Pirelli urges motorists to get ready for winter

With Christmas fast approaching and temperatures plummeting, Italian tyre firm Pirelli is urging motorists to check their tyres to ensure they are offering optimum grip and safety on Ireland’s icy roads.

Pirelli has more than 125 years of technical excellence and innovation and has invested millions into creating a range of premium products to enhance the handling and performance of prestigious vehicle marques. The P Zero and Cinturato are most representative of Pirelli’s premium range and this year marks 25 years since the launch of the first P Zero tyre.

Over the past 25 years, Pirelli’s iconic P Zero brand has continuously evolved, mirroring the huge advances made in the automotive industry with increasingly higher-powered vehicles.

The P Zero is among the tyre fitments offered as original equipment for many of the most prestigious motor manufacturers. The P Zero offers the most demanding drivers unprecedented performance in all areas: handling, comfort and safety. It performs well in wet conditions and on awarding it first place in it’s annual tyre test, evo noted that it ‘is well liked for its almost gritty hold on the wet surfaces and well matched traction, lateral grip and braking”. A comfortable drive allied with sporting performance is provided thanks to special nano-composite in the compound