Relative Score (0–100): the weighted average of the categories below, each 60% road tests and 40% owner reviews (comfort 40/60). Based on 1 + 0 road tests and 1,506 + 6 owner reviews. How we score
Advan Sport V103 leads, 80–78 Narrow edge
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Tests 75 · 1 test Owners 82 · 1,506 reviews
Best test result: #1 of 9 in 2017 Motor Mag UHP Tyre Test (dry handling)
“Damn. 295s on Style 359Ms? That's pushing it a bit, isn't it? I so desperately wish Michelin would make a 285/30 PSS. I'm running 275/35s now, and while I like the extra rubber on the road, I don't like the increased sidewall height over the OEM 265/35.”
Tests – · none yet Owners 85 · 6 reviews
Relative Score per category, 0–100. Open “Why this score” for the tests and owner ratings behind it.
| Source | Pilot Super Sport | Advan Sport V103 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / – tests | 77 | ≈ 76 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 90 | 87 |
Pilot Super Sport: 60% × 77.5 + 40% × 89.7 = 82
Advan Sport V103: 60% × 75.8 (est.) + 40% × 87.2 = 80
No road tests of dry for Advan Sport V103. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.41).
| Source | Pilot Super Sport | Advan Sport V103 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / – tests | 73 | ≈ 81 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 84 | 89 |
Pilot Super Sport: 60% × 73 + 40% × 83.6 = 77
Advan Sport V103: 60% × 80.5 (est.) + 40% × 88.7 = 84
No road tests of wet for Advan Sport V103. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.54).
| Source | Pilot Super Sport | Advan Sport V103 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) | ≈ 70 (est.) | ≈ 72 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 76 | 84 |
Pilot Super Sport: 40% × 70.2 (est.) + 60% × 76.2 = 74
Advan Sport V103: 40% × 71.7 (est.) + 60% × 83.5 = 79
No road tests of comfort for Pilot Super Sport. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.20).
No road tests of comfort for Advan Sport V103. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.20).
| Source | Pilot Super Sport | Advan Sport V103 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) | ≈ 69 (est.) | ≈ 71 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 73 | 78 |
Pilot Super Sport: 60% × 68.8 (est.) + 40% × 72.8 = 70
Advan Sport V103: 60% × 70.6 (est.) + 40% × 77.7 = 73
No road tests of treadwear for Pilot Super Sport. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.36).
No road tests of treadwear for Advan Sport V103. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.36).
| Source | Pilot Super Sport | Advan Sport V103 |
|---|---|---|
| Reviews found online | 83 | 86 |
| Category | Michelin Pilot Super Sport | Yokohama Advan Sport V103 |
|---|---|---|
| Relative Score | 78 | 80 |
| Dry | 82 | 80 |
| Wet | 77 | 84 |
| Comfort | 74 | 79 |
| Treadwear | 70 | 73 |
| Handling (owners) | 83 | 86 |
Higher is better. The Relative Score follows your weights below; category scores do not change.
Wet grip starts at “Important”. Treadwear starts at “Neutral” here: road tests measured it for at most one of the two tires, so it rests on owner reviews. Move the sliders and the scores update instantly.
Pilot Super Sport
Advan Sport V103
Themes extracted from owner reviews found online — not the opinion of TireWheelGuide.
From Reddit, forums and review threads. Not part of our score
The Michelin Pilot Super Sport is widely praised by the community as a benchmark high-performance street tire offering outstanding dry grip, sharp cornering capability, and decent ride comfort for daily driving. Many drivers note that its successor, the Pilot Sport 4S, improves upon it—especially in cold and wet conditions—while several users highlight downsides such as poor winter/snow capability, premium pricing, and eventual rubber degradation or tread cracking as the tires age.
“I use mine all year round, and it's only in snow that they come unstuck - although I've never actually been driving in enough snow to need to break out my sno-socks. I've done wet 'Ring laps on mine, below zero Welsh hoons etc. They take about 10 miles to warm up enough to push on, but you probably shouldn't be pushing on in the first 10 minutes of a sub-zero day anyway!”
“Had this on my E90, as well. Alignment was good, wheel balance on road force machine was good. Turned out i had over 0.250" of runout on both rear wheels. Took me two sets of 255/35/18 PSS's and me watching them balance the tires to figure it out... bought new wheels, never went to a Tirediscounters since.”
“Our 2017 Z51 has about 18k miles on the AS3+ ZP, and 10k miles on the factory PSS ZP, we switch out every Fall/Spring with a second set of wheels/sensors. I've done hours of really hard driving on back roads in Texas and New Mexico with the AS3+, if you need the little extra grip of the PSS on public roads, you're driving like an idiot. I only keep the PSS because I do some autocrossing each summer and small increases in grip can be the difference between good times and mediocre times. Also, the PSS will stand up to the heat of competition driving better, but that shouldn't be an issue on the street. The PSS cost about 10% less and last about 50% longer, so your tire-cost-per-mile gets cut in half. Below about 50'-60', the AS3+ grip as well or better. I just tested them in 3 1/2" of snow on my driveway, worked pretty well. The AS3+ should be the standard factory tire, with the PSS only as an option.”
Based on 364 community posts
We haven't collected enough community discussion about this tire yet.
| Attribute | A · Michelin Pilot Super Sport | B · Yokohama Advan Sport V103 |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Summer | Summer |
| Vehicle type | Passenger Car / Crossover | Passenger Car / Crossover |
| Sizes available | 50 | 21 |
| Rim diameters | 17″ – 23″ | 16″ – 21″ |
| UTQG | 300 AA A | — |
| Sizes in common | 2 | 2 |
Michelin Pilot Super Sport
Yokohama Advan Sport V103
Narrow edge: Yokohama Advan Sport V103 — better wet, comfort and treadwear. Where the Michelin Pilot Super Sport is ahead, it is by less than 3 points. Yokohama Advan Sport V103 rests on little evidence so far (0 tests, 6 reviews), so read this result as provisional.
Yokohama Advan Sport V103 scores 84 vs 77 on wet.
Yokohama Advan Sport V103 scores 79 vs 74 on comfort.
Yokohama Advan Sport V103 scores 73 vs 70 on treadwear.
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Yokohama Advan Sport V103, 84 vs 77 on our wet score.
Neither, by our numbers: 82 vs 80 on the dry score, within 3 points.
Yokohama Advan Sport V103, 79 vs 74 on our comfort score.
Yokohama Advan Sport V103, 73 vs 70 on our treadwear score.
Every category score blends two independent signals. 60% comes from professional tire tests (braking distances, lap times, noise measurements), each result compared with every other tire in the same test and newer tests counting more. 40% comes from owner reviews found online, adjusted for how generously each site rates. Both use one scale: the average tested tire gets 70, the best 100. When a tire has only one of the two, the missing half is estimated from the other and the score stays closer to average; with no road test and fewer than five owner reviews it gets no score yet.
Handling is the exception: road tests measure it inside the dry and wet scores, so its own row comes from owner ratings only and starts as less important.
Community buzz from Reddit and forums is shown for context only — it never changes the score. Full methodology
