Porsche Giving Carrera GT Owners Brand-New Michelin Tires
Porsche And Michelin Built A Brand New Tire For A 20-Year-Old Supercar
It isn’t exactly common for automobile manufacturers to focus on continued development of its decades-old long-dead product lines, but Porsche is serious about keeping its Carrera GT owners happy. Porsche factory racing driver Joerg Bergmeister worked directly with Michelin to develop a new sticky tire specifically formulated to make the car even better now than it was at the time it launched in 2003.
Porsche and Michelin developed new tires for the Carrera GT
Porsche made just 1,270 examples from 2003 to 2006. While it's been a long time since production ended, this isn't the first time Porsche has commissioned a new tire for the Carrera GT. In 2013, the automaker offered a newly-developed Michelin Pilot Super Sport tire as a replacement for the original Pilot Sport PS2 rubber.
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All Porsche Carrera GT Owners Are Getting New, Modern Tires for Free
The past year has been a rough one for Porsche Carrera GT owners — or at least, as rough as a year can be when you own a million-dollar V-10 supercar with a manual transmission. 489 Carrera GTs were recalled in April of 2023 for a potential suspension failure,
Why Porsche co-developed new tires for 20-year-old, million-dollar supercars
Porsche has announced the co-development of new Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires for the Carrera GT, originally produced from 2003 to 2006. It is rare for an automaker to be spending money and time to develop tires specifically for a product thats been long discontinued.
Porsche Carrera GT Enhances Performance With New Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 Tires
Porsche unveils new Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires for the Carrera GT, improving performance and driving dynamics on wet and dry surfaces.
Porsche Giving Carrera GT Owners Brand-New Michelin Tires, Free
Owners of the two-decade-old sports cars will get a set of modern Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires that were specifically made for the car.
Porsche and Michelin Develop New Pilot Sport Cup 2 Tires for the Carrera GT
Porsche built the last Carrera GT nearly 20 years ago, but the brand is still looking for ways to improve the model. It joined forces with Michelin to develop new Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires specifically for the Carrera GT.
20 Years Later, Porsche’s Carrera GT Gets New Michelin Tires Making It Faster And Safer
We first heard about these new tires earlier in the month after Porsche started notifying Carrera GT owners that it had developed a fix for a suspension issue which triggered a re
Porsche: Our Updated Carrera GT Tires Make the Car Perform Better Than New
A new Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 for the Carrera GT touts faster lap times, shorter braking distances, and more communicative handling.
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