Volvo Xc90 Tires

Introduced way back in 2002, the XC90 is Volvo’s flagship midsize SUV and is as practical as anything you’d expect from Volvo, but with a generous dose of style and performance as well. The Volvo XC90 has won considerable acclaim from the automotive press and is loaded with cutting-edge features to enhance safety, comfort, performance, and the overall driving experience. The XC90 is built with Volvo’s Scalable Product Architecture in mind, reducing vehicle weight while strengthening the body and chassis for a safer, more efficient crossover. The XC90 is powered by Volvo’s 2.0L 4-cyl, generating up to 320 horsepower and mated to an 8-speed automatic, with a 400 hp plug-in hybrid drivetrain variant available. As for fuel economy, the XC90 is rated at 22 mpg city/28 mpg highway/25 mpg combined. The driver-assistance suite includes adaptive cruise control, collision avoidance, automatic braking/acceleration/steering for city traffic, auto-braking for intersections, run-off-road detection and much more. Trim levels include Momentum, Inscription and R-Design.

Here at SimpleTire, we rounded up some tire choices for your Volvo XC90, including all-season, all-weather, and winter tires. Let’s go in for a closer look:

1. Bridgestone Alenza A/S Ultra - Best all-season tires

With the Alenza A/S Ultra, Bridgestone set out to design an all-season tire that can deliver traction year-round with the handling, low noise, ride comfort, and long wear. The Alenza A/S Ultra starts off with a polyester casing enclosed by two wide steel belts and a nylon cap layer package for high-speed stability and luxurious ride quality, and a silica-rich tread formulation that’s engineered for long wear, noise reduction, and unbeatable wet-weather grip. The Alenza A/S Ultra’s tread features include wide circumferential grooves to evacuate water away from the tire’s contact patch to avoid hydroplaning, lateral grooves, a dense network of 3D sipes, and Bridgestone’s Snow Vices groove design for capable traction in wet or wintry conditions. The Alenza A/S Ultra’s solid center rib delivers great road manners and on-center stability at highway speed, and it's tread pitch is computer tuned to help cancel frequencies and keep road noise to a minimum. Bridgestone backs the Alenza A/S Ultra with a generous 80,000 mile manufacturer’s treadwear warranty.

With an average SimpleScore of 9.6 out of 10, the Alenza A/S Ultra offers excellent handling (9.0) and traction (9.1), and good longevity (7.2).

2. General Altimax 365AW - Best all-weather tire

The General Altimax 365AW is technically an all-weather tire. All-weather tires are designed around the same performance targets as all-season tires, except with enhanced traction in snow and winter weather. Indeed, the Altimax 365AW has the tire industry’s Three Peak Mountain Snowflake certification for severe winter service, stamped right on the sidewall. So what makes the General Altimax 365AW a strong performer? It features a silica-rich tread formulation that’s engineered to stay flexible at subfreezing temperatures for winter traction, with General’s innovative Sinusoidal Siping System, Waved Grooves, and additional traction teeth to dig into snow and slush. The sipe density is lessened somewhat toward the tread’s center ribs for improved steering feedback and road feel, with the added benefit of helping to keep highway noise to a minimum. The Altimax 365AW is also equipped with Visual Alignment Indicators, giving a driver a heads-up to premature tire wear caused by wheel alignment that’s out of spec. General backs the Altimax 365AW with a 60,000 mile manufacturer’s treadwear warranty.

With an average SimpleScore of 9.0 out of 10, the General Altimax 365AW offers excellent handling (9.0), longevity (9.0), and traction (9.2).

3. Pirelli Scorpion Ice & Snow - Best winter tire

In parts of the country that have rough winter weather where snow, slush, and ice stays on the ground (and roads) for weeks at a time, most all-season tires just are not up to the job of safely getting you from point A to point B. If you live in one of those areas, you already know this – and you know that dedicated winter tires are the only thing for it. The Pirelli Scorpion Ice & Snow delivers stellar performance in winter weather, earning SimpleScores of 9.9 for handling and traction. Pirelli started out at the molecular level (yes, literally), designing a tread compound with polymers and additives that allow it to stay pliable in extreme cold for traction. The Scorpion Ice & Snow’s angled independent tread blocks help with traction in sloppy winter weather, and the robust shoulder blocks mean confident cornering and braking performance on wet or dry pavement. Finally, the Scorpion Ice & Snow’s internal construction is inspired by all-terrain tires, for a truly durable winter tire. The end result is a tire that delivers unbeatable traction even on ice (where usually only studded tires will work) without sacrificing noise levels, handling, ride quality and road manners. Not surprisingly the Pirelli Snow & Ice is Three Peak Mountain Snowflake rated for severe winter service.

While these are three of the best Volvo XC90 tires on the market, there are plenty of other great and good options out there. Here are two that stood out to us:

4. Kumho Solus TA51A - Great all-season-tire

Next up is the Solus TA51A from Kumho, an all-season tire for sedans, minivans, and crossovers that comes in at a lower price point, but offers premium-level features, quality, and performance. The Solus TA51A is designed with circumferential grooves to help resist hydroplaning, and a combination of 3D chamfered tread blocks and 3D interlocking sipes that work together to boost traction in wet or wintry conditions. The Solus TA51A’s advanced tread compound is rich with silica additives and multi-functionalized polymers for long wear and great wet or dry weather traction. The Solus TA51A is quiet, too, with ribs in the tread that are designed to cancel resonant noise, breaking up and dispersing sound waves to keep highway noise and vibrations to a minimum. Kumho backs the Solus TA51A with a 75,000 mile or 65,000 mile manufacturer’s treadwear warranty, depending on tire size.

With an average SimpleScore of 9, the Solus TA51a offers excellent longevity (9.6) and traction (9.0) plus great handling (8.5).

5. Kenda Kenetica Touring A/S - Good all-season tire

Now we come to the Kenda Kenetica Touring A/S, an all-season tire that delivers luxurious ride quality, responsive handling, low noise, and year-round traction at an affordable price. The Kenetica Touring A/S is M&S rated for mud/snow traction, with circumferential grooves, angled grooves and a high-density sipe pattern for dependable traction. The Kenetica Touring A/S boosts cornering ability and braking performance with strategically placed tie bars across tread blocks for improved rigidity, standing up to the G forces and inertia of cornering. Tread depth is a full 10/32” for improved traction in wet or wintry weather, as well as long wear. The Kenda Kenetica Touring A/S is covered by a 60,000 mile treadwear warranty.

With an average SimpleScore of 7.6, the Kenetica Touring A/S offers great handling (8.0), plus good traction (7.7) and longevity (7.2).

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