig into it and see them!
| Pirelli P Zero Nero All-Season | |
|---|---|
| Best for | Nimble and sporty drivers who need some traction in the snow |
| Test Report | vs ExtremeContact DWS & F1 Asymmetric All-Season |
| Category | Ultra High Performane All-Season |
| Vehicle | High-powered sport cars |
| Weight | 22 – 35 lbs |
| Made In | USA |
| Warranty | 45,000 Miles |
| Available Sizes (Rim) | 17”, 18”, 19”, 20” |
| Labels | M+S |
As a former Bridgestone engineer, from my standpoint, P Zero Nero All Season has a quick steering response and satisfying dry grip. Furthermore, regardless of your speed, it’s a reliable tire on wet grounds. What makes this tire best is its winter capability. It’s a unique tire unless you put it on icy grounds. Pirelli P Zero Nero All Season is a smooth tire and wears evenly unless you rotate your tires regularly.
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| Decen winter performance | Pros are valid if you rotate your tire regularly |
| Reliable wet and dry peformance | Pros are valid if you check your tires’ inflation pressure regularly |
| 45,000 miles treadwear warranty | Due to tires’ high grip capability, it has slow starting |
| Cozy and quiet ride |
Table of Contents
Dry Performance
Dry performance can be evaluated under two different dimensions. Dry performance and handling.
Dry traction is the common feature of P Zero tires(see general review). However, handling is a bit more complicated. Especially, in such designs.
Even though over-notched designs improve the dry traction. I can’t say such a thing for handling. For better understanding, let me explain these features individually.
Dry Traction
Dry traction is mostly related to compounds. P Zero Nero All-Season’s compound is enhanced with silica. That means it’s more flexible and inherently more sticky.
Furthermore, its tread is notched from every aspect. Hence, it has tons of biting sipes that improve the traction in any case.
Dry traction is a can of corn for this tire. It has magnificent dry traction capability. Strongly recommended!
Handling
In the beginning, I thought that handling might be a problem for this tire. Guess what? Not at all.
Pirelli P Zero Nero All-Season has a rigid and continuous center rib that provides a stable ride and quick response. Moreover, its robust shoulders help tire to keep its shape while cornering at high velocity. However, its fluffy compound sometimes causes starting issues. It’s not important for daily driving but if you’re into racing, you better look for something else.
Pirelli P Zero Nero All-Season has decent handling capability.
Wet Performance
Wet performance is where this tire shines. In that case, you probably need two pieces of information. Wet performance at high speed and acceleration or starting.
Regarding start and acceleration, its highly notched rubber gets into the game and provides tons of traction. This tire doesn’t ramp up quickly but it also doesn’t have any spinning issues. So, it has a satisfying wet grip.
About high-speed driving, its decent hydroplaning resistance shows up. Due to its wide and circumferential grooves and open shoulder blocks, it can throw the water out of the tread with ease. So, hydroplaning isn’t something you should worry about. So, feel free to speed up under the pouring rain.
Ride Quality
Ride quality is related to tire uniformity. So, let me tell you something if you have a ride quality problem with the tires like Pirelli, Bridgestone, Michelin; it’s probably your fault.
Premium tire manufacturers have straight limits regarding uniformity. And believe me, for performance tires, these limits are really tight. After the tires are finished on the production line, they get into the control line. If the tire fails on the control line, it’s out.
So, basically, these tires have huge ride quality. However, Pirelli P Zero Nero All-Season is an exceedingly siped tire. If you don’t pay attention to inflation pressure and rotation timing, after a couple of thousand miles, your tires start to vibrate.
Pirelli P Zero Nero All-Season provides satisfying ride quality. Yet, the above point(in red) is your game-changer.
Road Noise
First of all. This tire can’t be quiet as your summer tire. This is an all-season ultra-high-performance tire. When you put that many notches on the tire, sure there will be some noise.
However, in my point of view, the road noise of this tire is reasonable. In fact, it can count as unique. In that case, Pirelli’s noise cancellation system(foam inside of layers that absorb the noise) makes great work.
Pirelli P Zero Nero All-Season is a voiceless tire unless you rotate the tires regularly.
Winter Performance
Winter performance sets this tire apart from other all-season performance tires. Due to its exceedingly notched rubber and soft compound selection, its grip capability is solid. Anyway, for better understanding, I’m going to evaluate its performance under different conditions.
Light Snow
Light snow performance is similar to wet performance. However, the self-cleaning capability is an extra feature that has a huge impact on light snow performance.
Due to its highly notched pattern and soft compound, its gripping capability is huge. Moreover, its sectional design helps it to clean itself in a better way.
I highly recommend this tire for light snow usage.
Deep Snow
Besides the notched pattern, its asymmetrical pattern and robust shoulders provide a decent performance on loose grounds.
Pirelli P Zero Nero All-Season is a decent tire for deep snow usage. Though worth reminding, don’t push the limits to much and don’t use it over 10” snow.
Ice
Its contact patch is fulfilled enough to provide ice traction. Even though it can take you out of unexpected situations, I don’t recommend using these tires on icy ground.
Ice is ice, you better keep it in your mind.
Fuel Efficiency
Due to its heavy-weight internal structure, this tire isn’t a good option for better gas mileage. Yet, I guess gas mileage isn’t your concern since you have been looking for all-season performance tires.
Tread Life
Tread life is related to a couple of things. First compound and second even wearing capability.
Regarding compound, this tire has a soft compound. Moreover, its pattern has tons of biting edges and you need more power to make it move. So, it’s possible to experience rapid wearing.
Another and most crucial thing is even wearing. This tire is built with high technology and if you don’t follow the owner’s manual, you probably get 10,000-20,000 miles maximum. However, with the right inflation pressure and rotation time, it provides at least 40,000 miles which is highly acceptable for a performance tire.
Pirelli P Zero Nero All-Season has a decent tread life.
Note: If you have a vehicle with high camber set up, it might cause irregular wear and decrease tires’ tread life significantly. Therefore, vehicles like Mustang GT aren’t a good fit for these tires.
Getting maximum wear life from a tire is related to you as well as your tire,
If you’d like to learn how to get maximum tread life:
Warranty
Pirelli offers Unlimited Time / 45,000 Miles tread life warranty for this product.
To see the warranty document: https://www.tirerack.com/images/pdf/warranty/PI0921.pdf
Sizes
Most tire sizes begin with modifier letters(P, LT, etc.) that identify the type of vehicle or type of service for which they were designed. Here is a perfect guide for reading tire size –> https://tireterrain.com/how-to-read-tire-size/
| 17” | 18” | 19” | 20” |
|---|---|---|---|
| 215/45R17 91W XL BSW | 215/45R18 93W XL BSW | P 245/40ZR19 98W XL BSW | 245/40ZR20 99W XL BSW |
| P 215/50R17 95V XL BSW | 225/40R18 92H XL BSW | 245/45R19 98V SL BSW | 265/40R20 104H XL BSW |
| 215/55R17 94V SL BSW | P 225/45ZR18 91W SL BSW | P 245/45R19 102H XL BSW | 275/35R20 102W XL BSW |
| 225/45R17 91H SL BSW | 235/40R18 91H SL BSW | P 245/45ZR19 98W SL BSW | 275/40ZR20 106Y XL BSW |
| P 225/50ZR17 98W XL BSW | 235/40R18 95W XL BSW | P 245/50ZR19 104W XL BSW | |
| P 225/55ZR17 97W SL BSW | P 235/50ZR18 97W SL BSW | 255/40ZR19 96W SL BSW | |
| P 235/45ZR17 97W XL BSW | 245/40R18 97V XL BSW | 255/45R19 104H XL BSW | |
| P 235/55ZR17 98W SL BSW | P 245/45ZR18 96W SL BSW | 275/40R19 101V SL BSW | |
| 245/40R17 91H SL BSW | 255/35R18 94H XL BSW | P 275/40R19 105H XL BSW | |
| P 245/45ZR17 95W SL BSW | 255/40R18 99H XL BSW | P 275/40ZR19 101W SL BSW | |
| 255/40R18 99W XL BSW | |||
| 255/45R18 99V SL BSW | |||
| P 255/45ZR18 99W SL BSW | |||
| 265/35R18 97V XL BSW | |||
| 285/35R18 97H SL BSW |
For Better Understanding: 215/55R17 94V SL
215: Tire Width
55: Aspect Ratio
R: Radial
17: Rim Size
94: Load Index
V: Speed Index
SL: Load Range(can be XL also)
Note: This tire name contains ZR instead of R. No worries, that just means this tire is specific for high-speed usage(above 150mph).
Conclusion
Pirelli P Zero Nero All-Season is a trustworthy tire if you follow Pirelli’s recommendations. Yet, you should closely follow this tire for a solid performance. So, I don’t recommend it for those doesn’t like regular tire control.
| Pirelli P Zero Nero All-Season | |
|---|---|
| Best for | Nimble and sporty drivers who need some traction in the snow |
| Test Report | vs ExtremeContact DWS & F1 Asymmetric All-Season |
| Category | Ultra High Performane All-Season |
| Vehicle | High-powered sport cars |
| Weight | 22 – 35 lbs |
| Made In | USA |
| Warranty | 45,000 Miles |
| Available Sizes (Rim) | 17”, 18”, 19”, 20” |
| Labels | M+S |
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