Relative Score (0–100): the weighted average of the categories below, each 60% road tests and 40% owner reviews (comfort 40/60). Based on 2 + 0 road tests and 195 + 5 owner reviews. How we score
Primacy 3 is ahead, 71–59
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Tests 73 · 2 tests Owners 67 · 195 reviews
Best test result: #3 of 20 in 2017 Auto Bild Summer Tyre Test (wear)
“I have just put a new set of Michelin Primacy 3 T0 Acoustics on and they have been faultless. Lots of grip, very quiet etc. They were also good last year in the snow and were from blackcircles for about £240 a tyre.”
Tests – · none yet Owners 55 · 5 reviews
Relative Score per category, 0–100. Open “Why this score” for the tests and owner ratings behind it.
| Source | Primacy 3 | Cinturato P7 All Season Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 2 / – tests | 74 | ≈ 63 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 70 | 55 |
Primacy 3: 60% × 74.2 + 40% × 70 = 73
Cinturato P7 All Season Plus: 60% × 62.8 (est.) + 40% × 55.4 = 60
No road tests of dry for Cinturato P7 All Season Plus. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.42).
| Source | Primacy 3 | Cinturato P7 All Season Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 2 / – tests | 72 | ≈ 63 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 72 | 56 |
Primacy 3: 60% × 71.9 + 40% × 72 = 72
Cinturato P7 All Season Plus: 60% × 62.5 (est.) + 40% × 55.9 = 60
No road tests of wet for Cinturato P7 All Season Plus. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.55).
| Source | Primacy 3 | Cinturato P7 All Season Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) | – | ≈ 64 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | – | 53 |
Cinturato P7 All Season Plus: 60% × 64 (est.) + 40% × 52.7 = 59
No road tests of snow for Cinturato P7 All Season Plus. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.37).
| Source | Primacy 3 | Cinturato P7 All Season Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) | ≈ 69 (est.) | ≈ 67 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 68 | 57 |
Primacy 3: 40% × 68.9 (est.) + 60% × 67.9 = 68
Cinturato P7 All Season Plus: 40% × 66.9 (est.) + 60% × 57.1 = 61
No road tests of comfort for Primacy 3 or Cinturato P7 All Season Plus. The test half is the tested tires’ average (69): owners’ comfort ratings barely follow the road tests.
| Source | Primacy 3 | Cinturato P7 All Season Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / – tests | 73 | ≈ 62 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 57 | 54 |
Primacy 3: 60% × 73.1 + 40% × 56.8 = 67
Cinturato P7 All Season Plus: 60% × 61.8 (est.) + 40% × 53.8 = 59
No road tests of treadwear for Cinturato P7 All Season Plus. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.35).
| Source | Primacy 3 | Cinturato P7 All Season Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Reviews found online | 68 | 52 |
| Category | Michelin Primacy 3 | Pirelli Cinturato P7 All Season Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Relative Score | 71 | 59 |
| Dry | 73 | 60 |
| Wet | 72 | 60 |
| Snow | – | 59 |
| Comfort | 68 | 61 |
| Treadwear | 67 | 59 |
| Handling (owners) | 68 | 52 |
Higher is better. The Relative Score follows your weights below; category scores do not change.
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.
Only one of the two tires has a score here, so this weight changes nothing in the head-to-head.
Primacy 3
Cinturato P7 All Season Plus
Only categories both tires have data for count toward the headline score.
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From Reddit, forums and review threads. Not part of our score
Community members generally view the Michelin Primacy 3 as a quiet, smooth, and capable grand touring tire, with several users highlighting the run-flat (ZP) version as superior in comfort to competing run-flats. However, some drivers report fast tread wear, a harsh ride compared to standard non-run-flat alternatives, and note that the model is older and increasingly replaced by newer generations like the Primacy 4.
“So I have decided there is no way I am paying for the Bridgestone Ecopias at over £200 a tyre, and as such, I have come across the Michelin Primacy 3 on Costco, which I can get fitted for approx £93 a tyre (I only need two on the rear) They seem to have good reviews. My actual tyre size for my i3S should be 195/50 R20, but getting 195/55 R20 instead should only add up to another inch or so in height, so I'm reckoning I should be okay. What are people's thoughts?”
“As Slacktide said Primacy 3 is a grand touring summer tire that has been replaced by the Primacy 4 (some three years ago). It's been quite popular in Europe and tire availability/choice in NA/Europe differ greatly. I'd still recommend both Primacy 3 & 4 if you're looking for a smooth riding summer tire. The Pilot Sport 2 (PS2) has been a great ultra high performance tire some 15 years ago and I had these at that time, but it has been replaced by the PS3, PS4 and the even sportier Pilot SuperSport (PSS) and PS4S. If you want something more performance than the Primacy, I'd consider the PS4. I'm currently running the PS4 on my 911 (205 & 245 16 without Porsche spec) and the PSS both on my Cooper (205/45 R17 BMW/Mini spec) and my GTI (225/40 R18 HN spec). So some kind of a 'Michelin fan' too.”
“Continental DWS06 Plus non-runflats, going on my car next week. Have had OEM Michelin Primacy 3's and they are like driving on bricks. I also ordered an OEM donut spare and jack kit for the trunk. Jack kit goes in lower compartment, spare kept under the horizontal floor net (Coupe).”
Based on 23 community posts
We haven't collected enough community discussion about this tire yet.
| Attribute | A · Michelin Primacy 3 | B · Pirelli Cinturato P7 All Season Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Summer | Premium Touring All Season tire |
| Vehicle type | Passenger Car / Crossover | Passenger Car / Crossover |
| Sizes available | 42 | — |
| Rim diameters | 15″ – 20″ | — |
| Tread depth | — | 10/32″ |
| UTQG | — | 700 A A |
| Treadwear warranty | — | 70,000 mi |
| Sidewall | — | Blackwall |
| Max pressure | — | 50 psi |
Michelin Primacy 3
Pirelli Cinturato P7 All Season Plus
Winner: Michelin Primacy 3 — better handling, dry and wet. It leads or ties in every category we score. Pirelli Cinturato P7 All Season Plus rests on little evidence so far (0 tests, 5 reviews), so read this result as provisional.
Michelin Primacy 3 scores 68 vs 52 on handling.
Michelin Primacy 3 scores 73 vs 60 on dry.
Michelin Primacy 3 scores 72 vs 60 on wet.
Michelin Primacy 3 scores 67 vs 59 on treadwear.
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Michelin Primacy 3, 72 vs 60 on our wet score.
Michelin Primacy 3, 73 vs 60 on our dry score.
Michelin Primacy 3, 68 vs 61 on our comfort score.
Michelin Primacy 3, 67 vs 59 on our treadwear score.
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
