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Michelin Primacy Tour AS

Michelin Tires Premium Touring All Season

The Michelin Primacy Tour AS is a Premium Touring All Season tire designed to be fitted to SUV and 4x4s.

7.4
Tire Reviews Score Based on Professional Tests & User Reviews
Limited Confidence View Breakdown
Dry Grip
85%
Wet Grip
59%
Road Feedback
64%
Handling
76%
Wear
30%
Comfort
74%
Buy again
10%
Snow Grip
32%
Ice Grip
28%
7 Reviews
51% Average
322,528 miles driven
1 Tests (avg: 4th)
Michelin Primacy Tour AS

Michelin Primacy Tour AS

All Season Premium
BETA
7.4 / 10
Based on Professional Tests & User Reviews · Limited Confidence · Updated 23 Feb 2026

The Tire Reviews Score is the most comprehensive tire scoring system available. It aggregates professional test data from multiple independent publications, user reviews, and consistency analysis using Bayesian statistical methods, weighted normalisation, and recency-adjusted scoring to produce a single, reliable performance rating.

Learn more about our methodology
Category Scores
Dry
98.5
1.5x / 2 tests
Wet
92.9
1.93x / 3 tests
Ice
75.2
0.84x / 1 test
Snow
61
1.38x / 3 tests
Cross-Category Performance

Cross-category scores are derived metrics that combine data from multiple test disciplines to evaluate real-world performance characteristics.

Braking
85.7
4 tests
Handling
77.8
4 tests
Traction
56.6
1 test
Score Components
Professional Tests
Weight: 80%
Tests: 1
Publications: 1
Period: 2025
User Reviews
Weight: 15%
Reviews: 7
Avg Rating: 50.9%
Min Required: 5
Consistency
Weight: 5%
Score Std Dev: 1.04
History Points: 9
Methodology & Configuration
Scoring Process
  1. Collect Test Data: Gather results from professional tire tests across multiple publications. Minimum 1 test(s) required.
  2. Normalize Positions: Convert test positions to percentile scores using exponential weighting (factor: 1.2).
  3. Apply Recency Weighting: More recent tests are weighted higher with a decay rate of 0.95.
  4. Incorporate User Reviews: Factor in user review data (minimum 5 reviews). Weight: 15%.
  5. Bayesian Smoothing: Apply Bayesian prior (score: 7, weight: 1.5) to prevent extreme scores with limited data.
  6. Calculate Final Score: Combine all components using normalization factor of 1.1. Max score with limited data: 9.5.
Component Weights
Test Data
80%
User Reviews
15%
Consistency
5%
All Configuration Parameters
ParameterValueDescription
safety_weight 0.7 Weight multiplier for safety-related metrics
performance_weight 0.55 Weight multiplier for performance metrics
comfort_weight 0.4 Weight multiplier for comfort metrics
value_weight 0.45 Weight multiplier for value-for-money metrics
user_reviews_weight 0.15 How much user reviews contribute to the final score
test_data_weight 0.8 How much professional test data contributes to the final score
consistency_weight 0.05 How much score consistency contributes to the final score
recency_decay_rate 0.95 Rate at which older test results lose influence (higher = slower decay)
min_test_count 1 Minimum number of professional tests required
min_review_count 5 Minimum number of user reviews required
score_version 1.9 Current version of the scoring algorithm
score_normalization_factor 1.1 Factor used to normalize raw scores to the 0-10 scale
confidence_factor_weight 0.2 How much data confidence affects the final score
position_penalty_weight 0.2 Penalty applied for poor test positions
gap_penalty_threshold 12 Score gap (%) that triggers additional penalties
min_metrics_count 2 Minimum number of test metrics needed per test
limited_data_threshold 2 Number of tests below which data is considered limited
single_test_penalty 0.75 Score multiplier when only one test is available
critical_metric_penalty 0.7 Penalty for poor performance on critical safety metrics
critical_metric_threshold 70 Score below which a critical metric penalty applies
position_exponential_factor 1.2 Exponent used to amplify position-based scoring
position_exponential_threshold 0.9 Position percentile below which exponential scoring applies
gap_multiplier_critical 3 Multiplier for critical gap penalties
max_category_weight 2 Maximum weight any single category can have
max_score_limited_data 9.5 Score cap when data is limited
bayesian_prior_weight 1.5 Weight of the Bayesian prior in smoothing
bayesian_prior_score 7 Prior score used for Bayesian smoothing
evidence_test_multiplier 1.9 Multiplier for test evidence in confidence calculation
evidence_metric_divisor 3 Divisor for metric count in evidence calculation
evidence_review_divisor 10 Divisor for review count in evidence calculation
combined_penalty_floor 0.2
Data Sources
TestPublicationDateSizePositionMetrics
2024 TireRack All Season and Weather Tire Test Tire Rack 2025 215/55 R17 4/11 9 metrics
All Tests
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1
Tests
4th
Average
4th
Best
4th
Worst
Latest Tire Test Results
2024 TireRack All Season and Weather Tire Test
215/55 R17 • 2025
4th/11
The Michelin Primacy Tour A/S is an excellent tire for three-season driving, offering a firm but composed ride and light, accurate steering. It truly excels in wet conditions, posting the shortest braking distances and feeling agile and responsive. This athletic character continues in the dry, with crisp steering, though the grip can fall off a bit abruptly at the limit. Its main drawback is its winter performance, where it struggles significantly in the snow compared to the competition.

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Top 3 Michelin Primacy Tour AS Reviews

Given 63% while driving a Mercedes Benz GLE 450 (275/50 R20) on a combination of roads for 27,000 average miles
Noisy. These came on my Mercedes GLE450 and have been noisy since they had a couple of thousand miles on them. They have a resonant hum that only goes away on the smoothest roads. Wear is average for a heavy SUV. The rear tires will need replacement around 30,000 miles. The front tires have significantly more tread left. (Rotation of the tires is complicated due to different wheel offsets between front and back). Handling is OK, but not great. Lots of understeer with these tires. Ride comfort is good (I have the air suspension). Considering the Pirelli Scorpion Zeros all season as replacements.
Helpful 648
July 21, 2025
Given 57% while driving a Ford Explorer (255/55 R20) on a combination of roads for 0 average miles
Just 10 000km, comfortable and predictable tires. You can easily feel what they are doing. But overall they causes to much understeering, on dry surface it starts squeek in corners surprisingly soon, but it squeeks much sooner than it slips, braking is average/below average. On wet surface it´s another story, braking is apalling, but cornering, it´s disaster. Try to corner in speeds in or below traffic flow? No, you gonna go just straight forward.

Well they have no homologation for winter use in Europe so after they will come of the car this fall, there is no possible comeback for them next spring.
Helpful 670
September 23, 2024
Given 50% while driving a Toyota (245/65 R17) on mostly town for 28 average miles
Primacy Tour A/S on my 2009 Highlander had significant wear after 2 years and 28K miles. Tire rotation and alignment kept up, but not 100% so no credit toward new. Fine tires for th efirst year, but that kind of wear is unacceptable and do not recommend.
Helpful 708
November 20, 2023

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Initial Impressions Review
Given 50% while driving a Acura TLX A spec (255/40 R19) on a combination of roads for 5,500 spirited miles
OEM tires on my Acura TLX A Spec AWD and would not recommend, unless you don't drive in cold areas and don't like spirited driving. These are great for highway cruising as they are quiet and ride comfy. I am sure they would last a long time, but not planning on keeping them after this winter with dedicated winter tires.
I drove them once during a cold damp day when we had snow showers and could feel loss of traction at 35 mph on twisty roads. Was not driving spirited and could feel they would not be good in cold weather conditions with any dampness on the road.
Helpful 83
January 2, 2026
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