Michelin Performance Tire

Michelin Pilot Sport - The Pilot Sport is Michelin's Max Performance Summer tire developed for the drivers of exotic sports cars and ultra high performance coupes and sedans. The Pilot Sport is designed to extend vehicle capabilities in the wet, while providing progressive handling, exceptional feedback and refined road manners on dry roads. The Pilot Sport is not intended to be driven in near-freezing temperatures, through snow or on ice.

The Pilot Sport molds Michelin's Advanced Technology tread compound into one of two designs. While all Pilot Sport tires feature a continuous circumferential center rib flanked by directional tread patterns, tires in sizes of up to 265 millimeters of section width feature a "V"-shaped pattern, while tires of 275 millimeters of section width and wider feature a "W"-shaped tread pattern. The continuous center rib sharpens steering response and provides communicative road feel while the swept back lateral grooves efficiently evacuate water from under the contact patch to resist hydroplaning and enhance wet traction while reducing tire noise on dry roads. The tire's structure includes two belts made of high-tensile, lightweight steel cords which are further reinforced by size-optimized, spirally wrapped nylon cord utilizing BAZ (Banded At Zero) Technology to improve quick steering response and resist distortion while they enhance ride quality and high-speed durability. Ultra-reinforced sidewalls promote powerful cornering, while Michelin's cable beads help maintain the ideal shape of a running tire for better tire/wheel uniformity.

Michelin® Pilot® Sport tires raise the bar on handling and tread life and are designed to help you get the most out of your ultra-high performance sports car. Michelin Pilot Sport tires are summer tires, excelling on both dry and wet pavement. They provide predictable cornering and exceptional tread stability under high torque. Michelin Pilot Sport tires offer impressive performance properties, so it should come as no surprise that they can be readily found on many of the world’s finest sports cars.

• Powerful wet traction, handling, and braking, as well as progressive, powerful dry performance
• Stabilized tread in high-torque applications
• Quick response, good ride compliance, and excellent damping of noise and vibration
• Minimizes the lag time between steering input and directional response, resulting in steering feedback that is better matched with steering response
• Superb running shape is maintained and easy mounting is facilitated
• Powerful, predictable cornering
• Resists centrifugal distortion, optimizing high-speed handling and durability
• Sharp steering response and feedback for exceptionally faithful, communicative road feel
• Outstanding wet traction and low tire noise on dry