Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 SUV

The Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 SUV is a Ultra High Performance Winter tire designed to be fitted to SUV and 4x4s.

Tire review data from 7 tire reviews averaging 83% over 70,000 miles driven, and 6 tests with an average result of 2nd.

Dry Grip 89%
Wet Grip 84%
Road Feedback 73%
Handling 83%
Wear 89%
Comfort 77%
Buy again 70%
Snow Grip 90%
Ice Grip 92%

First On MarketMay 2018
Wheel Size17 - 23"
Width225 - 325mm
Profile30 - 70
Rolling ResistanceB - D
Wet GripB - D
Noise (dB)68 - 74
Winter Rating3PMSF Rated

The Pilot Alpin 5 SUV is ranked 3rd of 7 Winter Ultra High Performance tires.

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Tests Included

6

Best Result

1st

Worst Result

3rd

Average Result

2nd

Latest Tire Test Results

2024 AS SUV Winter Tire Test
1st of 10 tires
  • Outstanding performance on snow, very dynamic handling with safe and wide reserve offer, safe, balanced handling characteristics also on wet and dry roads. Very quiet rolling noise.
  • Low aquaplaning safety in wet corners, somewhat louder rolling noise in the interior. Increased rolling resistance.
  • Very good.
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2023 Tire Reviews SUV Winter Tire Test
2nd of 9 tires
  • Very good in the dry, best wet braking on test with good wet handling, best in the snow overall, lowest noise and highest levels of comfort.
  • Average rolling resistance, average curved aquaplaning resistance.
  • The Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 narrowly missed out on the top spot, but arguably it's the best winter tire of the group. Let me explain how that works. The Michelin was the best in snow, one of the best in the wet and one of the best in the dry, it was also the quietest and most comfortable, so why isn't it first? It could only muster the 5th best rolling resistance score, and even with my reduction in the rolling resistance weighting, the 26% gap to first place was too much to overcome. The Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 is an incredible tire, and once again I'm highly recommending it in this SUV size.
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2023 Auto Bild SUV Winter Tire Test
1st of 11 tires
  • Specialist in snow with excellent handling qualities in all weathers, precise steering response with good feedback, and pleasantly quiet rolling comfort.
  • High rolling resistance.
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2024 Tire Tests

2023 Tire Tests

2021 Tire Tests

SizeFuelWetNoise
17 inch
235/65R17 104 HBB70
235/65R17 108 H XLCB68
235/65R17 104 HCB68
225/60R17 103 H XLCC68
18 inch
235/60R18 107 H XLCB68
20 inch
255/45R20 105 V XLCC71
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Top 3 Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 SUV Reviews

Given 100% while driving a Citroën C5 Aircross 1.5 BlueHDI 130 (235/55 R18 V) on a combination of roads for 2,000 average miles
I can not believe that this tires are not tested yet by any relevant tire test comparison media! This is probably one of the best winter tires for medium size SUV this days. Perfect on snow and slush, ice (I dont know, but probably excelant since I did not feel any ice struggling), very, very good braking on wet and snow. Excelent traction on snow (on steep snowy hills this tire is like goat and this is very good tire characteristic if you have 4x2 SUV), cornering on snow more than enough (50-55 mph) The noise level is very low (but I comment for my car which have excelent noise insulation anyway) RECOMMENDED 10/10
Helpful 98 - tire reviewed on October 25, 2019
Given 86% while driving a Mercedes Benz GLE 250d 4Matic (235/60 R18) on mostly motorways for 18,000 average miles
25.000 km on them: the best winter tires I got so far. Handling very good and comfort very hight. Wear low. Michelin's name is here maintained.
Helpful 33 - tire reviewed on June 1, 2023
Given 59% while driving a Mercedes Benz GLE300 (225/45 R17) on mostly motorways for 5,000 average miles
Noise level too high
Helpful 41 - tire reviewed on November 18, 2021
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Given 72% while driving a Honda 1.6 I DTEC (225/65 R17) on mostly country roads for 20,000 spirited miles
Good wear but little slippy on wet snow
As Michelin is closing factories in France, I'll not buy again.
Helpful 0 - tire reviewed on November 11, 2024
Given 86% while driving a Honda 1.6 I DTEC (225/65 R17) on mostly country roads for 23,000 average miles
The best regarding wear: 37000km, still have 4.5mm, so I can begin my third winter season with the same tires. I tried several brands and never had such good results. Regarding the snow grip, I find these tires are really extremely efficient and safe untill you reach the limit speed of their grip where they slip very frankly. When the snow is very hard and frozen, this point is reached @65km/h with my Honda CRV. The sensation is the exact opposite of Nokian WR SUV 4, very slippy on low speed curves and very effective in higher speed snowy roads.
Helpful 27 - tire reviewed on September 28, 2022
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