Michelin Primacy 5 - Test Results

Test Statistics

4

Tests Completed

3rd

Average Position

1st

Best Result

5th

Worst Result

Performance Analysis

Across three 2025 summer tests, the Michelin Primacy 5 shows a balanced touring focus with standout wet safety, excellent comfort/noise, and low rolling resistance, but only mid-pack dry stopping and handling. It won a large 14-tire test on the strength of class-leading wet performance and subjective balance, yet placed mid-field in two 7-tire tests due to merely average dry and wet metrics there. Overall, it consistently excels in wet control, aquaplaning resistance, refinement, and efficiency, while dry braking lags the best.

Patterns: multiple top-3 results in wet categories (including 1st in wet braking and aquaplaning) and repeated wins for noise/comfort and rolling resistance support strong touring credentials. Weaknesses cluster around dry braking (bottom-third twice) and only moderate objective wet times in one test despite good rankings elsewhere.

Performance Strengths

Wet Weather Performance Strong
• 1st place wet braking in 2025 UTAC/Aftonbladet (33 m)
• 1st place straight aquaplaning in 2025 UTAC/Aftonbladet (79.4 km/h)
• 4/7 wet handling (+2% from best) and 4/7 wet braking (+3.1%) in 2025 Al Volante
• 1st place subjective wet handling (10 pts) in 2025 UTAC/Aftonbladet
Comfort and Noise Strong
• 1st place noise (70.6 dB) in 2025 Al Volante
• 1st place subjective noise (10 pts) in 2025 UTAC/Aftonbladet
• 2/7 subjective comfort (80 pts, +1.2% from best) in 2025 Die ReifenTester
Rolling Resistance / Efficiency Moderate
• 2/14 rolling resistance (+1.8% from best) in 2025 UTAC/Aftonbladet
• 2/7 rolling resistance (7 kg/t, +2.9% from best) in 2025 Al Volante
Overall Result/Awards Moderate
• 1/14 overall in 2025 UTAC/Aftonbladet combined test
• Average overall position 3.3 across 3 tests

Performance Weaknesses

Dry Braking and Dry Performance Strong
• 6/7 dry braking (+6%) and 5/7 subjective dry handling (+6.3%) in 2025 Die ReifenTester
• 5/7 dry braking (+4.4%) in 2025 Al Volante
• 8/14 dry braking (+5.3%) in 2025 UTAC/Aftonbladet despite winning overall
Objective Wet Pace Variability Moderate
• 5/7 wet handling (+2%) in 2025 Al Volante
• 5/7 wet braking (+10.3%) and 5/7 subjective wet handling (+13.1%) in 2025 Die ReifenTester despite strong results elsewhere

Performance Over Time

Test History

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Michelin CrossClimate 3 & 3 Sport vs Pilot Sport 5 vs Primacy 5

2025
Winner: Michelin Pilot Sport 5

The Michelin Primacy 5 proved to be a highly competitive summer touring tire, performing much closer to the UHP Pilot Sport 5 than expected. Its dry handling lap was only 1.4 seconds slower, and it...

Strong:
Dry Braking, Dry Handling, Wet Braking, Wet Handling

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2025 Die ReifenTester Summer Touring Tire Test

2025
Winner: Falken ZIEX ZE320

Michelin’s fifth‑generation Primacy behaved like a docile understeerer that has no ambitions to play the first violin. It was praised as a reliable, pleasant tire that does its job unobtrusivel...

Strong:
Subj. Comfort

Weak:
Dry Braking

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2025 Al Volante Summer Tire Test

2025
Winner: Pirelli Cinturato C3

The Michelin Primacy 5 achieves a good balance between performance and efficiency. It delivers solid wet performance with good aquaplaning resistance. As the quietest tire in the test with excellen...

Strong:
Noise, Rolling Resistance

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2025 Summer and All Season Combined Tire Test

2025

The Michelin Primacy 5 is excellent on wet roads with calm, easy handling and very good grip in corners. It delivers a short braking distance and outstanding resistance to aquaplaning. On dry roads...

Strong:
Subj. Noise, Subj. Dry Handling, Rolling Resistance, Straight Aqua, Subj. Wet Handling, Wet Braking

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