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Mar 31, 2018 | 06:53 PM

SULLY2013

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CUP Tire?

I see this phrase in the for sale section quite often, I’ve never wanted to look like an idiot and ask.

What is a “CUP” tire?

Mar 31, 2018 | 06:57 PM

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That is short for the Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 Tires that come with the Z07 package on Grand Sport & Z06:

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires...oModClar=Coupe

Mar 31, 2018 | 06:58 PM

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That is short for the Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 Tires that come with the Z07 package on Grand Sport & Z06:

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires...oModClar=Coupe

Obvious now that I have it explained to me!

Thank you.

Mar 31, 2018 | 07:01 PM

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Obvious now that I have it explained to me!

Thank you.

No prob. There's a lot of acronyms and nicknames to keep up with around here.

Mar 31, 2018 | 07:23 PM

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What is a “CUP” tire?[/left]

Your Pilot Sport will look like them when it's 1/2 warn! (Note they will not perform like the sticky Cup rubber, just look like them!)

If you see them new in a showroom you would believe they are half warn! Race tires perform best with minimum sticky tread rubber. The Cup tires are as close to a race tire you'll find for street use.

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Mar 31, 2018 | 09:01 PM

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That is short for the Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 Tires that come with the Z07 package on Grand Sport & Z06:

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires...oModClar=Coupe

Yes, but why are the tires named CUP? A reference to NASCAR CUP series? Something else?

Mar 31, 2018 | 10:18 PM

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Yes, but why are the tires named CUP? A reference to NASCAR CUP series? Something else?

Good Question. Not likely to be related to NASCAR's Cup series, since that's been pretty much Good Year's playground since at least the 70's, with the exception of a brief tire war with Hoosier in the early 90's.

Apr 1, 2018 | 12:11 AM

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Yes, but why are the tires named CUP? A reference to NASCAR CUP series? Something else?

Interesting question, naming! Then why are the standard tires called Pilot Sport ZP? Fact is product naming keeps ad agencies making lots of money, conducting focus groups, making fancy proposals with ad graphic suggestions etc. I have always tried to follow a "Use the Company name and descriptive alpha numeric designator." That is what I do now in my part time business!

But I didn't always win and one of my product managers would convince me to use a fancy name for the latest and greatest in his area! That resulted in names like DigiMig, Trimline, Stargon and we never spent sufficient advertising money to properly promote those names! Did want a customer saying yep that must be a new one from my XYZ competitor!