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 + 0 road tests and 1,034 + 564 owner reviews. How we score
Primacy 5 Energy is ahead, 85–78
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Tests 86 · 4 tests Owners 75 · 1,034 reviews
Best test result: #1 of 11 in 2024 Summer SUV Tyre Test (noise)
“...are absolute garbage. I would advise anyone against them. I would in fact buy used tires first. They were loud, tread wore improperly, and only lasted for barely 30k miles. Just never felt safe with these. I just switched to Pirelli Scorpions and so far am very pleased.”
Tests – · none yet Owners 91 · 564 reviews
Relative Score per category, 0–100. Open “Why this score” for the tests and owner ratings behind it.
| Source | Scorpion | Primacy 5 Energy |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 4 / – tests | 85 | ≈ 78 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 75 | 92 |
Scorpion: 60% × 85.1 + 40% × 75.2 = 81
Primacy 5 Energy: 60% × 78.2 (est.) + 40% × 92.1 = 84
No road tests of dry for Primacy 5 Energy. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.42).
| Source | Scorpion | Primacy 5 Energy |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 4 / – tests | 84 | ≈ 83 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 76 | 94 |
Scorpion: 60% × 84.4 + 40% × 75.9 = 81
Primacy 5 Energy: 60% × 83.4 (est.) + 40% × 93.6 = 87
No road tests of wet for Primacy 5 Energy. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.55).
| Source | Scorpion | Primacy 5 Energy |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 2 / – tests | 83 | ≈ 73 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 75 | 88 |
Scorpion: 40% × 82.7 + 60% × 74.7 = 78
Primacy 5 Energy: 40% × 72.6 (est.) + 60% × 88.3 = 82
No road tests of comfort for Primacy 5 Energy. The test half is the tested tires’ average (69): owners’ comfort ratings barely follow the road tests.
| Source | Scorpion | Primacy 5 Energy |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 3 / – tests | 97 | – |
| Reviews found online | ≈ 67 (est.) | – |
Scorpion: 60% × 96.7 + 40% × 66.6 (est.) = 85
No owner ratings of noise for Scorpion. 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 | Primacy 5 Energy |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) | ≈ 69 (est.) | ≈ 74 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 75 | 89 |
Scorpion: 60% × 69.3 (est.) + 40% × 75.1 = 72
Primacy 5 Energy: 60% × 74.1 (est.) + 40% × 88.8 = 80
No road tests of treadwear for Scorpion. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.35).
No road tests of treadwear for Primacy 5 Energy. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.35).
| Source | Scorpion | Primacy 5 Energy |
|---|---|---|
| Reviews found online | 73 | 92 |
| Source | Scorpion | Primacy 5 Energy |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 3 / – tests | 77 | – |
| Category | Pirelli Scorpion | Michelin Primacy 5 Energy |
|---|---|---|
| Relative Score | 78 | 85 |
| Dry | 81 | 84 |
| Wet | 81 | 87 |
| Comfort | 78 | 82 |
| Noise | 85 | – |
| Treadwear | 72 | 80 |
| Handling (owners) | 73 | 92 |
| Efficiency | 77 | – |
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
Primacy 5 Energy
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 opinions on the Pirelli Scorpion tire line are divided. Many users praise aftermarket variants like the AS Plus 3 and WeatherActive for delivering a remarkably plush, quiet ride, excellent wet traction, and good snow performance compared to factory options. However, several users report drawbacks such as quicker-than-expected treadwear, potential rolling resistance impacts on EV range, and issues with factory-installed OEM versions, which some owners criticize as noisy or prone to premature wear.
“New Tires Range Hit? Pirelli Scorpion AS Plus 3 ELECT Just recently swapped the OE Continentals for the Pirelli Scorpion AS Plus 3 ELECT tires and drove a little over 500 miles since then. The same commute I’ve been taking went from around 220-240 Wh/mi to 260-280 Wh/mi. Longer trips on almost pure highway went from 270 Wh/mi to 285-290 Wh/mi. I guess the new tires has higher rolling resistance than the OE tires and probably should have looked into Hankook Ion if one was to want efficiency? The Pirelli is comfortable and quiet, just the hit in efficiency wasn’t what I was expecting. Read more”
“Yes, another tire advice post. Anybody running Pirelli Scorpion XC M + Scorpion XC RC combo? Hi, Thinking about buying a Pirelli set for my Scale. Now running stock OEM Schwalbe Racing Ray/Ralph Performance in 2.35. They’re grippy, but slow and heavy most of the time, and they lack suppleness. No other tire was throwing me around so much on small roots and sharp hits. When I lower the pressure they get even slower while still being not supple enough. Logical upgrade was same combo Ray/Ralph 2.35 in SuperRace, so a much lighter and softer version, but I bought 2 sets and had to return both of which, because they were 2.15 actually, not 2.35. Mezcal and Barzo seem like too little grip for me, and I have a crossmark/ikon combo for the super dry conditions. I mostly ride flat singletrack, a bit of sand and want to race. So to the Pirellis. I’d like them to cover most conditions, much like the Racing Ray/Ralph which are surprisingly alright in the wet. I’d like to run both in 2.4, XC RC prowall rear and XC M Lite front. Thanks for any advice! Read more”
“Pirelli scorpions are worst tire ever made Rode like trash since new, they started developing dry rot after a year and half since installed. Pretty much all the dry rot you see is after a YEAR AND A HALF, the cracking down middle of tread is something that happened at a later date. I will say, they do have over 40,000 miles on them. But at least half of their life was dry rotted to sh17 UPDATED WITH DATE CODE (3622) For those saying they were from 2012. Read more”
Based on 89 community posts
We haven't collected enough community discussion about this tire yet.
| Attribute | A · Pirelli Scorpion | B · Michelin Primacy 5 Energy |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Summer | Summer |
| Vehicle type | — | Passenger Car / Crossover |
| Sizes available | 72 | 51 |
| Rim diameters | 16″ – 22″ | 16″ – 22″ |
| Tread depth | 10/32″ | — |
| Sidewall | Blackwall | — |
| Max pressure | 50 psi | — |
| Sizes in common | 29 | 29 |
Pirelli Scorpion
Michelin Primacy 5 Energy
Winner: Michelin Primacy 5 Energy — better handling, treadwear and wet. It leads or ties in every category we score.
Michelin Primacy 5 Energy scores 92 vs 73 on handling.
Michelin Primacy 5 Energy scores 80 vs 72 on treadwear.
Michelin Primacy 5 Energy scores 87 vs 81 on wet.
Michelin Primacy 5 Energy scores 82 vs 78 on comfort.
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Michelin Primacy 5 Energy, 87 vs 81 on our wet score.
Michelin Primacy 5 Energy, 84 vs 81 on our dry score.
Michelin Primacy 5 Energy, 82 vs 78 on our comfort score.
Michelin Primacy 5 Energy, 80 vs 72 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
