Passenger Car All Season Ultra High Performance Tires

Great tire for the money, I have not tracked them and cannot say how they would do. Good road feel feedback.

Initial impressions compared to: 4 nearly new Nexen HP summer tires: <br />
Internal cabin noise : no change<br />
Fuel usage: no major change<br />
Handling: slightly dead feel on the straight ahead, softer turn in, slightly more wallow low speed cornering, but nothing major.<br />
Wet grip: a slight improvement over the summer tire, a lot MORE so at lower temps, 5c or less.<br />
Ride: xl load rating, but the softer construction/ sidewall gives an improvement in ride comfort.<br />
Braking distance: slightly longer in wet and dry.<br />
Snow/ice: not driven yet :-[ <br />
Initial conclusion: not a bad tire, just lacking the precision of a HP summer tire.<br />
Gives confidence in colder wet conditions with RWD.

These are great tires! The Bridgestone and Goodyear all seasons I had on my car previously felt like garbage compared to these, both in handling feedback and overall grip, but they lasted a bit longer. I can't notice much of any difference between these in the wet and the dry, although in colder temperatures (20F and below mainly) they do lose enough grip that I'm able to notice it. They're worthless in the snow which isn't surprising for a summer performance oriented all season but the Crossclimate 2's that are on my parents Subaru grip better around corners and feel better at the steering wheel also. Even a little bit of slush is enough to break these loose, but they don't ever make you feel out of control which is nice.<br />
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I have Hawk HPS pads on my car which bite very hard for a street pad, but I still haven't had ABS engage during hard emergency braking situations with these tires. They are great when cornering hard, and when they break loose its never a surprise, unlike a lot of other tires that feel perfectly fine in a corner until they lose grip out of nowhere. They also snap back into grip very easily with small corrections, so they are very fun to push the limits with when you get the chance. They do transmit small road imperfections very well which isn't the nicest thing on the street (for some reason even the stress relief breaks in concrete pavement really makes these vibrate at highway speeds but they're fine on asphalt at the same speeds) but ends up being very helpful other times. They are also pretty loud depending on the road surface. They only lasted me 25,000 miles but that's including some pretty hard driving and occasional track use.

Coming from the Continental Extreme Contact DW prior to this set, These were not too bad. I live in Los Angeles, so they never got to see snow. I did go up Mt. Wilson with these once in early spring and saw small patches of snow on the ground, but the road was wet, not snowy if that makes sense. Let me clear, these tires let you feel everything on the road.. If there's a stone on the road, you will feel it. The sidewall has decent flex. And When I compare them to the Conti or even the Firestone Indy 500 that I have on my other set of wheels, the tire's sidewall does give some comfort and will flex when cornering hard. At the time of this writing, I no longer run on these tires. I still have them on my OE wheels, but I will be changing them out this spring, but since I'm driving on my Firestone Firehawk Indy 500s, there's no rush to do so since they have plenty of tread on the Firestones. The reason for swapping out the Michelins is because they have aged out. they are too old and too stiff to drive on safely.

Fitted all round my Audi Q7. Dry grip very good. Cornering good given its a heavy car. Braking excellent. Its a reinforced tire and has handled pot holes and rough surfaces well. Used for fast country roads and motorway distances - giving confident road holding. Noise levels better than the AS210 I use on a RAV4.

Compared to the oem pirelli cinturato run flats, these are quieter, more comfortable, and have better grip in the dry and wet.

I live in a northern climate where summer tires are rarely a priority. But as an enthusiast, I wanted to find a performance option that could handle the wet of our spring and fall seasons. The neo gen fits that niche fabulously. Responsive, good road feel, and decent grip. But they really shine in the wet. Which gives me the confidence to enjoy the drive every day despite the weather. <br />
The cons are road noise and comfort. So definitely more for enthusiasts than a typical commuter. I'd recommend them for a quick, fun, daily driver like my focus ST. As an added bonus, I think they look great too.

I’ve just come back from a nearly 4000-mile Christmas trip across Europe and tried the CrossClimate 3 Sport for the first time on my Mercedes E-Class S213 Estate (275/35 R19 rear, 245/40 R19 front) and honestly, they blew me away. From heavy rain in France and Belgium to high-speed runs on the German Autobahn, across wet and dry roads, through blizzards and snowstorms in Poland and Austria, including black ice and deep snow the tires handled it all. They adapted instantly to changing road conditions, always providing strong, predictable grip and never feeling anywhere near their limit.<br />
Previously I’d been on Michelin Primacy 3 MOE and then switched to Pilot Sport 4S, which I really like even on a heavy, not-particularly sporty estate car, so I expected some compromise - but no, not at all. The CC3 Sport seem to handle anything without compromise; a genuinely impressive product. Through faster bends they held on nicely and felt really controlled. Honestly, it felt more like driving on a premium summer UHP tire than an all-season. Wet and dry braking were great, and high-speed stability was spot on. In the snow they stayed safe and predictable, even in deeper snow and icy patches.They were also surprisingly quiet, with no noticeable difference compared to the previous sets. The only thing I’m not completely sure about yet is how they’ll wear over the summer, I should have a better idea by the end of the year.<br />
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Really, the Michelin CrossClimate 3 Sport are simply outstanding and you won’t find better-looking sidewalls too :)<br />
And just to be clear, I’m not being paid by Michelin or anyone else for this, it’s simply my honest opinion.

Before I had gotten these tires, I had the Yokohama Advan sport A/S (non plus version) and we had gotten them replaced at 4 and 5 32nds because they started to hydroplane in the Dallas rain storms. These Contis performed amazingly ever since I have gotten them. I wore down 2 of the tires to 2/32nds and the others to about 4/32nds before replacing them and they definitely could've lasted a lot longer had I not driven as spiritedly as I did when I got them. When it comes to grip, there is little to fault these tires for. In the 225/45/r19 size, they gripped in all conditions and had a really direct feel when it comes to steering in all conditions. We have encountered light bits of snow and Ice for a brief period and these powered through them with no issues. At the limit, they do tend to understeer a little bit but that was corrected by either reducing the steering input, or slowing down for the corner a little bit more. I will say that under some extreme cornering, the sidewalls did feel a little soft and squishy and felt as if I was rolling onto the very edges of the tread and that was not a great feeling as it was the only time I made my FWD Mazda oversteer, but it was easy to recover when that happened. In terms of comfort, it left a little to be desired in my opinion... but that also could be due to the fact that I had 126.1k miles on the car at the end and 94k when we got the contis installed. Noise on the tires depended on the surface. On smooth surfaces and parallel-cut concrete, they were really quiet for the type of tire they are and I was satisfied with them. On cross-cut concrete and rougher surfaces, they were either moderate or LOUD and sometimes it was really bad to a point where having a conversation in the car had to mean that you were speaking loudly. On the rougher roads at 65-80 MPH, my apple watch was recording anywhere from 74-78 decibels which is really loud. On the quieter roads at the same speed, it was reading closer to 68-73 decibels. In these conditions, I was running my music at 80 decibels (which is on the verge of hearing damage after a few hours). On city roads at city speeds of 30-55 mph, the tires were comfortable in terms of the noise. Ride quality on these tires is a mixed bag in terms of context (in general, my car is stiffer riding compared to Hondas [we own a 2017 accord] and Toyotas). When you look at it with a UHP state of mind, the ride on these is taut and composed. It is really hard to unsettle these tires and overall are really consistent. When you look at it in the sense that these are going to be touring tires, they are STIFF and can ride a bit hard. Overall though, you will be satisfied with the way that they ride in terms of ride quality. Rolling resistance/fuel use on these tires is pretty bad. I have noticed that these tires run a few mpg LOWER than the yokos that were previously on the car. Lastly, treadlife on these also leaves some to be desired as they quickly wore down to 5/32nds but they last a while after that point. Then again, that could also be because of my spirited driving to that will vary between driver to driver, but overall, I would definitely purchase these again.

As I write this review, this tire is no longer in production. I still have them on my OEM wheels, but I don’t use them anymore. I drive a 2009 Honda Civic Si and it’s a lightweight car. So much so that these tires have aged out before I can wear the tread down.<br />
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I enjoyed these tires, and their performance in the rain was confidence inspiring. They were quiet, and had low rolling resistance. But now that they have aged out, they have become extremely hard and I feel everything on the road. Going to replace them with Falken Azenis FK460 A/S because the Michelins that replaced these are now out of my price range. And since the tires age out before I can wear down the tread, it doesn’t make sense for me to buy premium tires anymore.

I put these tires on my 2006 Mercedes CLK500 and I live in Minnesota. This is my second winter with the car but these tires were installed this summer. I picked up a set of used Bridgestone Blizzaks last year when I purchased the car so I had some better winter tires for driving in the brutal MN winters. The tires have plenty of tread but are dated from 2022 so they are a few years old. They did ok last year but recently I swapped them back on for this winter season in the middle of a few days of snow, ice, & cold on the roads. So I was able to drive my car back to back the in the same conditions with the new Continental's (my "summer" tires) comparing to the used Blizzzaks. I was shocked to find the new Continentals (an ultra high performance all season tire) is actually better grip that my 3y/o Blizzaks. The Blizzaks are still ok so I'm just going to run them out for the rest of the winter season but color me impressed on how great these Conti's are. It's also great at all the nice weather stuff also (comfort/quiet, dry handling grip, wet handling). The car had an old worn out set of these DWS06+ on it when I picked up the car 2 years ago and when I needed to replace them earlier this year, I wasn't sure I wanted to spend the extra money on the same ones even though I was happy with even at the end of their life. So I tried a set of Falken Azenis FK460 A/S first as they were highly rated in the same category. WOW. They were horrible. Absolute junk. So bad I returned them under their free 30 day trial and bough a new set of the Conti's again instead. I know it's an older tire model at this point but damn it's still one of the best and I'm very happy.