Take on the Michelin Pilot Sport PS2
BY DAVE VANDERWERP, PHOTOGRAPHY BY RICH CHENET
July 2009
Summer tires are one of the easiest and most effective ways to increase a car’s performance. When shopping for them, we usually consider those in the top three performance categories, so that’s what we did for this test, with one catch—we set a price limit of $140 each in a 225/45R-17 size. Naturally, the goal was to see which of the nine tire models gathered here is best at chomping the pavement and generating quick lap times.
At the time of this test, Michelin, Goodyear, and Toyo didn’t have any tires that qualified for our criteria, so we turned to their subsidiaries—BFGoodrich, Dunlop, and Nitto, respectively—as well as low-price specialists such as Hankook, Kumho, and Falken. This also marks the debut of a Chinese brand in a C/D tire test. While more than 10 percent of tires sold in the U.S. are now manufactured in China by well-known companies, Chinese brands themselves are just starting to have a presence. Steady growth seems likely, however, considering the cut-rate prices: The Ling Long L688s cost just $57 each.
Some makers offer more than one tire model below our price cap, and in that case, we chose the one in the higher-performing category. And to see how this popular, lower-priced contingent performs compared with more expensive tires, we brought along one of our blue-chip favorites: the Michelin Pilot Sport PS2, which sells for $192 apiece.
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9th Ling Long L688
8th Nitto Invo
7th Falken Azenis RT-615
6th Yokohama S.Drive
5th BF Goodrich g-Force T/A KDW
4th Bridgestone Potenza RE760 Sport
3rd Kumho Ecsta XS
2nd Hankook Ventus V12 Evo
1st Dunlop Direzza Sport Z1 Star Spec
The Michelin did not fare all that well.
My General Exclaim UHPs were not in the test for lack of time,some tires had to be excluded.
Much more in link
http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/comp...comparison_test
BY DAVE VANDERWERP, PHOTOGRAPHY BY RICH CHENET
July 2009
Summer tires are one of the easiest and most effective ways to increase a car’s performance. When shopping for them, we usually consider those in the top three performance categories, so that’s what we did for this test, with one catch—we set a price limit of $140 each in a 225/45R-17 size. Naturally, the goal was to see which of the nine tire models gathered here is best at chomping the pavement and generating quick lap times.
At the time of this test, Michelin, Goodyear, and Toyo didn’t have any tires that qualified for our criteria, so we turned to their subsidiaries—BFGoodrich, Dunlop, and Nitto, respectively—as well as low-price specialists such as Hankook, Kumho, and Falken. This also marks the debut of a Chinese brand in a C/D tire test. While more than 10 percent of tires sold in the U.S. are now manufactured in China by well-known companies, Chinese brands themselves are just starting to have a presence. Steady growth seems likely, however, considering the cut-rate prices: The Ling Long L688s cost just $57 each.
Some makers offer more than one tire model below our price cap, and in that case, we chose the one in the higher-performing category. And to see how this popular, lower-priced contingent performs compared with more expensive tires, we brought along one of our blue-chip favorites: the Michelin Pilot Sport PS2, which sells for $192 apiece.
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9th Ling Long L688
8th Nitto Invo
7th Falken Azenis RT-615
6th Yokohama S.Drive
5th BF Goodrich g-Force T/A KDW
4th Bridgestone Potenza RE760 Sport
3rd Kumho Ecsta XS
2nd Hankook Ventus V12 Evo
1st Dunlop Direzza Sport Z1 Star Spec
The Michelin did not fare all that well.
My General Exclaim UHPs were not in the test for lack of time,some tires had to be excluded.
Much more in link
http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/comp...comparison_test
