Owners rate the Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 highly overall (average 82.7%), with the clearest consensus around strong snow traction and unusually capable dry-road performance for a winter tire. Wet grip also earns plenty of praise, and a smaller group highlights sharp steering feel and secure snow handling. Complaints are more mixed, but around a quarter of owners mention either firmer-than-expected ride comfort or disappointing ice performance, and a smaller minority report noticeable road noise and weak slush behavior.
What owners mention most counted across 26 reviews
I use these as my winter tires on my E92 BMW Alpina B3S Allrad which is based on the 335ix
They are quite a brilliant tire that reassure me on and through the the worst of winter conditions. I have driven my car across The Alps and other mountain ranges during quite bleak blizzard conditions with these tires on and they simply don’t put a foot wrong.
Although it’s not compulsory and there’s no legal obligation upon me to use winter tires on my car where I currently reside, I am convinced that every car, even those with 4WD or AWD should change to winter tires when the temperature drops to +7C or below. Just talk to my friend who recently put his 4WD BMW X5 through a ditch after it slid on ice, after swearing to me that very day that he didn’t need winter tires as all four of the wheels on his X5 are driven. He now uses winter tires…..
Now, the Alpin 5 tires are very supple and provide me with all that I want or need for winter driving. Good under braking and accelerating, good on turning and direction changes and quite simply excellent on even the heaviest of snow covered navigable roads.
Have driven them ca 1500 km in a Nordic country (Estonia) with my Lotus Evora 400. As seen in the rating, very good if not excellent if there is no snow or ice. If there is snow, they will do the job OK(ish) in the city, not the highway. If there is ice, these things are pretty much useless, borderline dangerous. Braking is hilariously poor. Would not recommend or buy them for a winter tire. Great tire for +10 to -5 temperature countries that don't experience much snow or ice.
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Very convincing as a Sport tire in winter time. Side walls are not hard as I had them in my own hands when not on the rims. Thus at least 2.5 "bar" tire pressure required. Car reacts very good on steering wheel inputs for a winter tire. Did a lot of abuse last two months driving agressivly curvy roads at the limit (standard adaptive chassis but same tire dimension all around). Tires managed this very good with low wear. Dry grip is outstanding for winter tire and wet grip on an high level and good controllable. Feels sure footed. Conti 850P had slightly better grip in wet but dry was average. Comfort is below average (a bit hard for a winter tire and some unexpected noise at 120km/h / Limit in Switzerland) but overall still quiet for a winter tire.
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I've had the tires since November and would say that I'm fairly satisfied with performance but, they seem to have a super hard sidewall because you can feel every single imperfection from the road. And not necessarily in a nice way.
They give you some good confidence in the snow and traction control barely steps in under acceleration on snow. I only once felt the rear go loose while driving on a wet-oily road. Other than that, vey stable.
Super poor fuel economy. About 0.5l/100km more for constant highway driving (at 140km/h). Comparing them to the previous Pirelli Sottozero 3.
Amazing grip in the dry for a winter tire. Only negative is the comfort that is not as good as other winter tires. But then this is more responsive with better feedback than other winter tires.
The best winter tire I ever drove. Finally I can go for a drive in winter and enjoy the car and the road. You get a lot of feedback from the tire. It's not so precise and stable like a 4s for example, but you can still drive hard and the tire will not fall apart. And the wearing is even when you drive it hard really good. I was very supportive by that. Even with these really good dry performance, the tire works very good in the snow also. I spend a lot of time in the mountains so it has to work for me also in the snow and the tire delivers!!! An absolute amazing winter tire!!
Went from Alpin 5 (predecessor of alpin 6) to the new Pilot Alpin 5 and was blown away by the way the tire handles. I don't often get snow so dry and wet performance below 7 degrees Celsius is very important and they do not disappoint. Winter tires can feel wobbly but these do a great job and still giving some sense of connection to the road. And just recently drove on icy roads and some snow and they handled it like a champ. Wear is excellent, and despite the fact they only have about 3.5mm left they still grip which hasn't been the case with some other winter tires I've had in the past from other brands. So highly recommend, can't fault them on anything. Worth every penny.
This is a review after the first winter with those Pilot Alpin 5.
I have managed to do aprox. 13.000miles with them and thread left is :
5MM front
6MM rear
I have a sporty driving, aprox. 70% Highways, 25% Roads, 5% Town.
So tire wear is generally fast with my style of driving but those Pilot Alpin 5 seems to last quite a bit.
It was my last winter with the car so I do this review about it to feed the reviews on this tire.
I recommend them if you have the money.
I think you will find your money back as those seems to make a higher milage as I am used to do!
Mounted on a 2019 Audi A8L which is a heavy car.
Dry performance and in the rain is outstanding, especially for a winter tire.
Snow performance is great in every area except for hard braking. I suspect due to the compromises made by not being a dedicated snow tire. However, lateral stability and inability to execute a drift with ease adds to overall safety of the vehicle. It's also very difficult to break traction when accelerating hard though the A8L is equipped with Quattro.
All in all a great tire for those in moderate winter climate conditions with tread life as a concern and/or for those that don't want all of the downsides of a dedicated snow tire.
I haven’t tested them in snow yet, but the comfort and handling is great, I had Hankook fitted before them, and there is a huge difference, the sidewall looks nice too, I love these types.
After using PA4's for 3 winter, even if I could not found any information about PA5, I trusted the brand and bought them. Old ones were perfect as we can see in every single review and they amazingly made a better tire. It is significantly more direct in steering wheel and more quit. Never disappointed me in the snow with my rwd car.
