Relative Score (0–100): the weighted average of the categories below, each 60% road tests and 40% owner reviews (comfort 40/60). Based on 4 + 10 road tests and 1,302 + 39 owner reviews. How we score
Primacy 4+ is ahead, 77–63
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Tests 68 · 4 tests Owners 57 · 1,302 reviews
Best test result: #1 of 8 in 2018 All Road 265/60 R18 4x4 Tyre Test (wet braking)
“My mom's mercedes GLC300 came with pirelli scorpion Verde tires and they have 1/32" measured left on the wear bars after less than 30k miles. My mother drives like a grandma too. They're fine for turns and pep on Florida roads but absurdly short wear time.”
Tests 85 · 10 tests Owners 70 · 39 reviews
Best test result: #1 of 16 in 2024 ADAC Summer Tyre Test (abrasion)
Relative Score per category, 0–100. Open “Why this score” for the tests and owner ratings behind it.
| Source | Scorpion Verde | Primacy 4+ |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 4 / 9 tests | 69 | 82 |
| Reviews found online | 56 | 71 |
Scorpion Verde: 60% × 68.7 + 40% × 56.3 = 64
Primacy 4+: 60% × 82.3 + 40% × 70.6 = 78
| Source | Scorpion Verde | Primacy 4+ |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 4 / 9 tests | 70 | 83 |
| Reviews found online | 61 | 74 |
Scorpion Verde: 60% × 70.3 + 40% × 61.1 = 67
Primacy 4+: 60% × 82.6 + 40% × 73.8 = 79
| Source | Scorpion Verde | Primacy 4+ |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) | ≈ 67 (est.) | – |
| Reviews found online | 61 | – |
Scorpion Verde: 60% × 67 (est.) + 40% × 60.7 = 64
No road tests of snow for Scorpion Verde. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.37).
| Source | Scorpion Verde | Primacy 4+ |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / 1 tests | 53 | 73 |
| Reviews found online | 59 | 69 |
Scorpion Verde: 40% × 52.5 + 60% × 58.6 = 56
Primacy 4+: 40% × 73.3 + 60% × 69 = 71
| Source | Scorpion Verde | Primacy 4+ |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 4 / 7 tests | 75 | 77 |
| Reviews found online | 54 | ≈ 67 (est.) |
Scorpion Verde: 60% × 75.2 + 40% × 54.2 = 67
Primacy 4+: 60% × 76.7 + 40% × 66.6 (est.) = 73
No owner ratings of noise for Primacy 4+. 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.
| Source | Scorpion Verde | Primacy 4+ |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 4 tests | ≈ 61 (est.) | 95 |
| Reviews found online | 51 | 69 |
Scorpion Verde: 60% × 60.8 (est.) + 40% × 51.1 = 57
Primacy 4+: 60% × 95.3 + 40% × 68.9 = 85
No road tests of treadwear for Scorpion Verde. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.35).
| Source | Scorpion Verde | Primacy 4+ |
|---|---|---|
| Reviews found online | 59 | 65 |
| Source | Scorpion Verde | Primacy 4+ |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 4 / 8 tests | 73 | 78 |
| Category | Pirelli Scorpion Verde | Michelin Primacy 4+ |
|---|---|---|
| Relative Score | 63 | 77 |
| Dry | 64 | 78 |
| Wet | 67 | 79 |
| Snow | 64 | – |
| Comfort | 56 | 71 |
| Noise | 67 | 73 |
| Treadwear | 57 | 85 |
| Handling (owners) | 59 | 65 |
| Efficiency | 73 | 78 |
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.
Scorpion Verde
Primacy 4+
Only categories both tires have data for count toward the headline score.
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.
| Discipline | Category | Scorpion Verde | Primacy 4+ | Δ | Head-to-head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry Braking | Dry | 93% #9/10 · 2022 AutoBild SUV 4x4 Summer Tyre Test | 96% #3/8 · 2025 EV Tyre Test | – | Different tests |
| Dry Handling | Dry | 99% #7/10 · 2022 AutoBild SUV 4x4 Summer Tyre Test | 98% #4/8 · 2025 EV Tyre Test | – | Different tests |
| Straight Aquaplaning | Wet | 96% #3/10 · 2022 AutoBild SUV 4x4 Summer Tyre Test | 82% #7/8 · 2025 EV Tyre Test | – | Different tests |
| Wet Braking | Wet | 89% #9/10 · 2022 AutoBild SUV 4x4 Summer Tyre Test | 91% #5/8 · 2025 EV Tyre Test | – | Different tests |
| Wet Handling | Wet | 98% #7/10 · 2022 AutoBild SUV 4x4 Summer Tyre Test | 95% #6/8 · 2025 EV Tyre Test | – | Different tests |
| Comfort (tester's mark) | Comfort | 50% #7/8 · 2020 ViBilagare SUV Tyre Test | 88% #2/8 · 2025 EV Tyre Test | – | Different tests |
| Noise | Noise | 99% #2/10 · 2022 AutoBild SUV 4x4 Summer Tyre Test | 96% #6/8 · 2025 EV Tyre Test | – | Different tests |
| Rolling Resistance | Efficiency | 90% #3/10 · 2022 AutoBild SUV 4x4 Summer Tyre Test | 90% #2/8 · 2025 EV Tyre Test | – | Different tests |
| Also published by the testers (not in the score) | |||||
| Price | Cost | 70% #9/10 · 2022 AutoBild SUV 4x4 Summer Tyre Test | 52% #16/16 · 2024 ADAC Summer Tyre Test | – | Different tests |
| Overall Ranking | Overall | #5/7 2025 Autobild Pirelli All-Terrain Tire Test R19 | #4/8 2025 EV Tyre Test | – | Different tests |
Themes extracted from owner reviews found online — not the opinion of TireWheelGuide.
From Reddit, forums and review threads. Not part of our score
Community sentiment regarding the Pirelli Scorpion Verde is polarized across different performance categories. While drivers frequently praise its quiet ride, responsive dry handling, and solid wet traction, many report poor snow and winter performance, alongside notable complaints of premature tread wear, cracking, and chunking.
“We had the stock Pirelli Scorpion Verdes on our XC40 and I can corroborate that they were pretty terrible in the snow. No complaints about them in the dry or wet though, so they would probably be fine for warmer climates. The dealer put Michelin CC2s on our XC60 before we picked it up and I concur with everyone saying they are excellent in the snow. They’re good enough that when our XC90 makes it stateside we’re going to have the dealer take off the brand new Pirelli’s and put on CC2s so I don’t have to worry about swapping snow tires on every year.”
“My mom's mercedes GLC300 came with pirelli scorpion Verde tires and they have 1/32" measured left on the wear bars after less than 30k miles. My mother drives like a grandma too. They're fine for turns and pep on Florida roads but absurdly short wear time.”
“2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee came w/Pirelli Scorpion Verde 265/50R20 and didn't even get 20k miles out of them. Worst tires I've ever driven on, driving on Interstate during rain and tires hydroplaning so much it felt like my lug nuts were falling off. Replaced w/Goodyear Wrangler Steadfast and way better tire thus far.”
Based on 73 community posts
We haven't collected enough community discussion about this tire yet.
| Attribute | A · Pirelli Scorpion Verde | B · Michelin Primacy 4+ |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Summer | Summer |
| Vehicle type | SUV and 4x4 | Passenger Car / Crossover |
| Sizes available | 66 | 66 |
| Rim diameters | 16″ – 22″ | 16″ – 21″ |
| Tread depth | 8/32″ | — |
| UTQG | 400 A A | — |
| Sidewall | Blackwall | — |
| Max pressure | 51 psi | — |
| Sizes in common | 20 | 20 |
Pirelli Scorpion Verde
Michelin Primacy 4+
Winner: Michelin Primacy 4+ — better treadwear, comfort and dry. It leads or ties in every category we score.
Michelin Primacy 4+ scores 85 vs 57 on treadwear.
Michelin Primacy 4+ scores 71 vs 56 on comfort.
Michelin Primacy 4+ scores 78 vs 64 on dry.
Michelin Primacy 4+ scores 79 vs 67 on wet.
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Michelin Primacy 4+, 79 vs 67 on our wet score.
Michelin Primacy 4+, 78 vs 64 on our dry score.
Michelin Primacy 4+, 73 vs 67 on our noise score.
Michelin Primacy 4+, 71 vs 56 on our comfort score.
Michelin Primacy 4+, 85 vs 57 on our treadwear score.
Michelin Primacy 4+, 78 vs 73 on our efficiency 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
