Tires Toyo or Pirelli

Tire store employees say Conti is best overall. I have the Pirellis and hard to imagine a quiter, smoother, UHP all season.

For 7k you should be able to find pretty good tyres for your Volvo. I looked around a bit this year and found last years NAF test winner for under 10k for a bigger dimension for my car, including mounting on rims. Look for the ones from NAF tyre test just under the winner, like the Pirellis that scored okay but not great are within your price range, at least here in Norway, and way safer than these unknown China tyres.

I run the Pirelli on my B9.5 S4 and no complains so far, heading into first full winter together so I'll see how it goes.

I like Pirelli ice zero fr, they have the best grip, Bridgestone also fine

Currently running Sl toyo at3s, but likely going to switch to Cooper Road and Trail A/T has i have seen some good things about those tires.

Currently on Toyo Celsius 2, on a AWD and it does well for urban winters. I did drive through a blizzard and it was fine, but back of mine was wondering...Halfway through it's lifespan and zero issues.

The OEM Toyo A36 tires on my car started cracking badly at just 39,600 miles. After driving just 12 miles on the new Pirellis, here’s my honest take:

They are NOT any quieter than the Toyos.

I’m hearing pretty much the same road noise I had with the OEMs.

Switched them over to Pirelli AS3 and now I understand! What I gained in grip I gave up in harshness.

Apparently there are Balancing issues with Pirelli tires. I had Pirelli Scorpions and could never get them right with 3 tire shops.

I am currently running the Toyo AT3’s, only complaint I have is they kinda suck in the rain and need rebalancing every 5k miles