Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 SUV

Name: Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 SUV
Brand: Michelin
Rating: 4.3 (6 reviews)

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 6 tire reviews averaging 85% over 50,000 miles driven, and 5 tests with an average result of 2nd.

Dry Grip 90%

Wet Grip 85%

Road Feedback 72%

Handling 84%

Wear 88%

Comfort 75%

Buy again 80%

Snow Grip 94%

Ice Grip 98%

The Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 SUV has been tested by Tire Reviews! Click here to view the in depth tire test>>

First On Market	May 2018
Wheel Size	17 - 23"
Width	225 - 325mm
Profile	30 - 70

Rolling Resistance	B - D
Wet Grip	B - D
Noise (dB)	68 - 74
Winter Rating	3PMSF Rated

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

Tests Included

Best Result

1st

Worst Result

3rd

Average Result

2nd

Latest Tire Test Results

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 AMS SUV Winter Tire Test

3rd of 7 tires

Very good traction, cornering and braking performance on snow. Good wet grip and aquaplaning resistance. Stable, precise, safe to drive and comfortable on dry roads.
Despite the best possible balance, acceptable weaknesses on wet and dry asphalt.
For alpine regions: the snow specialist among the winter tires.

"Very Good"

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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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2023 Tire Tests

1st 2023 Auto Bild SUV Winter Tire Test (225/60 R18)
2nd 2023 Tire Reviews SUV Winter Tire Test (235/60 R18)
3rd 2023 AMS SUV Winter Tire Test (255/45 R20)

2021 Tire Tests

1st 2021 Auto Bild SUV Winter Tire Test (235/55 R18)
2nd 2021 AZ SUV Winter Tire Test (235/55 R18)

Michelin Latitude Alpin 2 - 94%

Nokian WR SUV 3 - 82%

Nokian W RG2 SUV - 82%

Continental Winter Contact TS 850 P SUV - 78%

Size	Fuel	Wet	Noise
17 inch
235/65R17 104 H	B	B	70
235/65R17 108 H XL	C	B	68
235/65R17 104 H	C	B	68
225/60R17 103 H XL	C	C	68
18 inch
235/60R18 107 H XL	C	B	68
20 inch
255/45R20 105 V XL	C	C	71

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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 86 - 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 24 - 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 34 - tire reviewed on November 18, 2021

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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.