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Description
MICHELIN Pilot Sport 4 – brings your impulse directly onto the street.
Excellent steering control and high level of reactivity
High level of safety on wet roads
Michelin’s excellence in longevity
Pilot Sport 4 offers pure driving pleasure. The tyre that instinctively and safely transfers your driving behaviour onto the road.
A newly developed hybrid belt layer made of a mixture of aramid and nylon enables an optimal steering behaviour. The ultra-reactive tread pattern continuously adapts to the road surface for optimum ground contact area.
The optimized rubber compound of special functional elastomers and silicas provides excellent wet adhesion and outstanding braking properties. Wide and deep longitudinal grooves in the profile ensure particularly good water drainage on wet roads.
With outstanding longevity of MICHELIN tyres
Manufacturer information
EU Tyre Label
The Tyre Labelling Regulation determines the information that must be provided with regard to tyres' fuel efficiency, wet grip and external rolling noise. Information is also provided on the product's performance in wintery driving conditions.
Regulation EU 1222/2009, which has been in force since 01/11/2012, has been revised and will be replaced from 1 May 2021 by Regulation EU 2020/740, from which point new standards will apply. The assessment categories for fuel efficiency, wet grip and external noise have been changed and the layout of the EU label has been changed accordingly. The manufacturers' product data sheets, stored in the EU database, can be downloaded via a QR code integrated into the label. It also includes information on snow grip and ice grip for tyres that meet these criteria.
The following tyres are exempt from the regulation:
- Tyres designed to be fitted only to vehicles registered for the first time before 1 October 1990
- Remoulded tyres (until Regulation EU 2020/740 has been widened accordingly)
- Professional off-road tyres
- Racing tyres
- Tyres with additional devices to improve traction, e.g. studded tyres
- Temporary-use spare tyres (T-type tyres)
- Tyres with a speed rating below 80 km/h
- Tyres with a nominal rim diameter of 254 mm or less and 635 mm or more
MICHELIN
308805
225/45 R18 95Y
C
Overview of criteria and valuation classes
Fuel efficiency
Fuel consumption is dependent upon the rolling resistance of the tyres, the vehicle itself, driving conditions and driving style. The measured rolling resistance (rolling resistance coefficient) of the tyre is categorised in classes A (most efficient) to E (least efficient).
Fitting a vehicle with class A tyres all round can lead to a reduction in fuel consumption of up to 7.5%* in comparison to the same vehicle with class E tyres all round. Commercial vehicles may have even greater reductions.
(Source: Impact analysis of the European Commission
* if measured in accordance with the stated procedures in EU Regulation 2020/7400)
Please note:
Fuel consumption depends to a great extent on the individual driving style and can be reduced considerably by driving in an environmentally friendly manner. To improve fuel efficiency, tyre pressures must be checked regularly.
Wet grip
Wet grip is categorised in classes A (shortest braking distance - E (longest braking distance).
A car fitted with class A tyres can have a braking distance which is 18 m shorter than that of a car fitted with class E tyres when performing an emergency stop at 80 km/h (in average road grip conditions). *
*Source: wdk Wirtschaftsverband der deutschen Kautschukindustrie e.V. (Professional association of the German rubber industry)
Please note:
Road safety is highly dependent upon individual driving style. Stopping distances must always be observed. To improve road grip in wet conditions, tyre pressure must be checked regularly.
External rolling noise
The noise emission of a tyre has an effect upon the total noise of the vehicle and influences not only driving comfort, but also environmental noise pollution. The EU tyre label categorises extrnal rolling noise in the classes from A (quietest rolling noise level) to C (loudest rolling noise level). This is measured in decibels (dB) and compared to the European noise emission limit values for external tyre rolling noise.
A
The pictogram with the classification "A" shows that the external rolling noise of the tyre falls below the 2016 EU limit value by more than 3 dB.
B
Classification "B" means that the external rolling noise of the tyre falls below the 2016 EU limit value by up to 3 dB.
C
Classification "C" means that the specified limit value has been exceeded.
Test results
Strengths:
Premium summer tyres with optimal dynamic ride properties on dry roads, direct steering behaviour with good feedback, reliable wet handling, short wet and dry braking distances, fuel-efficient roll resistance
Weaknesses:
High price point
(Source: AUTO BILD sportscars Test 2022: Summer tyres 225/45 R 18)
(11 tested products, 4x exemplary, 2x good, 3x satisfactory, 2x not recommended)
Strengths:
Especially grippy, thereby neutral and surprise-free on wet road, good aquaplaning provision. Sovereign but still active drive handling in dry curves. Quiet, pleasant rolling
Weaknesses:
Except for the slightly increased rolling resistance no mentionable weaknesses
Result:
Very good (9.0 points)
(Source: auto motor sport Summer tyres -Test 2020 (225/45 R 18)
(11 tested products, 4x very good, 4x good, 2x satisfactory 1x sufficient)
