All Season Performance Tire Recommendations?

I am at 90K and am getting ready to put the third set of all season performance tires on my 2014 Prius v five. After the OEMs, I bought the second set at the dealer, who recommended/replaced them with Goodyear Assurance Comfortread Touring 215/50R17, which have been fairly noisy. When looking at replacement options, I noticed that the current tires have a load/speed rating of 93V but a minimum W is what the specs say. I live in Maine so do have some snow/ice to deal with if I choose to drive in it. I had lined up some Pirelli Cinturato P7 All Season Plus based on Consumer Reports but they don't come in a W or Y speed rating. Any recommendations for new tires? Noise and handling are my priorities, then gas mileage. Thanks in advance for your input.

 

Absolutely! Three winters down with my v and no problems. I do have the advantage of just being able to stay home rather than driving during storms

 

Well after plenty of research plus a visit to a tire shop to understand the meaning of the speed/load ratings, I've decided to go with the specified "W" speed rated tire, so have settled on Continental Extreme Contact 215/50ZR17XL 95W ($664 installed). I'll post an update once I have a couple thousand miles on them. Thanks each of you for the input.

 

I get it now Thanks for helping me understand a little better. I have no idea why just the Prius v five has the w load rated tire specified.

 

Just wanted to give an update. It has been two months since I got the Continental Extreme Contact 215/50ZR17XL 95W tires. We have had more snowstorms than I care to think about and they are working well. They are much quieter than the previous tires so they have turned out to be a good fit all around. Thanks for your input everyone.