Across 65 reviews, the Dunlop SP Sport Maxx GT is most often described as a strong-performing UHP summer tire with excellent dry grip, confident handling, and generally low noise for the category. Many higher-scoring reviews also report surprisingly good mileage and even wear, especially on heavier Audi/BMW/Jaguar fitments. However, a meaningful minority report poor confidence in the wet-particularly aquaplaning/standing water and greasy-road traction as the tread wears-along with some complaints of fast wear and a firm, tramlining-prone ride. It is also repeatedly noted as unsuitable for snow/ice, as expected of a summer tire.
What owners mention most counted across 65 reviews
great tires with excellent grip , when pushed hard the rear breaks away in a controlled manner. I drive the car hard yet the fronts have done 45k miles and the rears 20k which is not bad for a powerful heavy car.
I left a review in October, it's now April and the tires have worn to the limit and have come off. I previously wrote that the tires were the noisiest I've ever experienced and didn't give them such a good review. Well after taking the tires off and driving home from the garage the road noise was still there. It turns out it wasn't the tires in the end and was infact my wheel bearings. So I feel it only fair to post an update on here. I can't really fault them now. Not brilliant in the wet and tire wear is average but in the dry they performed quite well when pushed hard. Maybe I will give the Sport Maxx RT a go now in future.
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I have had ~21,000 miles out of the fronts, with a mixed style of driving.
I would have expected much less, due to being low profile tires, being on a relatively big / heavy car and a mix of driving style. I am very impressed with the wear rates.
I have no complaints with the grip levels provided in wet or dry. They are a great combination with Audi's quattro system.
I would have been tempted to change to the Michelin Pilot Super Sports as the fronts have recently worn out. However from reading up on the Quattro system and mixing patterns front and back, I have decided to keep the keep the front and rear tires the same. Do your research and make your own decision on this...
Thought I'd try these as I've never tried Dunlop before and they came up at a good price. I'll never touch another Dunlop again purely because these are the noisiest tires ever. At 30mph they start howling. If I wanted noise I would have installed a sports exhaust or bought an Impreza. I don't want this much cabin noise. I can't wait to get them off. Even when I fitted new brakes, my mechanic took the car for a spin and thought my wheel bearings had gone. It surprises me because the noise rating was quite decent on the tire label but I guess this was tested when new as when they were new they were fine, the noise started at around 6mm and seem to be getting louder as they wear. These are original equipment on Mercedes SLS so I suppose it doesn't bother those cars because they are naturally loud cars anyway.
Apart from the noise, wear seems ok, I've done 6000 miles on them and they still have 5mm on them. They were comfortable too. Dry grip was very good, but I wasn't so confident in the wet. Maybe I should have tried the Sport Maxx RT instead but now I'm not even going to bother. Going to stick to other brands.
My A4 Allroad has only covered 9500 miles but the tires are already worn down to 3.5mm so it looks like they will struggle to cover 12000 miles. I don't drive or corner fast so can't understand why this is. My previous car, a Volvo XC70, covered around 20000 miles on a set of tires so it looks like it's either the car or the tires.
My other disappointment is the tendency for these tires to tramline a bit; probably a bit to do with the size of wheel but I've heard similar complaints from other A4 owners on Dunlops with more conventional size rubber.
I have had these tires on my Audi A5 Quattro 2.0 TFSI Sportback since new and needed new tires after 48Kms plus (could have got 5K more if pushed), I really liked the Dunlops BUT after reading reveiws on this site settled on Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymetric 2 instead.
First impressions after fitting the Goodyear tires was not good the dealer damaged the rims with scratches so that didnt help.
On balance the Dunlop tires I had were and are a LOT quieter than the Goodyear F1's which are quite a bit noisier although the Dunlops are heavier on the steering and rail track a bit but the feed back from the steering wheel was much more responsive than the Goodyear tires + they stuck like glue in the dry at this point I'm wondering if I made a serious mistake and should have gone again for the Dunlop SP Sport Maxx GT again, 48K+ is great wear any 1 would agree, these though the Goodyear F1's are much lighter on the steering and ride BUT its only early days, I still might regret changing to the Goodyear F1's
At this poin t in time I wish I hadnt changed..........
Really top tire on my Audi A5 Quattro 48Klms but could get more out of them if i pushed it , I cant say more than recommend them to every one.
Although reading reveiws I think any one who doesnt get good klm's out of them has an alignmet or other issue so dont blame the tire OK - these are really good all driven on Australian local and highway roads very very happy with them geat handleing and grip, although now at 48Klms, they shudder a bit around fast sharp corners - great tires good buy
Excellent all round tires, I can generally get around 25-30,000 miles from a set, very good tire wear, always very even across the tire. I recently had to buy a pair of Conti Sport 3 tires for the rear, really disappointed with grip compared to the Sport Maxx GT's. Also the Conti's have worn really badly, flat spotting on all edges.
