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Performance Tire Ratings
Competition
Tires
The Categories:
Max Performance Summer
Ultra High Performance Summer
Ultra High Performance All-Season
High Performance Summer
Extreme
Performance Summer
High Performance All-Season
Highway All Season
Performance All-Season
Grand Touring Summer
Grand Touring All-Season
Standard Touring All-Season
Passenger All-Season
Winter
Competition
SUV-Light Truck Tire Comparisons And Ratings
Street/Sport Truck All-Season
Street/Sport Truck Summer
Highway Rib Summer
Highway All Season
Off-Road All Terrain
Off-Road Maximum Traction
Winter
The tire rankings are based
on overall rating score for 14 different performance
factors.
Ratings provided by
Tire Rack Note:
The overall ranking of a tire
may not be the best judge of it's performance capabilities
for you.
Look at how each tire performed in the individual
performance factors and decide which is the most important
for your driving style and needs.
Example:
The number one ranked tire may
rate low for tread wear which is your most important
consideration when choosing a new tire. But...the number 3
ranked tire may have a better customer rating for tread wear
which might make this your better choice. To
see all of the individual tire scores for all of the 14 performance factors
that were involved in the
reviews and ratings click here
The Number 1 Rated Tire
On the outside, the
Pilot Sport Cup uses dual zone tread compounds with the
outer shoulder compound optimized for dry handling and the
inside shoulder compound focused on wet traction.
These tread compounds are molded into a 6/32” deep
asymmetric tread design that features a massive outer
shoulder rib to further enhance steering response and
cornering stability while circumferential grooves and
independent tread blocks are used on the inner portion of
the tread design to enhance damp track traction.
Internally, the Pilot Sport Cup features two, full-width
steel belts reinforced with Michelin’s Banded At Zero (BAZ)
technology to stiffen the tread area to help prevent the
contact area from distorting during aggressive acceleration,
cornering and braking.
The
Pilot Sport Cup radial’s basic sidewall materials and
architecture have been carried forward from Michelin’s Pilot
Sport line of Max Performance tires. |
