Toyo NanoEnergy R38 looks discontinued: no new owner reviews or road tests in five years and no current EU tyre label.
Relative Score (0–100): the weighted average of the categories below, each 60% road tests and 40% owner reviews. Based on 4 + 0 road tests and 1,302 + 8 owner reviews. How we score
NanoEnergy R38 is ahead, 70–63
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Tests 68 · 4 tests Owners 58 · 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 – · none yet Owners 70 · 8 reviews
Relative Score per category, 0–100. Open “Why this score” for the tests and owner ratings behind it.
| Source | Scorpion Verde | NanoEnergy R38 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 4 / – tests | 69 | ≈ 70 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 57 | 72 |
Scorpion Verde: 60% × 68.7 + 40% × 57.1 = 64
NanoEnergy R38: 60% × 69.5 (est.) + 40% × 72.2 = 71
No road tests of dry for NanoEnergy R38. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.40).
| Source | Scorpion Verde | NanoEnergy R38 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 4 / – tests | 70 | ≈ 72 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 62 | 73 |
Scorpion Verde: 60% × 70.2 + 40% × 62.1 = 67
NanoEnergy R38: 60% × 71.7 (est.) + 40% × 73.2 = 72
No road tests of wet for NanoEnergy R38. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.56).
| Source | Scorpion Verde | NanoEnergy R38 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) | ≈ 67 (est.) | – |
| Reviews found online | 60 | – |
Scorpion Verde: 60% × 66.7 (est.) + 40% × 60.4 = 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 0.33).
| Source | Scorpion Verde | NanoEnergy R38 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / – tests | 53 | ≈ 69 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 60 | 69 |
Scorpion Verde: 60% × 52.5 + 40% × 59.9 = 55
NanoEnergy R38: 60% × 69.1 (est.) + 40% × 69.1 = 69
No road tests of comfort for NanoEnergy R38. The test half is the tested tires’ average (69): owners’ comfort ratings barely follow the road tests.
| Source | Scorpion Verde | NanoEnergy R38 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 4 / – tests | 75 | – |
| Reviews found online | 59 | – |
Scorpion Verde: 60% × 75 + 40% × 59.3 = 69
| Source | Scorpion Verde | NanoEnergy R38 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) | ≈ 62 (est.) | ≈ 65 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 54 | 65 |
Scorpion Verde: 60% × 62 (est.) + 40% × 53.7 = 59
NanoEnergy R38: 60% × 65.3 (est.) + 40% × 64.6 = 65
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 0.31).
No road tests of treadwear for NanoEnergy R38. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.31).
| Source | Scorpion Verde | NanoEnergy R38 |
|---|---|---|
| Reviews found online | 59 | 71 |
| Category | Pirelli Scorpion Verde | Toyo NanoEnergy R38 |
|---|---|---|
| Relative Score | 63 | 70 |
| Dry | 64 | 71 |
| Wet | 67 | 72 |
| Snow | 64 | – |
| Comfort | 55 | 69 |
| Noise | 69 | – |
| Treadwear | 59 | 65 |
| Handling (owners) | 59 | 71 |
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.
Scorpion Verde
NanoEnergy R38
Only categories both tires have data for count toward the headline score.
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.
“Have to say, never had an issue with the Pirelli Scorpion Verde tyres, now on my 3rd Tig fitted OEM”
“I have Mercedes GLE 350 2018 with Scorpion Verde 255/50/19 R 107H. Drove 45 K miles in 4 years on it and still have 35% left. Got it slightly damaged on the side but still driveable so i am thinking about changing tires. For the same size, what would be better Michelin Defender2 or Primacy Tour A/S? Prefer quiet/smooth ride/noise isolation/safety.Never accelerate too fast/slalom or overusing breaks. Driving in Los Angeles. Max 80 mph/no quick turns. Thought that Primacy Tour A/S should be better for my needs as above, but read bad reviews (very low usable tire mileage ~ 35000 miles, wobbly, bad when raining) vs great for Defender2”
“I ran them here in Edmonton for the first year on my wifes Grand Cherokee. 20" rims. They were great in the snow and ice. Very sure footed, great stopping, even at minus 40. Second year, they had about 12000 miles on them come winter and they SUCKED. Slip, slide everywhere, squirrelly as hell trying to stop. Put on a set of Michellin ice tires the same size on oem rims I bought used, run the Scorpions in summer. At 25,000 miles, still lots of tread and they work well as summer tires but this one never goes off pavement. Dedicated winter tires make a huge difference. For years I ran Michellin xice on our on pavement cars and suvs year round. They wore faster but the extra traction of the soft compund made a big difference. We can get snow or ice in any given month, including July and Aug especially at elevation in the mountains and high hill areas. It was cheaper to replace the tires a little more often than to swap them over and store the extra set.”
Based on 73 community posts
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| Attribute | A · Pirelli Scorpion Verde | B · Toyo NanoEnergy R38 |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Summer | Summer |
| Vehicle type | SUV and 4x4 | Passenger Car / Crossover |
| Sizes available | 66 | — |
| Rim diameters | 16″ – 22″ | — |
| Tread depth | 8/32″ | — |
| UTQG | 400 A A | — |
| Sidewall | Blackwall | — |
| Max pressure | 51 psi | — |
Pirelli Scorpion Verde
Toyo NanoEnergy R38
Winner: Toyo NanoEnergy R38 — better comfort, handling and dry. It leads or ties in every category we score. Toyo NanoEnergy R38 rests on little evidence so far (0 tests, 8 reviews), so read this result as provisional.
Toyo NanoEnergy R38 scores 69 vs 55 on comfort.
Toyo NanoEnergy R38 scores 71 vs 59 on handling.
Toyo NanoEnergy R38 scores 71 vs 64 on dry.
Toyo NanoEnergy R38 scores 65 vs 59 on treadwear.
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Toyo NanoEnergy R38, 72 vs 67 on our wet score.
Toyo NanoEnergy R38, 71 vs 64 on our dry score.
Toyo NanoEnergy R38, 69 vs 55 on our comfort score.
Toyo NanoEnergy R38, 65 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
