The NEW Michelin Pilot Sport S 5 [MO] vs Cup 2 R!

This is the story of the new Michelin Pilot Sport S 5, and how Michelin and Mercedes worked together to make it the ultimate tire for the new Mercedes AMG GT63!

The Michelin Pilot Sport S 5 is the successor to the hugely popular Michelin Pilot Sport 4S, and aims to be better in every way, but in particular better steering reactions which is something i always found lacking on the PS4S.

The MO version of the tire has taken the base of the PSS5 and tuned it even further to work perfectly with the new Mercedes AMG GT63.

In this video we interview the lead Michelin / AMT development test driver, and compare the new Pilot Sport S 5 [MO] against the track focused Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 R [MO]

The tires in this video are:

This is a reupload from a few weeks back, sorry about that.

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= Chapters
00:00 Introduction
01:26 Interview
02:37 What is soft handling?
05:50 Interview Part 2
10:00 Dry Handling
13:35 Wet Handling
16:41 Final Thoughts

[Ovenman]

need to take a long, hard look at myself in the mirror after realising how excited I was to click on a tyre review video

[arthurbecker]

Can't wait too see the Pilot Sport S 5 vs SportContact 7 video!

[SmallBlogV]

The modern practice of manufacturers creating an 'OE tyre' is an interesting one that's important to note... but I still await a review of an off-the-shelf version we could fit to our own various cars.

[DontPanicDear]

Getting the development crew on the videos is next level Jonathan-ing 😮

[ralmslb]

1:00 So... this unfortunately means that this review can't be used as reference for the standard Pilot Sport S 5 tyre....

[pistonburner]

In truth 90% of their job is managing the massive overweight of modern cars.

[geokilla]

At this point, this shouldn't be called a Michelin Pilot Sport S 5. It should be called Michelin Pilot Sport AMG GT. We've seen time and time again these OE specific tires are vastly different from the generic tires that they share the same model name with.

[sasovskezvery]

I love the fact you’ve spent hours of gathering information and material, I can’t quite picture how long it took and you still had to make 18 minute video. I wish there was this much detailed videos online on everything I ever want to google :D

[LearningFast]

It really seems like the new tires are very car specific. Tire technology is so good now that the only way to improve on it is to make a tire that is extremely specific to one vehicle. Is that why we are only seeing the new PSS5 as original equipment now? There don’t seem to be any generic PSS5 tires available in the US. That is great for new cars but doesn’t really help us for older cars. However, those PSS5 tires do seem quite exceptional on this vehicle.

[DATT]

The way you automatically look in the mirror when “soft handling” testing, even though no one else is behind you shows how it’s a subconscious act in us when driving. Great video 👍🏽

[URLex]

The AMG GTs body style is just so perfect.

[gegk]

Liked the format of this explainer + interview video combined with the usual review

[wtpauley]

I don't have a sports car and will not buy these tires until I do, but I love watching your videos for the information and production value. Also, you/this channel gave me the info to choose my current tire the Michelin Crossclimate 2 and previously the CC Suv.

[v-s]

You have to test it against the new P Zero R!

[jabberwockytdi]

When you add in that alongside the Tyre/Chassis/Steering tuning ( with presumably mulitple damper setttings) the ABS/TCS Stability control system is being tuned, the engine tune is being developed, the gear box tune is being developed, and they are all interlinked when it becomes how the end customer perceives the car the levels of development complexity go up exponentially - and this is just for a single model . Look again at a higher volume model with multiple engines gear boxes, brake variants, FWD and AWD etc, and the development matrix hit's a whole other level.

[rondail]

Excellent video. Thanks to Tyre-Reviews, Mercedes, and Michelin.

[kern]

Imagine how frustrating it is for an engineer to go to this length for development's sake, and then immediately see owners claim "they just put the mark on the tire so they can charge more for the same thing"

[blustone]

Brilliant review. Michelin somehow always seem to improve on perfection 👌

[TheRealSnakePlisken]

You are truly the best at what you do. Congrats.

[PizzaCologne]

I've been waiting on the MPSS5 review, thank you