New Michelin UHP Pilot Sport A/S 3 Fills Niche for Some ON Drivers

Michelin North America recently showed off its latest addition to the Pilot passenger tire family - the Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 3. Due for full release in May of this year, the all-weather, all-season tire will be produced in a wide range of 65 sizes. The Pilot Sport A/S 3 is intended to be an ideal blend of performance and practicality. According to Michelin, “This tire is ideal for someone who wants to optimize the performance of his or her vehicle and drive with confidence year-round.”

Technology is breakthrough, state of the art with this tire, incorporating Michelin’s Variable Contact Patch 2.0 technology which can roughly be translated as sticks-like-glue-in-the-dry. What’s also unique is the tire’s aggressive asymmetric tread pattern, given that the tire is an all season. This tread pattern is a take-off from the Pilot Super Sport, Michelin's Max Performance Summer tire fitted to sophisticated cars like the Ferrari. This design is said to keep the road noise to a minimum and to put more rubber on the road for superior handling and control.

The Pilot Sport A/S 3 boasts “extreme” levels of silica in the tread compound along with Variable Thickness Sipes and large circumferential grooves in order to attain fantastic wet grip and fight hydroplaning. Michelin’s sunflower oil-derived Helio Compound combines with its unique siping and biting edges in the tread grooves to master cold weather mobility.

Conceived and created in North America, the Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 3 will also be manufactured in North America and will be backed by the Michelin Promise Plan.