Across 133 reviews, the Michelin Pilot Super Sport is widely praised as a top-tier summer UHP tire with exceptional dry grip, sharp steering feel, and strong high-speed stability, often transforming cars compared with OEM fitments. Many drivers also report surprisingly capable wet performance for a summer tire and very good tread life when aligned and used in suitable temperatures. The most consistent drawbacks are increased road noise and a noticeable drop in traction/feel in cold and damp conditions, making it less ideal for UK/Scandinavian climates. Price is also commonly noted as high, though many feel the performance justifies it.
What owners mention most counted across 127 reviews
Have had lots of tires on a variety of high performance coupes and saloons (e34 M5 and e86 Z4M Coupe mainly), and these have to be one of the best all-rounders I've ever used.
I'm getting 20k miles out of a set of rears, and the fronts have done 30k miles so far and have 4mm left.
The only thing that fazes them is the initial freezing conditions, as once the tires have warmed up a little, cold/wet roads do nothing to reduce their grip.
They're equally at home on the motorway, fast A/B roads or Nurburgring.
Changed into these from Conti's and love them so far. Not had them for long therefore not sure about wear, however grip is phenomenal. Harder compound than the Conti's so ride is abit harder but give alot more confidence in the corners. A must buy for performance cars
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Fitted instead of the Goodyear AS2 I had asked for as the local dealer could not source the AS2 within a week and these were my second choice. First drive was a spirited drive in cold 1C and damp/wet/slush covering some 170 miles. Initial impression is they look like they will live up to the hype. Bloody good!!
Big step up from the Conti SC3s the car came with originally - simply awesome in the dry and not far short of Toyo R888s which are a semi-slick. In the wet they are also great giving excellent grip above and beyond a dry minded tire should. Wear has been good so far 5k miles in and the progressiveness beyond the limits of adhesion make this a benign/safe tire to drive at 10 tenths.
Great tire. Very good dry grip, surprisingly good wet grip. Low noise, comfortable and they even wear well. Michelins are the tire of choice for me having tried out Dunlops, Continentals etc over a 20 year driving career putting in 35,000 miles each year. My favorite was the Pilot Primacy for big family estates, but now I've swapped into a BMW Z4M Coupe these replaced the OEM Continentals and I haven't looked back. Done 8,000 miles and only lost 2 to 2.5mm. Mix of town commute and motorways and tearing off down A roads. Buy these, they may be more expensive but they are the only thing in contact with the road, and they will impress you. Well worth the money.
While my review is for tire size 225/40R18, I have a staggered set up and have 255/35R18's in the back.
Buying these tires was the best decision I ever made. The amount of grip, feedback, and comfort I get from them never fails to amaze me. The rear tires grip so well that unless my traction control is off and I am being a complete idiot, it's almost impossible for me to get them to break loose. These tires are extremely safe in the wet compared to the set of tires I had before. And I can't get over how much dry grip and feedback I get from the front tires. The front tires break loose very progressively and predictably and allow me to control the car better at the limits of grip. And for having such low profile tires, especially the ones in the back, they are unbelievably comfortable. I even lowered the aspect ration from the stock 45 to 35 in the rear and it actually feels more comfortable, and it looks better having less rubber. I would recommend these tires to anyone looking for the best tire money can buy.
Just mounted the Super Sports on my Porsche 911 turbo (997 PDK). Driven them about 400km since now. No idea about wear and wet handling yet, but the first impression, coming from the Bridgestone RE050's, is that I have much less tire-noice than before (for which the 911 has been criticised as a Gran turismo car). The tires feel softer than before, so now it actually makes sense to put the PASM dampers to sport mode when on the Autobahn.
The tire do seem to have some more tendency to understeer on turn in than the Potenzas, but this should/can be fixed by staying more on the gas during the turn. The SuperSports seem to offer sinilar levels of grip compared to the RE050's, but I have not been able to take the car to the track to test more yet.
But the tires are much more comfortable than the Bridgestones in terms of noise and feel. And in high speeds (been over 300kph on the Autobahn) are still very agile and stable.
So far very happy, as most of the driving I do is Autobahn.
Very good tires on dry conditions almost perfect.
Very good grip on wet conditions too progressivenes is a little bit les there
but still very crazy tires...
Never tried them on snow conditions been driving almost 5000km with them.
only negative point would be the price :) where around 250euro more expensive then other top tires.
255/35 ZR 19 rear
225/40 ZR 19 front
Absolutely outstanding tires, superbly quiet, give great steering feel and confidence. Wet grip is that good it is genuinely surprising. Has very similar dry grip to the PS2. Have tried Conti 2's and 3's but greatly prefered the PS2's. These new super sports however are in a completely different league. I can't recomend them highly enough as a summer tire. ( I swap onto 225 50 17 winter wheels and tires as the BM was fairly useless on summer tires ) BMW e60 530d sport with 275 30 19 rears and 245 35 19 fronts.
After replacing the runflat Dunlops on my 530d with M pakckage and suspension - this was a bliss. Smooth, comfortable, unbelivable grip... It`s like the tires made the car go and corner as it was ment to be - supeb and awesome.
100% win! I used to swear by Bridgestone Potenza`s ,but now Michelin pilot supersport is my new favorite tire :)
Had these on my Audi A4 Quattro. Unbelieveable grip both dry and wet, lasted 35,000 miles hard driving with 2mm left on. Based on my previos experience of Contis and Firestone, Dunlops on previous front wheel drive A4's these are the real deal. Best Tire I've ever driven on
