Tests – · none yet Owners – · none yet
Pirelli Winter Snowcontrol Serie 3 looks discontinued: no new owner reviews or road tests in five years and no current EU tyre label.
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Pirelli Winter Snowcontrol Serie 3 vs Hankook Winter i cept evo2 — 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 + 5 road tests and 0 + 28 owner reviews. How we score
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Tests 67 · 5 tests Owners 71 · 28 reviews
Best test result: #1 of 10 in 2017 Sport Auto Winter Tyre Test (snow braking)
Category by category
Relative Score per category, 0–100. Open “Why this score” for the tests and owner ratings behind it.
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Dry
No comparison67Why this score
Source Winter Snowcontrol Serie 3 Winter i cept evo2 Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 5 tests – 65 Reviews found online – 71 Winter i cept evo2: 60% × 64.9 + 40% × 71.3 = 67
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Wet
No comparison71Why this score
Source Winter Snowcontrol Serie 3 Winter i cept evo2 Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 5 tests – 70 Reviews found online – 74 Winter i cept evo2: 60% × 70.1 + 40% × 73.5 = 71
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Snow
No comparison70Why this score
Source Winter Snowcontrol Serie 3 Winter i cept evo2 Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 5 tests – 72 Reviews found online – 66 Winter i cept evo2: 60% × 72 + 40% × 66.4 = 70
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Comfort
No comparison70Why this score
Source Winter Snowcontrol Serie 3 Winter i cept evo2 Professional tests (TWG score) – ≈ 69 (est.) Reviews found online – 71 Winter i cept evo2: 40% × 69.5 (est.) + 60% × 71.1 = 70
No road tests of comfort for Winter i cept evo2. The test half is the tested tires’ average (69): owners’ comfort ratings barely follow the road tests.
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Noise
No comparison55Why this score
Source Winter Snowcontrol Serie 3 Winter i cept evo2 Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 4 tests – 47 Reviews found online – ≈ 67 (est.) Winter i cept evo2: 60% × 47.4 + 40% × 66.6 (est.) = 55
No owner ratings of noise for Winter i cept evo2. 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.
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Treadwear
No comparison69Why this score
Source Winter Snowcontrol Serie 3 Winter i cept evo2 Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 1 tests – 67 Reviews found online – 73 Winter i cept evo2: 60% × 67.1 + 40% × 72.6 = 69
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Handling (owners)
No comparison73Why this score
Source Winter Snowcontrol Serie 3 Winter i cept evo2 Reviews found online – 73 -
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Efficiency
No comparison59Why this score
Source Winter Snowcontrol Serie 3 Winter i cept evo2 Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 4 tests – 59
Scores at a glance
| Category | Pirelli Winter Snowcontrol Serie 3 | Hankook Winter i cept evo2 |
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| Relative Score | – | 69 |
| Dry | – | 67 |
| Wet | – | 71 |
| Snow | – | 70 |
| Comfort | – | 70 |
| Noise | – | 55 |
| Treadwear | – | 69 |
| Handling (owners) | – | 73 |
| Efficiency | – | 59 |
Higher is better. The Relative Score follows your weights below; category scores do not change.
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Headline score
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Winter Snowcontrol Serie 3
69
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Winter i cept evo2
Only categories both tires have data for count toward the headline score.
The professional test results behind the scores
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 | Winter Snowcontrol Serie 3 | Winter i cept evo2 | Δ | Head-to-head |
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| Also published by the testers (not in the score) | |||||
| Overall Ranking | Overall | #10/10 2021 Autonavigator Winter Tire Test R16 | #5/11 2019 19 Inch Performance Winter Tyre Test | – | Different tests |
Pros, cons & observations
Themes extracted from owner reviews found online — not the opinion of TireWheelGuide.
Tire A Winter Snowcontrol Serie 3
Not enough owner reviews yet to extract themes.
Tire B Winter i cept evo2
Pros
- Impressive grip and traction on snow and ice
- High level of ride comfort and low noise levels
- Good value for money compared to higher-priced premium alternatives
Cons
- Soft sidewalls or goofy feel on dry roads, particularly in warmer winter temperatures
- Performance and grip degrade significantly as the tire ages over multiple seasons
- Can struggle to put down high torque/power on rear-wheel-drive vehicles
Specs side by side
| Attribute | A · Pirelli Winter Snowcontrol Serie 3 | B · Hankook Winter i cept evo2 |
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| Category | Winter tire | Winter |
| Vehicle type | Passenger Car / Crossover | Passenger Car / Crossover |
| Sizes available | — | 79 |
| Rim diameters | — | 15″ – 22″ |
Which one should you actually buy?
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Pirelli Winter Snowcontrol Serie 3
69
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Hankook Winter i cept evo2
Only Hankook Winter i cept evo2 has enough test and review data for a Relative Score, so there is no head-to-head winner yet.
Tire A · Pirelli Winter Snowcontrol Serie 3
Tire B · Hankook Winter i cept evo2
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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