The French giant, Michelin tyres recently launched a brand new Michelin Pilot Sport 4 tyre which is termed as the ideal tyre for the drivers of powerful saloons and sports cars that perfectly put the balance between pleasure and performance.
Michelin Pilot Sport 4, is a perfect example of Michelin Total Performance and the manufacturer’s no compromise ethos that continuously leads to improvement across every performing sectors. This also highlights Michelin’s ‘Track to Street philosophy’, where they use motorsport as a laboratory and thus transferring competition innovations to road cars for the benefit of drivers across the world.
This new ultra-responsive tread on the Michelin Pilot Sport 4 comes from Michelin’s involvement in Formula E – the world’s first electric single seater series. Thanks to the mastery of the dynamic interactions between the architecture, tread pattern and materials, the tread constantly adapts the road thus resulting in optimal management of the contact patch.
This new Dynamic Responsive Technology consists of a belt with hybrid aramid and nylon reinforcement that ensure better directional control. To ensure that the contact patch of the tyre remains consistent, it was specially designed to be of high-density, tension-resistant and lightweight fibre that controls centrifugal force at high speeds.
Also, a very new homogeneous compound mix that features functional elastomers to improve the distribution of fine silica in the tyre, thus enhancing wet-braking and also maximised water evacuation with deep and wide longitudinal grooves. This new mixture improves the tyre’s longevity and makes vehicle fuel-efficient.
The Michelin Pilot Sport 4, is an excellent addition to the manufacturer’s high-performance tyres range. This category also includes the Michelin Pilot Super Sport for very high-performance sports car and the track focused but road legal Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2, which were fitted to some of the most powerful cars in the world which delivers extreme performance.
The new Michelin Pilot Sport 4 is available in many sizes ranging from 17 to 18 inches and also some at 19 inches which will be available throughout the 2016 and 2017.