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Pirelli Winter Snowcontrol Serie 3 looks discontinued: no new owner reviews or road tests in five years and no current EU tyre label.

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Hankook Winter i cept evo2 vs Pirelli Winter Snowcontrol Serie 3 — Compared

Relative Score (0–100): the weighted average of the categories below, each 60% road tests and 40% owner reviews (comfort 40/60). Based on 5 + 0 road tests and 28 + 0 owner reviews. How we score

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Hankook Winter i cept evo2
Tire AHankook

Winter i cept evo2

Winter

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Tests 67 · 5 tests Owners 71 · 28 reviews

Best test result: #1 of 10 in 2017 Sport Auto Winter Tyre Test (snow braking)

Category by category

Relative Score per category, 0–100. Open “Why this score” for the tests and owner ratings behind it.

  1. 67

    Dry

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    Why this score
    SourceWinter i cept evo2Winter Snowcontrol Serie 3
    Professional tests (TWG score) · 5 / – tests65–
    Reviews found online71–

    Winter i cept evo2: 60% × 64.9 + 40% × 71.3 = 67

  2. 71

    Wet

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    SourceWinter i cept evo2Winter Snowcontrol Serie 3
    Professional tests (TWG score) · 5 / – tests70–
    Reviews found online74–

    Winter i cept evo2: 60% × 70.1 + 40% × 73.5 = 71

  3. 70

    Snow

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    Why this score
    SourceWinter i cept evo2Winter Snowcontrol Serie 3
    Professional tests (TWG score) · 5 / – tests72–
    Reviews found online66–

    Winter i cept evo2: 60% × 72 + 40% × 66.4 = 70

  4. 70

    Comfort

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    Why this score
    SourceWinter i cept evo2Winter Snowcontrol Serie 3
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 69 (est.)–
    Reviews found online71–

    Winter i cept evo2: 40% × 69.5 (est.) + 60% × 71.1 = 70

    No road tests of comfort for Winter i cept evo2. The test half is the tested tires’ average (69): owners’ comfort ratings barely follow the road tests.

  5. 55

    Noise

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    Why this score
    SourceWinter i cept evo2Winter Snowcontrol Serie 3
    Professional tests (TWG score) · 4 / – tests47–
    Reviews found online≈ 67 (est.)–

    Winter i cept evo2: 60% × 47.4 + 40% × 66.6 (est.) = 55

    No owner ratings of noise for Winter i cept evo2. The owner half is the owners’ average (67): owners’ noise ratings barely follow the road tests, so the tests say nothing about how owners would rate it.

  6. 69

    Treadwear

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    Why this score
    SourceWinter i cept evo2Winter Snowcontrol Serie 3
    Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / – tests67–
    Reviews found online73–

    Winter i cept evo2: 60% × 67.1 + 40% × 72.6 = 69

  7. 73

    Handling (owners)

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    Why this score
    SourceWinter i cept evo2Winter Snowcontrol Serie 3
    Reviews found online73–
  8. 59

    Efficiency

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    SourceWinter i cept evo2Winter Snowcontrol Serie 3
    Professional tests (TWG score) · 4 / – tests59–
Scores at a glance
CategoryHankook Winter i cept evo2Pirelli Winter Snowcontrol Serie 3
Relative Score 69 –
Dry 67 –
Wet 71 –
Snow 70 –
Comfort 70 –
Noise 55 –
Treadwear 69 –
Handling (owners) 73 –
Efficiency 59 –

Higher is better. The Relative Score follows your weights below; category scores do not change.

Weight the categories that matter to you

Wet grip starts at “Important”. Treadwear starts at “Neutral” here: road tests measured it for at most one of the two tires, so it rests on owner reviews. Move the sliders and the scores update instantly.

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Winter i cept evo2

Winter Snowcontrol Serie 3

Only categories both tires have data for count toward the headline score.

The professional test results behind the scores

Per discipline: the average % of the best tire over every test both tires were in, and how many of those tests each one won. “Different tests” rows compare results from separate tests.

DisciplineCategoryWinter i cept evo2Winter Snowcontrol Serie 3ΔHead-to-head
Also published by the testers (not in the score)
Overall Ranking Overall #5/11 2019 19 Inch Performance Winter Tyre Test #10/10 2021 Autonavigator Winter Tire Test R16 – Different tests

Pros, cons & observations

Themes extracted from owner reviews found online — not the opinion of TireWheelGuide.

Tire A Winter i cept evo2

Pros

  • Impressive grip and traction on snow and ice
  • High level of ride comfort and low noise levels
  • Good value for money compared to higher-priced premium alternatives

Cons

  • Soft sidewalls or goofy feel on dry roads, particularly in warmer winter temperatures
  • Performance and grip degrade significantly as the tire ages over multiple seasons
  • Can struggle to put down high torque/power on rear-wheel-drive vehicles
All owner themes in the Winter i cept evo2 review

Tire B Winter Snowcontrol Serie 3

Not enough owner reviews yet to extract themes.

Specs side by side

Attribute A · Hankook Winter i cept evo2 B · Pirelli Winter Snowcontrol Serie 3
CategoryWinterWinter tire
Vehicle typePassenger Car / CrossoverPassenger Car / Crossover
Sizes available79—
Rim diameters15″ – 22″—

Which one should you actually buy?

Hankook Winter i cept evo2

Pirelli Winter Snowcontrol Serie 3

Only Hankook Winter i cept evo2 has enough test and review data for a Relative Score, so there is no head-to-head winner yet.

Tire A · Hankook Winter i cept evo2
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Tire B · Pirelli Winter Snowcontrol Serie 3
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How do we compare tires?

Every category score blends two independent signals. 60% comes from professional tire tests (braking distances, lap times, noise measurements), each result compared with every other tire in the same test and newer tests counting more. 40% comes from owner reviews found online, adjusted for how generously each site rates. Both use one scale: the average tested tire gets 70, the best 100. When a tire has only one of the two, the missing half is estimated from the other and the score stays closer to average; with no road test and fewer than five owner reviews it gets no score yet.

Handling is the exception: road tests measure it inside the dry and wet scores, so its own row comes from owner ratings only and starts as less important.

Community buzz from Reddit and forums is shown for context only — it never changes the score. Full methodology