euanhusarmi

Hey all,
I am a new poster but have had my 2016 AMG GT for 18 months and am absolutely loving it!
I have a question over tyres as I think I am close to needing to replace my rear Michelin Pilot Super Sports (295/35 R19). Given the price increases (best I found is £375 fitted) I was considering an alternative and wondered if anyone had experience of swapping-out for any other manufacturers. I have stumbled across the Continental Sport Contact and having had good experiences with Continental on other cars, was considering a move.
Be grateful for any thoughts on this as I am pretty clueless!!
Thanks!

jvojvo

The last set I put on were the newer Michelin pilot sport 4 S, not cheap but love them.

superswiss

I've never personally had Continental tires. FWIW, the AMG Driving Academy in the USA has a partnership with Continental, at least they did back in 2019. Continental was supplying the tires for their fleet. A bit strange, since Michelin is the OE supplier on pretty much all AMGs, and the AMG GT R still had the Cup 2 tires on there and not Continental tires. Didn't actually pay close attention to which other models had Continental tires vs the OEM Michelin.

Having said that, the Michelin Pilot Super Sport is at this point a pretty old tire, so anything newer will likely be superior. It was replaced by the PS4S several years ago, and Michelin now has the PS5S, but the latter is currently not available in the aftermarket, only OE. So the PSS is three generations behind at this point. I swear by the PS4S. When I bought my 2019 C63S coupe it also came with the Pilot Super Sport, but they were a noticeable step backwards from having had the PS4S on my previous car, so once they were worn I put on the PS4S. It still pretty much is the best all-round street performance tire. Rides and handles better than the PSS.

The latest Continental SportContact 6 is supposedly pretty good, but tire choice comes down to personal preference and how you use the car. Tyre Reviews does excellent comparisons, so browse their YouTube channel for comparisons between the tires you are interested in.

https://www.youtube.com/@tyrereviews

Hetzle

I recently went through a pretty thorough tire review and ended up going with PS4S again. The PS5 wears marginally better at the cost of marginally less dry traction. No other street/daily performance tire seems to compare, I hear it's because Michelin is the only manufacturer still using real rubber.

euanhusarmi

Thanks so much...appreciated

euanhusarmi

After much deliberation and YouTube watching, I went for the Pillot Sport 4; it just felt like everything else was either a compromise or an unecessary gamble. Ultimately, to save £150 for two tyres and put something on that might undermine the ride just wasn't worth it.
I will drive on these for a couple of weeks and re-post my thoughts...thanks for all the responses.

Eyeman89

The PSS/PS4S is my favorite tire ever. I actually prefer the PSS for daily driving, I believe it has somewhat softer sidewalls. They really are not much more expensive than most other options and I'd bet if you factored in mileage factors they would be even less relatively expensive (they wear/last well to me).

mbanker

I have driven Michelin for years on both my Mercedes and Porsche vehicles. For sticky tires, you can't beat Pirelli, but they wear fast because they are so soft. Just my opinion. Others may feel differently. Happy motoring.