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Pirelli Scorpion Verde All Season Plus II vs Michelin CrossClimate+ — 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 + 13 road tests and 25 + 121 owner reviews. How we score

CrossClimate+ is ahead, 79–73

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Michelin CrossClimate+
Tire BMichelin

CrossClimate+

All Season

± 5

Tests 81 · 13 tests Owners 78 · 121 reviews

Best test result: #1 of 15 in 2019 Summer and All Season Tyre Test (dry handling)

Category by category

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

  1. 73

    Dry

    CrossClimate+ +14
    87
    Why this score
    SourceScorpion Verde All Season Plus IICrossClimate+
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 13 tests≈ 71 (est.)94
    Reviews found online7678

    Scorpion Verde All Season Plus II: 60% × 71.1 (est.) + 40% × 75.6 = 73

    CrossClimate+: 60% × 93.9 + 40% × 77.5 = 87

    No road tests of dry for Scorpion Verde All Season Plus II. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.42).

  2. 78

    Wet

    CrossClimate+ +3
    81
    Why this score
    SourceScorpion Verde All Season Plus IICrossClimate+
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 13 tests≈ 76 (est.)81
    Reviews found online8081

    Scorpion Verde All Season Plus II: 60% × 75.8 (est.) + 40% × 80 = 78

    CrossClimate+: 60% × 80.8 + 40% × 80.6 = 81

    No road tests of wet for Scorpion Verde All Season Plus II. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.55).

  3. 69

    Snow

    Scorpion Verde All Season Plus II +1
    68
    Why this score
    SourceScorpion Verde All Season Plus IICrossClimate+
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 9 tests≈ 70 (est.)65
    Reviews found online6872

    Scorpion Verde All Season Plus II: 60% × 69.9 (est.) + 40% × 68.3 = 69

    CrossClimate+: 60% × 65 + 40% × 72.3 = 68

    No road tests of snow for Scorpion Verde All Season Plus II. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.32).

  4. 73

    Comfort

    CrossClimate+ +2
    75
    Why this score
    SourceScorpion Verde All Season Plus IICrossClimate+
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 1 tests≈ 70 (est.)71
    Reviews found online7477

    Scorpion Verde All Season Plus II: 40% × 69.9 (est.) + 60% × 74.4 = 73

    CrossClimate+: 40% × 70.9 + 60% × 77 = 75

    No road tests of comfort for Scorpion Verde All Season Plus II. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.20).

  5. 69

    Noise

    Scorpion Verde All Season Plus II +2
    67
    Why this score
    SourceScorpion Verde All Season Plus IICrossClimate+
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 9 tests≈ 66 (est.)68
    Reviews found online73≈ 66 (est.)

    Scorpion Verde All Season Plus II: 60% × 66.3 (est.) + 40% × 72.8 = 69

    CrossClimate+: 60% × 67.6 + 40% × 66.3 (est.) = 67

    No road tests of noise for Scorpion Verde All Season Plus II. The test half is the tested tires’ average (66): owners’ noise ratings barely follow the road tests.

    No owner ratings of noise for CrossClimate+. The owner half is the owners’ average (66): owners’ noise ratings barely follow the road tests, so the tests say nothing about how owners would rate it.

  6. 71

    Treadwear

    CrossClimate+ +11
    82
    Why this score
    SourceScorpion Verde All Season Plus IICrossClimate+
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 3 tests≈ 69 (est.)83
    Reviews found online7380

    Scorpion Verde All Season Plus II: 60% × 68.9 (est.) + 40% × 73 = 71

    CrossClimate+: 60% × 83.2 + 40% × 79.7 = 82

    No road tests of treadwear for Scorpion Verde All Season Plus II. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.36).

  7. –

    Handling (owners)

    No comparison
    72
    Why this score
    SourceScorpion Verde All Season Plus IICrossClimate+
    Reviews found online–72
  8. –

    Efficiency

    No comparison
    74
    Why this score
    SourceScorpion Verde All Season Plus IICrossClimate+
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 8 tests–74
Scores at a glance
CategoryPirelli Scorpion Verde All Season Plus IIMichelin CrossClimate+
Relative Score 73 79
Dry 73 87
Wet 78 81
Snow 69 68
Comfort 73 75
Noise 69 67
Treadwear 71 82
Handling (owners) – 72
Efficiency – 74

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

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Scorpion Verde All Season Plus II

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CrossClimate+

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 Scorpion Verde All Season Plus II

Not enough owner reviews yet to extract themes.

Tire B CrossClimate+

Pros

  • Strong snow and cold-weather traction for an all-season tyre, with many owners reporting winter-tyre-like confidence on snow, slush and hills, including on front-wheel-drive cars.
  • Excellent dry handling and steering response with precise, summer-tyre-like feel, along with generally very good wet grip and braking.
  • Long tread life: many reports of 30,000–55,000+ km or miles with low wear, including taxi and van use and 4-year/50,000-mile ownership.

Cons

  • Performance degradation with age: several owners report grip (wet and snow), noise and ride deteriorating after about 1–2 years, with hardening or cracking of the rubber in some cases.
  • Limitations on ice, packed snow and deep or steep snow, where some owners found them inferior to dedicated winter tyres or to rivals such as the Goodyear Vector 4Seasons.
  • Wet-weather concerns for some, including aquaplaning, being pulled around by standing water, and scary steering feel as the tyres aged.
All owner themes in the CrossClimate+ review

Specs side by side

Attribute A · Pirelli Scorpion Verde All Season Plus II B · Michelin CrossClimate+
CategoryAll-Season tireAll Season
Vehicle typeSUV and 4x4Passenger Car / Crossover
Sizes available163
Rim diameters19″13″ – 19″
Tread depth11/32″—
UTQG740 A A—
Treadwear warranty65,000 mi—
SidewallBlackwall—
Max pressure44 psi—

Which one should you actually buy?

Pirelli Scorpion Verde All Season Plus II

Michelin CrossClimate+

Winner: Michelin CrossClimate+ — better dry, treadwear and wet. Where the Pirelli Scorpion Verde All Season Plus II is ahead, it is by less than 3 points.

Pick tire B You want the most grip on dry roads

Michelin CrossClimate+ scores 87 vs 73 on dry.

Pick tire B You want the longest tread life

Michelin CrossClimate+ scores 82 vs 71 on treadwear.

Pick tire B Your priority is wet-weather safety

Michelin CrossClimate+ scores 81 vs 78 on wet.

Tire A · Pirelli Scorpion Verde All Season Plus II
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Tire B · Michelin CrossClimate+
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Scorpion Verde All Season Plus II or CrossClimate+?

Which is better in the wet, Scorpion Verde All Season Plus II or CrossClimate+?

Michelin CrossClimate+, 81 vs 78 on our wet score.

Which grips better on dry roads, Scorpion Verde All Season Plus II or CrossClimate+?

Michelin CrossClimate+, 87 vs 73 on our dry score.

Which is better in snow, Scorpion Verde All Season Plus II or CrossClimate+?

Neither, by our numbers: 69 vs 68 on the snow score, within 3 points.

Which is quieter, Scorpion Verde All Season Plus II or CrossClimate+?

Neither, by our numbers: 69 vs 67 on the noise score, within 3 points.

Which is more comfortable, Scorpion Verde All Season Plus II or CrossClimate+?

Neither, by our numbers: 73 vs 75 on the comfort score, within 3 points.

Which lasts longer, Scorpion Verde All Season Plus II or CrossClimate+?

Michelin CrossClimate+, 82 vs 71 on our treadwear score.

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