Best Tires for the Mitsubishi Lancer Mivec

Within 3 days it rained & these tires had no traction. Wheel spins from the lights, sliding off roundabouts. If you find yourself in a position of needing new tires or buying these ones, stay with needing new tires.

Dry and wet grip are excellent. The handling is awesome as well. It’s less comfortable than my earlier set of tires (a set of 16” Yokohama Advan a460’s, which absorbed surface imperfections better), but now I know what sporty tires really feel. It ran about 20k kms going into their third season now. I now wish my car had a few dozen more horsepower. The fuel consumption went down by around 10% despite this is a wider set than the Yokohama’s. I would recommend the Asymmetric 6’s but for stronger/sportier cars mainly to harness their full potential.

This was the factory set tires on my 1.6 Lancer and put in it roughly 40K miles over 5 seasons. I haven’t found it any spectacular but did the job. I think the rolling resistance is a bit higher than average; but in general it gave me ample feedback despite the relatively tall tire walls. The tread wear was fine but it has definitely reached the end of its life.

It’s a very comfortable and reliable tire especially in the snow, slippery and cold conditions, which we get quite a lot here in Poland. When temperatures rise above 5-6 degrees Celsius the compound proves to be really soft and hence dry breaking isn’t great. It’s time to replace them after 6 seasons and 60K Kms and although it isn’t sporty at all, due to low rolling resistance and comfortable ride, it suits me for long (800 km) trips visiting family in Hungary. I would repurchase it for next winter.

Okay so don't get me wrong my review is pretty harsh comparing to the best of the best ie a tire that is almost three times the price the pilot sport 4, and thus enough is said. Drives hard on my lancer has survived 15 thousand very very hard mountain kilometers and yes they are still good for street for ages to come but U have worn out the outer shoulder so guess what. I'm buying the same tires again! Love em no regrets

When i fit them on snowy condition and 2 dgrees celcius it did a good job but one year later i cant brake, turn corners with a grip. Also the ABS worked always. It's very quiet, i cant hear any rolling resistance but not everything ride comfort

I have them for third summer season, best tires I ever had. Perfect wet and dry grip, very silent, durable.

Mounted on the front tires only, I previously reviewed these tires in January 2012 after 20,000 miles. I now have to change my ratings and recommendation of them after the tires were worn down to just over 4mm of thread depth remaining.

Once these tires wear below 5mm of thread depth, the characteristics change profoundly. Dry grip remains reasonable, but does deteriorate noticeably, although almost in a fun way.
Wet grip becomes non-existent. I had often wondered was there an oil spill at a certain roundabout with a sharp apex, that I rarely drive by. While gently exiting the apex, I'd find myself sailing toward the kerb in a straight line due to aquaplaning at a mere 20km/hr, bracing myself against the steering wheel and stopping only inches from mounting the kerb, while other vehicles drivers looked on bewildered at why I appeared to have missed the single roundabout exit.
"What happened you yesterday?" was once such comment on a different corner from a work colleague driving behind me as he watched my car "exit" a damp corner in a perfectly straight line toward the ditch.

Wet grip on these tires approaching 4.5mm of thread is lethal, it doesn't matter even if it's 20°C, or well below 8°C. Given that these budget tires weren't the best in the wet to start with (expected from a budget tire), the drop off in water evacuation properties and grip is horrific. There is no warning that the grip is about to give in the wet, while in the dry they at least give a gentle rumble and are quite progressive.

Value for money; the wear from the tires was very good, but given that the tires are only usable for about 50% of their life span, it's a false economy. I've worn many other tires down to 1.9mm of thread depth before changing tire without issue (1.6mm being the legal limit). I wouldn't dare drive with these tires in the wet past 4mm unless you drive as fast as you walk.

I replaced the front tires with Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric II's (no other parts were replaced at the same time) and the handling of the car changed dramatically; from emphatic wet understeer to wet oversteer. The rear Federal 595 SS tires were since replaced also, despite also having over 4mm of thread depth remaining. I never needed to consider replacing these tires until the Asymmetric II's were mounted.

I do drive quickly every so often, but usually I'm driving gently in order to conserve fuel.
I didn't and I wouldn't buy these tires again, despite my previous recommendations, due to false economy.