285/30 R20 Tyres

The following tyres have been reviewed in 285/30 R20.
Tyre Reviewed Dry Grip Wet Grip Feedback Handling Wear Comfort
Vredestein Ultrac Vorti (111) 94% 84% 90% 89% 85% 85%
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S (131) 93% 88% 86% 87% 82% 86%
Michelin Pilot Super Sport (143) 94% 84% 89% 86% 82% 81%
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5 (234) 93% 90% 86% 88% 80% 81%
Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta (237) 91% 88% 87% 85% 79% 85%
Continental SportContact 7 (47) 97% 93% 91% 91% 70% 75%
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 (310) 90% 88% 81% 84% 73% 78%
Michelin Pilot Sport (41) 92% 82% 86% 81% 73% 75%
Pirelli P Zero PZ4 (56) 89% 80% 85% 82% 62% 71%
Kumho Ecsta KU31 (165) 83% 75% 77% 76% 72% 74%
Falken FK452 (211) 82% 72% 75% 73% 69% 73%
Bridgestone Potenza S04 Pole Position (3) 90% 73% 73% 87% 40% 67%
Pace ALVENTI Pace (11) 73% 71% 74% 51% 60% 77%
Pirelli P Zero (156) 84% 69% 75% 72% 58% 64%
Dunlop SP Sport Maxx (161) 79% 69% 69% 67% 63% 64%
Nankang NS2 (211) 76% 58% 65% 62% 73% 62%
Dunlop SP Sport 600 DSST (10) 91% 63% 73% 79% 60% 32%
Hero Milanza HZ1 (20) 74% 53% 65% 61% 64% 59%
Linglong L688 (29) 43% 24% 32% 30% 53% 37%

285/30 20 Tyre Review Highlights

Michelin Pilot Sport 4 rated 77% while driving a BMW M4 Competition
Driving on mostly country roads for 6 average miles
Notice very bad wear on the inner rear wheels .posted my concern on Facebook and received many responses.some even posted photos of the exact problem I am having with these tyres
tyre reviewed on 2024-03-16 19:32:48
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S rated 84% while driving a BMW M4 Competition
Driving on mostly country roads for 4000 average miles
My BMW M3 Competition xDrive had Pirelli's from the factory. They were ok... but after having read some reviews of the Michelin Pilot Sport 4S * (the M3/M4 version of it), I opted for these ones after 27.000 km (around 17.000 miles) on the Pirelli's.
The Michelin are even better on dry roads, even better than Michelin Supersport (more relaxed as far as temperature is concerned).
In the wet, I would say that I feel the PS 4S* a little bit better than the Pirelli's. Not really for 'surprise' slides, but for basic wet grip. Anyway. With tyres like these ones, when your car is feeling 'happy', it means you are driving like a maniac.
I did not notice a difference in road noise and in comfort.
I did notice a difference in control and feedback. It seems like you get more information from the road and the car and, therefore. A better control.
I have not yet tested the Michelin on Spa-Francorchamps or the Nürbürgring, so I cannot comment the trackday part of the joy.
Drive safely ;)
tyre reviewed on 2023-11-10 19:05:26
Pirelli P Zero PZ4 rated 79% while driving a BMW Alpina B5
Driving on mostly country roads for 12000 spirited miles
No comments left
tyre reviewed on 2023-01-18 22:59:33
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S rated 93% while driving a Audi RS 5
Driving on mostly country roads for 9000 spirited miles
The other tires I've had on the car are Pirelli P zeros and Conti DWS. The PS4S works better on the RS5 than the Pirelli or Conti in all conditions I've driven them in. I was surprised by the other reviews talking about the lack of feel because these have given what was generally a fairly numb steering feel its best feel so far.
tyre reviewed on 2022-11-13 13:33:54
Continental SportContact 7 rated 100% while driving a BMW M4 Competition
Driving on a combination of roads for 500 spirited miles
Not many reviews of these yet, but based on the excellent review from this site, I decided I would give them a try when my Michelin Pilot Super Sports came to the end of useful life. The M4 is a demanding car on it's tyres to say the least and I came very close to going with Michelin again. I am SO glad I took a chance and went for it....the Continenal SportContact 7 has been astonishing since the day they were fitted. In every single way these tyres are superior to the PSS! Dry grip and traction is exceptional, but what is noticeable is how much more grip they give when cold. The PSS's main issue was always that they needed a bit of heat before you could lean on them. Wet grip is astonishingly improved over the PSS....it literally feels like a different car in the wet. Both these things I expected based on the review, but what I wasn't expecting was a tyre that is also significantly quieter, handles perfectly and still manages to exceed the steering feel I had with the PSS. There literally isn't a downside to these tyres so far. I've even got a sneaking suspicion that my MPG has gone up also. Oh and finally I managed to get a complete staggered set of 4 of these for £100 less that the PS4S would have been and 100s less that a new set of PSS tyres....for the performance you get these are a bargain! The only thing I can't comment on yet is wear....to be fair the PSS was excellent in this area. Will report back once I have run them longer, but so far these tyres are quite simply the best road tyre out there.
tyre reviewed on 2022-07-28 21:47:49
Pirelli P Zero rated 70% while driving a Jaguar XKR
Driving on a combination of roads for 2000 spirited miles
On the upside lots of grip, rollover a penny and I could tell you whether it is heads or tails, it's the Jaguar specified OEM tyre for the early XKR and it does a good job. That is assuming the P Zero itself is the same as 25 years back, tech moves on and OEM tyres aren't necessarily the same as the same model aftermarket ones. On the downside road noise is loud enough to be distracting, it's about as comfortable as a hobnailed clog, seems to take some time to warm up and whilst cornering grip seems to be very good in the wet I'm less convinced about it's grip in acceleration. Wet roads result in lots of traction control under heavyish acceleration. Though no issues with braking. On the major downside... I cannot detect any advance warning that the limit of grip is approaching or reached. No squeal or feel, just grip, grip, grip, hedge. I'm currently running mine at the comfort setting of 28 psi as the XKR just doesn't feel like a GT car at normal recommended pressures. Ride is too harsh otherwise, tramlining too frequent to be an enjoyable. Though at 28psi I worry about potholes with those 20" rims on. I've just bought some 18" rims so will try something else on those, save the 20s and the Pzeros for a track day or two and put them back in when the weather warms up a bit. It is afterall a summer tyre. Note however that I live in rural Wales, so dry days come about one afternoon per year, the roads are often potholed and I probably haven't got the best out of the tyres in relatively cold conditions. However on motorway runs where you merely want an easy life the tramlining is an annoying issue. Reducing the pressure helps but doesn't eliminate this. You'd be hard pushed to reach the tyre's limits on back roads so long as they're warm, though on the sort of twisty A roads which epitomise much of Wales finding the limits results in a trip to the body shop after being assaulted by the undergrowth. So thus far it seems like a strange fit for a Grand Tourer but will add a review in the supposed summer to see whether it's merely not mong friendly.
tyre reviewed on 2022-02-16 01:05:39
Bridgestone Potenza S04 Pole Position rated 59% while driving a Jaguar XKR
Driving on mostly motorways for 7000 spirited miles
No comments left
tyre reviewed on 2021-01-09 07:17:53
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5 rated 100% while driving a Jaguar XKR 5.0
Driving on a combination of roads for 5000 spirited miles
Must admit I am very impressed. There is not a single aspect in which I can fault these tyres. Excellent dry grip and progressive at the limit, settled in the wet with good aquaplaning resistance which is important on 285 section tyres. Quiet on poor roads and consideration how much I like to turn the traction control off they are only showing minimal wear. It is difficult to comprehend how much better the Michelin PS4s could be to warrant the astronomical price difference. Car is a '13 Jaguar XKR 500bhp
tyre reviewed on 2020-11-17 13:38:51
Pace ALVENTI Pace rated NAN% while driving a Jaguar
Driving on a combination of roads for 15 average miles
I bought two new Pace Alventi's for the rear of my XKR. As our speed limit is only 100km hr, no point in buying over engineered tyres to do 275khr.

They have worn reletevly quickly nearly worn out at 15,000km. Dry road grip is good, wet road use needs some care, but this is also down to the house of the car.

Quite a lot of tyre noise and after a good inspection found a bulge on the inside wall approx 100mm along the tyre wall.

I'd say the tyres lived up to expectation due to the price, however I'll be replacing with a different brand.

Cheap tyre. Expect to replace in a short period of time, inspect inner side walls for bulges.

Dollar for dollar ill buy a more expensive tyre next with better lifespan.

tyre reviewed on 2020-01-04 07:54:20
Kumho Ecsta KU31 rated 80% while driving a BMW 530D M sport
Driving on a combination of roads for 0 spirited miles
Not sure about the wear but I don't care because its all about safety. When I say safety I mean it does grip very well in dry and also wet. I've 290bhp BMW (rear wheel drive of course) and no issue. I dont see why pay double the price for Michelin and other "good" brands. Will definitely buy again but i can see that price is going up. obviously tyre maker know's its good and selling more every day.
tyre reviewed on 2019-11-03 15:03:08
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S rated 49% while driving a Mercedes Benz SL63 AMG
Driving on mostly town for 5000 spirited miles
Let me mention my 2018 SL63 came with Continental conti sport contact 5p, and I found them all around an OK tire, but they wore out in 15,000 km... So I went seeking a better tire, I dont care about wear that much, I spent a lot of money on my car and good or the BEST tires are a must regardless of whether they last 10k or 50k, I saw a lot of good and even excellent ratings for the michelin 4s tire, its new and has some new compound in the rubber that is supposed to give better grip.. I have a powerful car with lots of torque, 668 lb lbs, so when I give it I want grip.. I put them on the rear once the Contis were done... These 4s tires when I first installed them on the rear, I found the grip they gave was incredible ! I was so happy, I could finally launch my car properly, but now with 8000 km on them (5000 miles) they are not gripping nearly as well, I would say they are now worse than the conti 5p.. I have lots of tread left, but for some reason they only grip well on NEW pavement. Anything else other than NEW pavement and I can put my car sideways in 3rd gear with my traction control off, and 3rd gear goes up to 100 mph so that is very scary. I have to say I am disappointed the performance of these tires has diminished so very quickly, and since they have lots of tread left I find that I am going to have to replace them already. They are also a bit soft in corners... Thinking of the Continental 5p again, or perhaps the continental extreme contact. Sport cup 2 perhaps???? I just know I will not buy the 4s again.
tyre reviewed on 2019-08-24 01:44:14
Dunlop SP Sport 600 DSST rated 53% while driving a Nissan GT R
Driving on mostly town for 7000 easy going miles
No comments left
tyre reviewed on 2019-03-22 10:42:06
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