• Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Subscribe
  • Free Newsletter
  • My Account
Tyrepress
  • 0Shopping Cart
  • NewsNews
    • Latest News
    • Company News
    • UK News
    • Product News
    • International News
    • Retreading
    • Career Tracks
    • Motorsport
    • Video
    • Tyrepress Videos
  • Data
    • Leading Tyre Manufacturers
    • Leading Retailers (UK)
    • Social Media Ranking
    • Online Branding
    • Brand Finance rankings
    • Blue Light Fleet Analysis
    • Astutus Research analysis
    • Beyond Covid-19 Tire Market Forecasts
  • Features
    • Goodyear to buy Cooper – special supplement
    • TPMS and Sensor Technology 2021
    • Tyre Industry Conference 2020
    • Online Tyre Business 2020
    • Kick-starting your business webinar May 2020
  • Business Directory
    • Browse Entries
    • List Your Company on the Business Directory
  • Jobs
    • Situations vacant
    • Career Tracks
  • Classifieds
  • Magazine
    • Latest Issue
    • Read Tyres & Accessories Magazine online
    • Tyres & Accessories Magazine Archive
  • Shop
    • Subscription Shop
    • Report Shop
    • Directory Shop
  • About
    • Company Profile
    • Media Information
    • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
    • Legal
    • Contact Us
  • Search
  • Menu
You are here: Home1 / News2 / Product News3 / Phased out before being phased in: Pirelli’s Cinturato Season SF

Phased out before being phased in: Pirelli’s Cinturato Season SF

Date: 15th October 2020 Author: Stephen Goodchild Comments: 1
The Pirelli tyre is the “first edition of a single size that was produced in limited quantities over six months ago and will not come on the market”

Auto Bild managed to publish its 2020 all-season tyre test more or less on time despite the lockdown affecting many parts of Europe during the spring. The German motoring publication looked at 32 brands of all-season tyres and evaluated 14 of these in greater depth following a preliminary knock-out round of braking tests. One of the 14 candidates making it through to the finals is a product we’d seen neither hide nor hair of beforehand – the Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF. In contrast to the Cinturato All Season and Cinturato All Season Plus, no retailer appears to stock this particular model. And as we’ve learned, it looks as if this will remain the case.

Although Pirelli’s headquarters in Italy hasn’t yet directly responded to our queries, our German sister magazine Neue Reifenzeitung learned from a Pirelli spokeswoman in Germany that the tyre in question was the “first edition of a single size that was produced in limited quantities over six months ago and will not come on the market.” Auto Bild must surely be unimpressed by this revelation, as the magazine’s testers usually purchase tyres for their product comparisons from retailers and only accept examples directly from manufacturers in exceptional cases. Auto Bild tester Dierk Möller confirmed that several tyres came from manufacturers in this instance, including the Pirelli product. He added that in such exceptional cases, a senior representative of the tyre maker must provide written confirmation that the tyre model will actually appear on the market at a later date.

Möller explained that Auto Bild took this approach in order to include as many latest-generation tyres in its test despite the comparatively early procurement date this year. The intention was to present up-to-date products that customers can actually buy at tyre dealers or online. “A lot of time passes from procurement to publication during our extensive testing,” he said, noting the absence of the newest tyres from Cooper (Discoverer All Season) and Nokian (Seasonproof), products that promise “many performance improvements” but weren’t available in time for the start of testing.

In contrast, the Cinturato All Season SF can be described as a type of pre-series model. This is supported by the fact that, according to Pirelli itself, it intends to introduce a ‘Cinturato All Season SF2’ at a later, unspecified date. The ‘SF’ model, which finished 12th from the 14 finalists with a ‘satisfactory’ rating, won’t join the Pirelli portfolio.

In addition to the Pirelli tyre, Auto Bild obtained the runner-up Vredestein Quatrac and 13th-placed Kumho Solus 4S HA32 directly from their respective manufacturers. The other 29 candidates were anonymously obtained from retailers.

Related news:

  1. Nokian wins Auto Express all-season tyre test; dry performance remains ‘concern’ for segment
  2. 3 tyres rated ‘exemplary’ in Auto Bild’s winter tyre test
  3. “A safe and cost-effective alternative” – Auto Bild tests all-season tyres
  4. 7 ‘exemplary’ tyres in Auto Bild summer test
Comments
Tim LIANG October 15, 2020
It’s good article to know the tyre industry
Comments closed
Share this entry
  • Share on Facebook
  • Share on Twitter
  • Share on WhatsApp
  • Share on LinkedIn
  • Share on Reddit
  • Per E-Mail teilen

Related Tags

all-season tyres, Auto Bild, Dierk Möller, Pirelli, Pirelli Cinturato, tyre test, Tyre tests

Advert Location 28

© 2020 - Tyrepress
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • WhatTyre
  • Reifenpresse
  • PneusNews
Auto Bild tests all-season tyres – 5 ‘exemplary’ products Marubeni partners with Tyrata drive-over tyre tread depth system in Japan
Scroll to top