Drivings All-Season 4 Michelins makes it easy to see why GM made them the official tire for the base C8 Corvette.
In my opinion, tires are one of the most critical choices any Corvette enthusiast can make. Make the right selection and you’ll find yourself at the perfect crossroads of handling, acceleration, stopping power, and safety. Choose wrong and you could end up in a ditch. Or worse.
For 2020+ Corvettes, General Motors equips base C8s with Michelin Pilot Sport All-Season 4 tires, while upgrading Z51 package Corvettes to Pilot Sport 4S summer tires. And while the idea of all-season rubber on ANY Corvette may seem like sacrilege to some — and it IS true that 4S tires are better — All-Season 4 Michelins are no standard summer tire.
Hell, they’re grippier than plenty of name-brand summer tires while offering the flexibility of year-round safety and performance.
Michael S. Palmer began his career assisting and developing content for Academy Award-winning and studio-based film and television producers. He has been a professional writer since 2008, when he joined the Writers Guild of America West (WGAw). As a journalist and Content Editor/Manager, he has covered numerous emerging imaging, theatrical exhibition, home entertainment, and automotive technologies. He currently spends his days creating original content at the Internet Brands Automotive Group for some of the world's largest online automotive communities, including Ford Truck Enthusiasts, CorvetteForum, ClubLexus, AudiWorld, and LS1Tech. He still owns his first car, a 1987 Mercury Cougar; adores driving his Boss 302 Mustang; and recently teamed with Chevrolet Performance, Holley, Magnaflow, Eaton, Wilwood, Michelin, Chemical Guys, Summit Racing to build his first project car. Installing an LS3 E-ROD Connect & Cruise system into a 1992 Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon made his eight-passenger wagon faster than a C5 Corvette to 60mph and 50 state emissions legal. His wife and daughter are very patient.
