Wouldn’t it be great to have the braking, steering response, cornering, and handling performance of an ultra-high-performance (UHP) tire that delivers year-round traction instead of having to be swapped out for all-season tires when the temperatures fall?

That’s exactly what you can expect with the Giovanna A/S. The Giovanna A/S is designed for dependable performance in wet or dry conditions as well as light wintry weather, with a radically different asymmetric tread design that delivers excellent cornering and handling as well as year-round traction. But don’t just take our word for it, let’s go in for a closer look with this Giovanna A/S review:

Features and Benefits

Here are just a few of the features that make the Giovanna A/S a great performer and a great value in an all-season tire:

• The innovative combination of sweeping directional grooves and angled grooves drain water, slush, and melting snow from the tire’s tread and footprint to avoid hydroplaning on wet roads
• Advanced tread formulation designed for long, even wear and consistent traction
• The casing is designed to isolate vibrations and irregularities for a more comfortable ride
• Tread pattern and pitch computer-tuned to help keep road noise to a minimum
• Large, reinforced shoulder blocks add rigidity to the tread area for enhanced cornering and resistance to deformation and tread squirm
• 50,000 mile limited manufacturer tread life warranty
• Polyester casing with twin steel belt layer and spiral-wrapped nylon plies boost high-speed stability, durability
• Wide range of sizes for various fitments

Pros and Cons

PROS:

• Handling is precise and accurate with crisp steering response
• Aggressive tread design looks great on a wide variety of vehicles
• Generous treadwear coverage
• Ride quality and road manners are top-notch

CONS:

• The tire is not Three Peak Mountain Snowflake certified so it should not be used in moderate to severe winter weather conditions
• Some drivers report excessive noise on some pavement surfaces

SimpleTire’s view on Giovanna A/S tires

If you’ve got an SUV or crossover and like to push the envelope of your car’s handling and cornering, a set of UHP tires can be the solution. It’s even better if those UHP tires can offer year-round traction and long wear, and better still if they have an innovative, aggressive tread design that looks gregariously of vehicles.

The Giovanna A/S is that tire. Drivers love the Giovanna A/S for its quick steering response and confident, accurate cornering ability even when pushed to the apex. The Giovanna A/S offers ride quality that’s composed and comfortable even on rougher, irregular pavement, with little of the road’s vibrations and shocks making their way to the driver and passengers. It’s a tire that just flat-out looks great on a variety of vehicles, thanks to those angled, sweeping tread grooves (which are a full 10/32” deep), but those tread grooves do more than look great – they do a very efficient job of eliminating water and slush from the tire’s contact patch for improved wet-weather performance. Road noise is subdued on most types of pavement, and the Giovanna A/S’s straight-line stability is secure and docile with no need to constantly correct to stay pointed in the right direction.

Using SimpleScore, the Giovanna A/S gets numerical rankings of 7.3 for traction, 8.1 for handling, 8.4 for longevity, and an overall average of 7.9.

Vehicles the Giovanna A/S is a good replacement tire for

• Acura MDX
• Audi Q7
• Cadillac Escalade
• Chevrolet Equinox
• Ford Edge
• Genesis GV80
• GMC Acadia
• Honda Pilot
• Hyundai Tucson
• Infiniti QX60
• Jeep Grand Cherokee
• Kia Telluride
• Lexus LX350
• Mazda CX-9
• Nissan Rogue
• Toyota Highlander
• Volkswagen Atlas