Best Tires for the Mercedes Benz SL55

I do not recommend these for high horsepower cars or at least where forced induction is involved, they fry up quite easily compared to the pirelli P-zero’s I had on before them. In spirited driving Occassions they hold corners very well without breaking traction or under steering, a 25 series tire is never really going to be comfortable so it’s not fair to pass that judgement but considering the profile they are not overly noisey. They need to be a bit softer to suit my car. Standing starts will fry tires easily and even low speed pulls will light up the tires.

My car is modified with about 600bhp and there is not a tire made that will not break traction with this set up, however , the Vortis are a good bit better than the Continental Contact Sports I have on mother set of wheels and overall I have been stunned by how good they have been.

I read a negativeish review of them on here form another AMG owner, but I would simply say I have got a radically different opinion and I think it is probably a difference of expectations. As I said I can still break traction, but only be being a hooligan with the car.

Wear hasn't been great, but it was never going to be given the car and they have worn no worse than the Contis or the Dunlops before them. Progressiveness is very good indeed and overall I am mighty impressed for the cost. Put it this way another set will be going on when these have finally worn out!

Best high performance tire on the market. Worth the price. I spend a fair ammount if time on the track with this car and these tires are the best I've had. I have tried so-3's, ADVAN, pzero, ps1s couple models also but none were as good as these. So-3's being in my opinion the next best. On the plus side this compound remains grippy throughout the life of the tire and really holds up well against extreme heat from a track. Sure they don't last long (6-7k on the rears 11k front roughly) but that is to be expected from a high performance tire. So I can't knock the tires for that really. If you have a high perfomance Car and really want to drive it the way it was ment to be driven then these are the tires for you. Enthuasists only. I wouldn't recommend these tires to a casual driver as they are expensive and you won't notice a huge difference in everyday driving from a say so-3 (saving a bit of money). I really want to compliment the sidewalls of the tires as they really are second to none. These babies stack up against track only tires while giving you outstanding wet performance. Whatever car a the time is my best performance machine will only get Michelin ps2s until they come out with the models replacement. I'll save the tinkering with tires on other vehicles.