Anyone bought a V90 CC recently?
 

My V90 CC will be need new tyres in a few months and I have noticed that new V90 CC cars are coming with Pirelli PNCS tyres.

There is a dedicated summer tyre and an all season tyre available and both have been developed specifically for Volvo.

The tyre size is 235/50 R19.

If you have a new V90CC I would like to know the tyres it came with and what you think of them.

Ours came with Michelin Latitude Sport 3's and we have done just over 10k miles, rears still have plenty of tread and the fronts are doing pretty well also, although it is mainly driven by my wife, hence the better tyre wear !!

These are OK no issues with grip or noise or with towing our caravan.

I'm also curious what tyres they come with as I'm picking up my V90 CC from the dealer towards the end of October. I recall the old V70CC used to come with Pirelli Scorpion Mud and Snow tyres.

Forgive my ignorence but can you explain what Pirelli PCNS tyres are? :)

Collected mine 2 weeks ago and came with Michelin Latitude Sport 3's

Michelin Latitude Sport 3 on mine

Same tyres on my 2019 XC90 Inscription and they seem better for noise and road holding than my last 2017 XC90 Momentum with Pirelli.

Great to know XC90s are now coming with Michelin Latitude Sport 3. I replaced Conti Silents on my XC90 with these and having done 5k+ on them, I can confirm its a different car, road noise is dramatically reduced over the Conti's. Mine are the acoustic version of the Michelin's though. If i go for another XC90 next year, I'd be very concerned about going back onto Conti's.

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Pncs
 

PNCS is pirelli noise cancelling system.

Very similar to Michelin 'Acoustic'.

It is a foam insert to reduce tyre roar.

It helps a bit and at certain frequencies. Volvo have started using it on many SPA platform cars even though the tyres are more expensive.

Volvo have even worked with Michelin and Pirelli to develop these tyres (hence the VOL) to mark them as specific to Volvo.

Does this imply that these SPA cars are noisy when fitted with standard, non acoustic, tyres?
The Michelins on mine are holding up very well, but I had considered going for all season tyres when it is time to change.
I put some cross climates on my wife’s V40 and they are very good, so I was thinking about putting a set onto the V90

Cross Climates
 

If you do go for the cross climates I would be very interested to see what you think of them.

We have put cross climates on a Skoda Yeti and they have been really good.

I've been running Pirelli P-Zeros with the PNCS on 20" rims. Car approaching 27k miles and fronts only just ready for replacement. The rears have another 10k in them I reckon.
No noise issues, seem great in the wet and never had any problems in the snow last year.
Just about to hit the button on 2 new ones at £170 each. Was seriously tempted to try cross-climates, but seemed a no-brainer to continue with the P-Zeros.
Never had more than 18k out of a pair of tyres on driven wheels in 20+ years. Big thumbs up for P Zero from me.

Sounds very promising.

Could you please post the complete tyre spec - were they all season or pure summer tyres?

Picked up my.V90 CC T5 on Tuesday and it’s come with Continental EcoContact 5 tyres. Seems like there is a bit of variety in what you receive.

I have an old xc60 (2016 MY) FWD D4 VEA so may not be of any use to you but I out Cross Climates on last Summer and IMO best tyre I have ever had, had the standard Pirelli before which was really bad for torque steering and no use in the snow.

When we had the heavy snow early this year I misjudged the speed it was coming down and ended up driving when it got heavy, honestly you did not even know you were driving in a few inches of compacted snow, you could see other cars sliding etc but sticking to a steady speed they were fantastic. only way I would make them slip was basically being an idiot when I got to a car park and trying to make it skid.

Not in the snow they are absolutely fine, you have to remember that in an xc60 cornering fast is not really a thing although being 28 and coming from a A Fiesta I probably push it more than most and they have yet to let me down.

Quieter than the Pirelli’s and seem to be wearing well, I would buy them again without hesitation, one thing I did notice is the pricing is so variable, I know that is true of all tyres but I brought mine through ATS when they had a promo for something like £50 off and free dash cam, some places were over £100 more for 4 tyres.

Blimey that's a surprise.

What size are they?

Just the standard 18”.