I just picked up my car two weeks ago. It is a C350 with the Advanced Agility control package. It has Pirelli P Zero Nero tires which are Ultra High Performance all season.

Several other C Coupes on dealers lot have Continental Sport Contact IIIs.

That is a considerably more expensive and probably better performance tire.

Did I get screwed? Are there others out there with Pirellis?

Thoughts?

My C250 came with Conti ContiPremiumContact's. Good LRR tire for fuel efficiency. Switched out to 19's after 1 month. CSC3's will wear out much quicker, so it really depends on your dry grip requirements.

My car came with Michelin tires - VERY happy. (Base rims).

My brother's coupe came with the continental tires on his ///AMG rims. NOT happy, at just over 1,000 miles tire has a small 1/2" gash on the inner sidewall and is flat and not repairable... Crap tires IMO, never had a problem with any of my Michelin tires of this brand (had them for 45,000 miles on my c300 before off lease - with tons of tread life left) and now 5,000 miles on the coupe.

C350 Continenal Pro Contacts

Mine came with the conti sportcontact 3, almost 17000km with them and really happy...

mine had 7 spokes originally, with continentals, not the Sport Contact 3's though, and I hated them. Swapped for the AMG wheels with the Pirelli Tires and I love them. Grippier, meatier, and better tread pattern.

Got Pirelli's P-Zero Nero all seasons on 18 inch AMG rims. Close to 10k km now and i love them. A bit noisy, but the performance makes it worth it...

I got Pirelli PZero Nero all seasons.

Conti SportContact III
I've got the 5 spoke 18" AMG rims. The tyres are very quiet.

All of you guys who's got the Continental SportContact III, was your car RWD or AWD? I wonder if that's how MB determines what tires to fit on 18's. Or is it the Advanced Agility? I want to figure out how I can get summer tires when I order my 2013 C350. I wonder if it's same for the sedan/coupe too. I had a 2008 C350 with all-seasons on standard 17'' rims and I couldn't make it up my driveway in the winter. Not going through the same thing again. I am getting summer and winter tires with my next RWD car.

unfortunately i ended up with the continental pro contacts tires... i hate the look of the rounded sidewall with the busy tread design (looks cheap).

before taking delivery i asked the dealer to switch rims and tires with a 4 door in stock that offered the pirelli pzero nero tires (after much discussion with the service dept... a no go).

i really prefer the look of the pirelli for it’s a more performance oriented looking tire all around.

my car is a C250 (rear wheel drive) with the optional 18 double spoke amg rims.

Mine came with Conti SportContact 3 and I am very pleased with them - perfect performance.

Pirelli here. In FL 12 c350 7 spoke 18" wheels. I drive all different kinds of mb with all kinds of tire. The Pirelli are my favorite but I like the sidewall design on conti

All Australian C's fitted with Contis, all are RWD