Relative Score (0–100): the weighted average of the categories below, each 60% road tests and 40% owner reviews (comfort 40/60). Based on 3 + 0 road tests and 3,484 + 14 owner reviews. How we score
P Zero is ahead, 63–58
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Tests 74 · 3 tests Owners 48 · 3,484 reviews
Best test result: #1 of 20 in 2019 Auto Bild Summer Tyre Test (dry handling)
“New rubber for the road wheels Pirelli P-Zero RS TLR 30mm, measuring 33mm on 25mm inner rim width. Rides like a dream, but the center thread is narrow, so I'd not feel confident if I raced anything with tighter cornering.”
Tests – · none yet Owners 50 · 14 reviews
Relative Score per category, 0–100. Open “Why this score” for the tests and owner ratings behind it.
| Source | P Zero | ContiSportContact 5 SSR |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 3 / – tests | 80 | ≈ 61 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 62 | 52 |
P Zero: 60% × 79.6 + 40% × 61.9 = 73
ContiSportContact 5 SSR: 60% × 61.4 (est.) + 40% × 52.1 = 58
No road tests of dry for ContiSportContact 5 SSR. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.42).
| Source | P Zero | ContiSportContact 5 SSR |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 3 / – tests | 81 | ≈ 65 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 55 | 60 |
P Zero: 60% × 81.5 + 40% × 55.4 = 71
ContiSportContact 5 SSR: 60% × 64.8 (est.) + 40% × 60 = 63
No road tests of wet for ContiSportContact 5 SSR. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.55).
| Source | P Zero | ContiSportContact 5 SSR |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) | ≈ 58 (est.) | ≈ 62 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 37 | 48 |
P Zero: 60% × 58.2 (est.) + 40% × 37.1 = 50
ContiSportContact 5 SSR: 60% × 62.1 (est.) + 40% × 47.5 = 56
No road tests of snow for P Zero. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.37).
No road tests of snow for ContiSportContact 5 SSR. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.37).
| Source | P Zero | ContiSportContact 5 SSR |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / – tests | 70 | ≈ 64 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 47 | 40 |
P Zero: 40% × 69.8 + 60% × 47.1 = 56
ContiSportContact 5 SSR: 40% × 63.9 (est.) + 60% × 40.4 = 50
No road tests of comfort for ContiSportContact 5 SSR. The test half is the tested tires’ average (69): owners’ comfort ratings barely follow the road tests.
| Source | P Zero | ContiSportContact 5 SSR |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / – tests | 61 | ≈ 67 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 54 | 56 |
P Zero: 60% × 60.7 + 40% × 53.6 = 58
ContiSportContact 5 SSR: 60% × 66.6 (est.) + 40% × 56.1 = 62
No road tests of noise for ContiSportContact 5 SSR. The test half is the tested tires’ average (67): owners’ noise ratings barely follow the road tests.
| Source | P Zero | ContiSportContact 5 SSR |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / – tests | 65 | ≈ 57 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 28 | 40 |
P Zero: 60% × 65.2 + 40% × 27.8 = 50
ContiSportContact 5 SSR: 60% × 56.8 (est.) + 40% × 39.5 = 50
No road tests of treadwear for ContiSportContact 5 SSR. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.35).
| Source | P Zero | ContiSportContact 5 SSR |
|---|---|---|
| Reviews found online | 57 | – |
| Source | P Zero | ContiSportContact 5 SSR |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / – tests | 59 | – |
| Category | Pirelli P Zero | Continental ContiSportContact 5 SSR |
|---|---|---|
| Relative Score | 63 | 58 |
| Dry | 73 | 58 |
| Wet | 71 | 63 |
| Snow | 50 | 56 |
| Comfort | 56 | 50 |
| Noise | 58 | 62 |
| Treadwear | 50 | 50 |
| Handling (owners) | 57 | – |
| Efficiency | 59 | – |
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.
Only one of the two tires has a score here, so this weight changes nothing in the head-to-head.
P Zero
ContiSportContact 5 SSR
Only categories both tires have data for count toward the headline score.
Themes extracted from owner reviews found online — not the opinion of TireWheelGuide.
Not enough owner reviews yet to extract themes.
From Reddit, forums and review threads. Not part of our score
Community opinions on the Pirelli P Zero tire line are divided depending on whether users are discussing the cycling tires or automotive variants. Cyclists generally praise the road and gravel options for speed, comfort, and grip, though some note they can be difficult to mount. Automotive users offer a more mixed review, praising the high-performance grip, responsive steering, and comfort of options like the P Zero AS Plus 3, while frequently criticizing summer and OE variants for rapid tread wear, wet weather traction issues, and susceptibility to sidewall bubbles.
“I've used the old P zero SL in a 26, was happy with grip and feel but they did not last very long, 2000k for me before they're basically started puncturing every second ride. That would have to be my only complaint”
“Um I got my x3mc with p0's pz4 and I love them because there is no sideflex in them, you really only feel the suspension working and not the tire, so very darty steering if you will. Also put pzero all season plus on my cooper coupé s, and again excellent no sidewall flexing. May or may not try the Michelin one day. But the pzero on my x3mc burns really really fast in the back. 2 summers max, the front hardly get used, and can't swap since they are wider in the back”
“Impossible to install P Zero Race TLR I have Hollowgram R45 carbon wheels on my road bike and went for Pirelli P Zero TLR 700x30 after reading great reviews. The fact is, they are impossible to install. I tried and had two mechanics try and they said it’s absolutely impossible. The tire is too tight for the wheel and there is absolutely no way of putting it on. The wheel is ETRTO standard compliant and has a 21 mm internal canal. Has anyone had any similar experience? I am quite surprised”
Based on 284 community posts
We haven't collected enough community discussion about this tire yet.
| Attribute | A · Pirelli P Zero | B · Continental ContiSportContact 5 SSR |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Summer | Summer tire |
| Vehicle type | Passenger Car / Crossover | Passenger Car / Crossover |
| Sizes available | 194 | 25 |
| Rim diameters | 17″ – 24″ | 17″ – 20″ |
| Tread depth | 10/32″ | 9/32″ |
| UTQG | 220 A A | 280 - 420 A - AA A |
| Sidewall | Blackwall | Black Side Wall |
| Max pressure | 50 psi | 50 - 51 psi |
| Sizes in common | 20 | 20 |
Pirelli P Zero
Continental ContiSportContact 5 SSR
Winner: Pirelli P Zero — better dry, wet and comfort. Pick the Continental ContiSportContact 5 SSR if snow and noise matter most to you. Continental ContiSportContact 5 SSR rests on little evidence so far (0 tests, 14 reviews), so read this result as provisional.
Pirelli P Zero scores 73 vs 58 on dry.
Pirelli P Zero scores 71 vs 63 on wet.
Pirelli P Zero scores 56 vs 50 on comfort.
Continental ContiSportContact 5 SSR scores 56 vs 50 on snow.
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Pirelli P Zero, 71 vs 63 on our wet score.
Pirelli P Zero, 73 vs 58 on our dry score.
Continental ContiSportContact 5 SSR, 56 vs 50 on our snow score.
Continental ContiSportContact 5 SSR, 62 vs 58 on our noise score.
Pirelli P Zero, 56 vs 50 on our comfort score.
Neither, by our numbers: 50 vs 50 on the treadwear score, within 3 points.
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
