Pirelli P Zero System looks discontinued: no new owner reviews or road tests in five years and no current EU tyre label.

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Pirelli P Zero System vs Michelin Pilot Super Sport — 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 0 + 1 road tests and 4 + 1,506 owner reviews. How we score

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Pirelli P Zero System
Tire APirelli

P Zero System

Summer tire

Tests – · none yet Owners – · 4 reviews (needs 5)

Michelin Pilot Super Sport
± 6

Tests 75 · 1 test Owners 82 · 1,506 reviews

Best test result: #1 of 9 in 2017 Motor Mag UHP Tyre Test (dry handling)

“Damn. 295s on Style 359Ms? That's pushing it a bit, isn't it? I so desperately wish Michelin would make a 285/30 PSS. I'm running 275/35s now, and while I like the extra rubber on the road, I don't like the increased sidewall height over the OEM 265/35.”

Category by category

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

  1. –

    Dry

    No comparison
    82
    Why this score
    SourceP Zero SystemPilot Super Sport
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 1 tests–77
    Reviews found online–90

    Pilot Super Sport: 60% × 77.5 + 40% × 89.7 = 82

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    Wet

    No comparison
    77
    Why this score
    SourceP Zero SystemPilot Super Sport
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 1 tests–73
    Reviews found online–84

    Pilot Super Sport: 60% × 73 + 40% × 83.6 = 77

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    Comfort

    No comparison
    74
    Why this score
    SourceP Zero SystemPilot Super Sport
    Professional tests (TWG score)–≈ 70 (est.)
    Reviews found online–76

    Pilot Super Sport: 40% × 70.2 (est.) + 60% × 76.2 = 74

    No road tests of comfort for Pilot Super Sport. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.20).

  4. –

    Treadwear

    No comparison
    70
    Why this score
    SourceP Zero SystemPilot Super Sport
    Professional tests (TWG score)–≈ 69 (est.)
    Reviews found online–73

    Pilot Super Sport: 60% × 68.8 (est.) + 40% × 72.7 = 70

    No road tests of treadwear for Pilot Super Sport. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.36).

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    Handling (owners)

    No comparison
    83
    Why this score
    SourceP Zero SystemPilot Super Sport
    Reviews found online–83
Scores at a glance
Pirelli P Zero System vs Michelin Pilot Super Sport: scores by category (0–100)
CategoryPirelli P Zero SystemMichelin Pilot Super Sport
Relative Score – 78
Dry – 82
Wet – 77
Comfort – 74
Treadwear – 70
Handling (owners) – 83

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Headline score

P Zero System

± 6

Pilot Super Sport

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

Pros, cons & observations

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

Tire A P Zero System

Pros

  • Exceptional dry grip and traction
  • Precise steering feedback and handling
  • Commendable tread longevity for a performance-oriented tire

Cons

  • Poor performance and lack of confidence in wet conditions
  • High price point compared to competitors
  • Inconsistent user experience regarding safety in rain
All owner themes in the P Zero System review

Tire B Pilot Super Sport

Pros

  • Phenomenal dry grip and cornering stability
  • Precise steering response and excellent road feedback
  • Better-than-expected tread wear and mileage for a performance tire

Cons

  • Reduced grip and traction in cold weather (below 15°C)
  • Mediocre performance and tendency to aquaplane when tread wears down in heavy rain
  • High price point compared to some alternatives
All owner themes in the Pilot Super Sport review

What real owners are saying

From Reddit, forums and review threads. Not part of our score

Tire A

Pirelli P Zero System

We haven't collected enough community discussion about this tire yet.

Tire B

Michelin Pilot Super Sport

Positive

The Michelin Pilot Super Sport is widely praised by the community as a benchmark high-performance street tire offering outstanding dry grip, sharp cornering capability, and decent ride comfort for daily driving. Many drivers note that its successor, the Pilot Sport 4S, improves upon it—especially in cold and wet conditions—while several users highlight downsides such as poor winter/snow capability, premium pricing, and eventual rubber degradation or tread cracking as the tires age.

z4-forum.com ·2013-10-18

“I use mine all year round, and it's only in snow that they come unstuck - although I've never actually been driving in enough snow to need to break out my sno-socks. I've done wet 'Ring laps on mine, below zero Welsh hoons etc. They take about 10 miles to warm up enough to push on, but you probably shouldn't be pushing on in the first 10 minutes of a sub-zero day anyway!”

r/Cartalk ·2 upvotes ·2025-05-25

“Had this on my E90, as well. Alignment was good, wheel balance on road force machine was good. Turned out i had over 0.250" of runout on both rear wheels. Took me two sets of 255/35/18 PSS's and me watching them balance the tires to figure it out... bought new wheels, never went to a Tirediscounters since.”

corvetteforum.com

“Our 2017 Z51 has about 18k miles on the AS3+ ZP, and 10k miles on the factory PSS ZP, we switch out every Fall/Spring with a second set of wheels/sensors. I've done hours of really hard driving on back roads in Texas and New Mexico with the AS3+, if you need the little extra grip of the PSS on public roads, you're driving like an idiot. I only keep the PSS because I do some autocrossing each summer and small increases in grip can be the difference between good times and mediocre times. Also, the PSS will stand up to the heat of competition driving better, but that shouldn't be an issue on the street. The PSS cost about 10% less and last about 50% longer, so your tire-cost-per-mile gets cut in half. Below about 50'-60', the AS3+ grip as well or better. I just tested them in 3 1/2" of snow on my driveway, worked pretty well. The AS3+ should be the standard factory tire, with the PSS only as an option.”

Top themes
#Dry grip and cornering#Comparison to PS4S#Poor snow performance#Tread life and wear#High purchase price#Age and cracking issues#Daily driving comfort

Based on 364 community posts

Specs side by side

Attribute A · Pirelli P Zero System B · Michelin Pilot Super Sport
CategorySummer tireSummer
Vehicle type—Passenger Car / Crossover
Sizes available—50
Rim diameters—17″ – 23″
UTQG—300 AA A

Which one should you actually buy?

Pirelli P Zero System

Michelin Pilot Super Sport

Only Michelin Pilot Super Sport has enough test and review data for a Relative Score, so there is no head-to-head winner yet.

Tire A · Pirelli P Zero System
Tire B · Michelin Pilot Super Sport

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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