The Michelin Pilot Sport A/S was developed to be the Ultra High Performance All-Season tire that provides all-weather traction while minimizing compromises in dry and wet road handling to complement the performance of sports cars, coupes and sedans that require year round traction even in light snow.
On the outside, the Pilot Sport A/S features a “three compound tread” that is made possible by the extremely precise capabilities of Michelin’s innovative “C3M” tire manufacturing process. The Pilot Sport A/S uses three distinct tread compounds. The first places a special high dry grip tread compound in both shoulders. The second is a balanced dry, wet, snow and cold tread compound that is used between both shoulders and the tire’s center rib. The third tread compound used in the center rib, has been developed to provide wet traction confidence. These three tread compounds are molded into a directional tread design with a continuous circumferential center rib flanked by high angle directional tread blocks. The continuous center rib sharpens steering response and provides communicative road feel while reducing tire noise on dry roads. The high angle lateral tread blocks enhance responsiveness and handling while the tire’s circumferential and high angle lateral grooves efficiently evacuate water from under the contact patch to resist hydroplaning and enhance wet traction.
On the inside, two high-tensile, lightweight steel cord belts are reinforced with Michelin’s “Filament At Zero” (FAZ) technology under the tread area. Michelin’s FAZ spirally wraps an individual strand of Kevlar across the entire tread area under the steel belts, and again above the steel belt’s edges to enhance wear and ride comfort while providing high speed durability and predictable handling.
Author
ryball VIP Member
Registered: November 2002 Location: Charity is not just a stripper name Posts: 9645
Review Date: Tue February 8, 2005
Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $697.08
| Rating: 9
Pros:
Excellent wet and dry handling
Cons:
expensive
These replaced 205/55R16 Bridgestone RE950\'s. I got them in 225/50R16\'s. Steering feel is heavier, obviously, because of a wider profile tire. Handling on wet road is amazing. I have yet to drive through standing water, but looking at the tread, it should carve right through. Dry handling is equally impressive, on par with several \"summer\" tires I have driven. Obviously, this is not a summer tire and would undoubtably suffer in repeated track runs, but I didn\'t get these for that purpose and expect good tread life as a benefit.
Powered by: ReviewPost PHP vB3 Enhanced Copyright 2006 All Enthusiast, Inc.
