Michelin’s new Pilot Sport 4 tyre has won the Auto Express Ultimate Tyre Test “by a clear margin” in the dry. The tyre performed well in virtually all of the test categories, which include dry handling, dry braking, wet handling, wet braking, wet cornering, straight aquaplaning, curved aquaplaning, rolling resistance and cabin noise.
The Michelin Pilot Sport 4 was up against eight competitor tyres including Pirelli P Zero; Continental ContiSportContact 5; Dunlop SP Sport Maxx RT2; Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3; Hankook Ventus S1 evo2; Falken Azenis FK510; Yokohama Advan Sport V105 and Vredestein Ultrac Vorti.