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The Pilot Sport A/S Plus is the Ultra
High Performance All-Season tire member of Michelin's Pilot family
of low profile, high-speed tires that represents the evolution of
the Pilot Sport A/S. Developed for the drivers of high-end sports
cars, sporty coupes and performance sedans, the Pilot Sport A/S Plus
is designed to combine enhanced all-weather performance, wet grip
and treadwear along with year-round traction, including in light
snow.
The Pilot Sport A/S Plus features Michelin's TriFusion Compound that
molds three different tread compounds side-by-side using the precise
capabilities of Michelin's "C3M" tire manufacturing process. The
tread compound in both shoulders improves dry handling, the compound
used between the shoulders and center rib enhances wet, snow and
cold weather traction while the compound used in the center rib
boosts wet traction. These three compounds are molded into a
directional tread design (shared with Pilot Sport A/S tires) that
features a continuous circumferential center rib (to provide
communicative road feel and reduce noise on dry roads), high angle
directional tread blocks (to sharpen steering response and dry road
handling) along with circumferential and high angle lateral grooves
(to resist hydroplaning and enhance wet traction). The tire's
internal structure includes two high-tensile, lightweight steel cord
belts under the tread area reinforced with Michelin's "Filament At
Zero" (FAZ) technology that spirally wraps an individual strand of
polyamide across the entire tread (similar to the way fishing line
is wound onto a fishing reel) to increase treadwear and ride comfort
while providing high speed durability and predictable handling.
NOTE: Pilot Sport A/S Plus tires can be mixed with earlier Pilot
Sport A/S tires in axle pairs as long as the Pilot Sport A/S Plus
tires are installed on the rear axle.
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