Michelin Pilot Alpin 5

The Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 is a Ultra High Performance Winter tyre designed to be fitted to Passenger Cars.

Tyre review data from 21 tyre reviews averaging 88% over 244,050 miles driven, and 16 tests with an average result of 2nd.

Dry Grip 93%
Wet Grip 93%
Road Feedback 90%
Handling 91%
Wear 91%
Comfort 80%
Buy again 83%
Snow Grip 90%
Ice Grip 81%

First On MarketJune 2018
Wheel Size16 - 22"
Width205 - 315mm
Profile30 - 65
Rolling ResistanceB - D
Wet GripB - C
Noise (dB)68 - 75
Winter Rating3PMSF Rated

The Pilot Alpin 5 is ranked 5th of 43 Winter Ultra High Performance tyres.

This tyre replaced the Michelin Pilot Alpin 4.

In Depth Tyre Comparisons

Tests Included

16

Best Result

1st

Worst Result

4th

Average Result

2nd

Latest Tyre Test Results

The BEST Performance Winter Tyres for 2024 / 2025
1st of 9 tyres
  • The Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 demonstrated excellent all-round performance, with particularly strong dry handling and comfort.
  • Michelin Pilot Alpin 5, özellikle kuru zeminde güçlü yol tutuşu ve konforuyla her açıdan mükemmel bir performans sergiledi.
  • Der Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 zeigte eine hervorragende Allround-Leistung mit besonders starkem Trockenhandling und Komfort.
  • Le Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 a démontré d'excellentes performances globales, avec une maniabilité et un confort particulièrement élevés sur sol sec.
  • Despite its strong overall performance, it was slightly outperformed by the Pirelli in snow tests.
  • Genel performansı güçlü olmasına rağmen kar testlerinde Pirelli'nin biraz gerisinde kaldı.
  • Trotz seiner starken Gesamtleistung wurde er bei Schneetests vom Pirelli leicht übertroffen.
  • Malgré ses bonnes performances globales, il a été légèrement surpassé par le Pirelli lors des tests sur neige.
  • Despite being one of the oldest tyre in the test, the Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 demonstrated why it has long been considered the benchmark in this category. It offered excellent all-round performance, with particularly strong showings in dry handling and comfort. The tyre provided a well-balanced and predictable driving experience across all conditions. While it was slightly outperformed by the Pirelli in snow tests, the differences were minimal. The Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 remains a top choice for drivers wanting a proven, well-rounded winter tyre.
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  • Testteki en eski lastiklerden biri olmasına rağmen, Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 bu kategoride neden uzun süredir kıstas olarak kabul edildiğini gösterdi. Özellikle kuru yol tutuşu ve konforda güçlü performanslar sergileyerek mükemmel genel performans sundu. Lastik tüm koşullarda dengeli ve öngörülebilir bir sürüş deneyimi sağladı. Kar testlerinde Pirelli tarafından biraz geride bırakılmış olsa da, farklar çok azdı. Michelin Pilot Alpin 5, kanıtlanmış, çok yönlü bir kış lastiği isteyen sürücüler için en iyi tercih olmaya devam ediyor.
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  • Obwohl der Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 einer der ältesten Reifen im Test ist, hat er bewiesen, warum er seit langem als Maßstab in dieser Kategorie gilt. Er bot eine hervorragende Allround-Leistung, mit besonders starken Leistungen bei Trockenhandling und Komfort. Der Reifen bot ein ausgewogenes und vorhersehbares Fahrerlebnis unter allen Bedingungen. Obwohl er bei Schneetests vom Pirelli leicht übertroffen wurde, waren die Unterschiede minimal. Der Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 bleibt eine Top-Wahl für Fahrer, die einen bewährten, vielseitigen Winterreifen suchen.
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  • Bien qu'il soit l'un des pneus les plus anciens du test, le Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 a démontré pourquoi il est depuis longtemps considéré comme la référence dans cette catégorie. Il a offert d'excellentes performances globales, avec des performances particulièrement solides en termes de tenue de route sur sol sec et de confort. Le pneu a offert une expérience de conduite équilibrée et prévisible dans toutes les conditions. Bien qu'il ait été légèrement surpassé par le Pirelli dans les tests sur neige, les différences étaient minimes. Le Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 reste un choix de premier ordre pour les conducteurs à la recherche d'un pneu hiver éprouvé et complet.
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2023/24 Tyre Reviews UHP Winter Tyre Test
2nd of 6 tyres
  • Best in the dry, best in the snow, very low wear, good comfort.
  • Kuru zeminde en iyisi, karda en iyisi, çok az aşınıyor, iyi konfor sağlıyor.
  • Am besten im Trockenen, am besten im Schnee, sehr geringer Verschleiß, guter Komfort.
  • Meilleur sur sol sec, meilleur sur neige, très faible usure, bon confort.
  • Average wet performance, mid pack rolling resistance, higher cost.
  • Ortalama ıslak zemin performansı, orta seviyede yuvarlanma direnci, daha yüksek maliyet.
  • Durchschnittliche Leistung auf nasser Fahrbahn, mittlerer Rollwiderstand, höhere Kosten.
  • Performances moyennes sur sol mouillé, résistance au roulement moyenne, coût plus élevé.

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2023 Tyre Reviews Winter Tyre Test
1st of 13 tyres
  • Best in dry braking and dry handlings, extremely good in the wet, best tyre overall in the snow, highest levels of comfort.
  • Kuru zeminde frenleme ve yol tutuşunda en iyi, ıslak zeminde son derece iyi, karda genel olarak en iyi lastik, en yüksek konfor seviyeleri.
  • Am besten beim Trockenbremsen und Trockenhandling, extrem gut bei Nässe, insgesamt bester Reifen auf Schnee, höchster Komfort.
  • Meilleur en freinage et tenue de route sur sol sec, extrêmement bon sur sol mouillé, meilleur pneu global sur sol enneigé, niveaux de confort les plus élevés.
  • Average rolling resistance, average aquaplaning resistance, high levels of understeer in the dry.
  • Ortalama yuvarlanma direnci, ortalama suda kızaklama direnci, kuru zeminde yüksek seviyede önden kayma.
  • Durchschnittlicher Rollwiderstand, durchschnittlicher Aquaplaning-Widerstand, hohes Untersteuern im Trockenen.
  • Résistance au roulement moyenne, résistance moyenne à l'aquaplaning, niveaux élevés de sous-virage sur sol sec.
  • The Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 pipped the Bridgestone, but by such a small amount I'm calling them both test winners. The Michelin was almost untouchable in the snow, especially snow handling, and was untouchable in the dry and one of the best in the wet. It didn't quite have the rolling resistance of the Bridgestone where it finished nearly 10% behind, but in every other category this tyre performance was excellent. A hugely impressive tyre.
  • Michelin Pilot Alpin 5, Bridgestone'u geride bıraktı, ancak çok az bir farkla ikisini de test galibi olarak adlandırıyorum. Michelin karda, özellikle kar tutuşunda neredeyse dokunulmazdı ve kuru zeminde dokunulmazdı ve ıslak zeminde en iyilerden biriydi. Bridgestone'un yuvarlanma direncine sahip değildi, neredeyse %10 geride bitirdi, ancak diğer tüm kategorilerde bu lastik performansı mükemmeldi. Son derece etkileyici bir lastik.
  • Der Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 hat den Bridgestone überholt, aber nur um einen so geringen Vorsprung, dass ich sie beide als Testsieger bezeichne. Der Michelin war auf Schnee, insbesondere beim Schneehandling, nahezu unschlagbar, und er war auf trockener Fahrbahn unschlagbar und auf nasser Fahrbahn einer der Besten. Er hatte zwar nicht ganz den Rollwiderstand des Bridgestone, wo er fast 10 % zurücklag, aber in allen anderen Kategorien war die Leistung dieses Reifens ausgezeichnet. Ein äußerst beeindruckender Reifen.
  • Le Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 a devancé le Bridgestone, mais de si peu que je les considère tous les deux comme les vainqueurs du test. Le Michelin était presque intouchable sur la neige, en particulier en termes de tenue de route sur la neige, et était intouchable sur le sec et l'un des meilleurs sur le mouillé. Il n'avait pas tout à fait la résistance au roulement du Bridgestone, avec lequel il a terminé à près de 10 % derrière, mais dans toutes les autres catégories, les performances de ce pneu étaient excellentes. Un pneu extrêmement impressionnant.
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SizeFuelWetNoise
17 inch
225/50R17 98 H XLDB68
18 inch
225/40R18 92 V XLDB70
245/40R18 97 V XLDB72
245/40R18 97 W XLDB72
245/45R18 100 V XLCB72
225/40R18 92 W XLDB70
19 inch
235/35R19 91 W XLDB70
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Questions and Answers for the Michelin Pilot Alpin 5

2022-09-30 - Hi,
I’m struggling to decide whether I should take a Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 or a Michelin Crossclimate 2…
I would like to equip my 2019 Seat Leon Cupra ST 4Drive with tires for the winter season here in the north of France (Lille) where we have what you call a Mild Winter (between 7-0 degrees, often wet but rarely snowy).
If they were available in my car’s size in Frnace (235/35 r19 91y), I would probably take the Michelin Pilot Sport A/S which seems to fit exactly what I’m looking for: a sporty “summer tyre” with winter capabilities. From what I understand, it was the philosophy of the previous Crossclimate+ (without the sporty handling…) but they’re no longer available.
My questions are the followings.
Under 7 degrees Celsius, between the Pilot Alpin 5 and the Crossclimate 2:
- on dry roads, which one will have the best handling (for a sport car)? Which one will have the shortest braking distance?
- same thing for wet conditions
- how about aquaplaning?
I guess it would be a useful review as your YouTube guest promote all season tyres for mild winter condition but I can’t find any in the web.
Thanks a lot for your excellent website and work!

The CC2 should have the advantage in dry braking, however wet I'm not so sure about. Handling is another difficult one to answer as I've not directly compared them, generally more sipes mean more block movement which means less direct handling, so again the CC2 should have the edge.


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Top 3 Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 Reviews

Given 81% while driving a Toyota Verso 1.6 D4 D mpv (205/60 R16 H) on mostly country roads for 76,000 spirited miles
This is by far the best winter I have used. I live in the alps and use every weekend to go from 300m to 1740m ski ressort. I have needed to chain up even with 30cm snow. On the packed snow/ice no issues even from standing start on gradient. Knowing the road I push the corners and straights with the knowledge they do not let me down
Helpful 186 - tyre reviewed on November 5, 2018
Given 74% while driving a Volkswagen Passat (235/45 R18 V) on a combination of roads for 2,500 spirited miles
Pros:
The wet grip is very good;
Dry and snow grip is good;
Very good handling in dry and wet conditions;
Damage resistant boards;

Cons:
Very bad in slush road;
Bad in sharp corner on icy road;
Helpful 119 - tyre reviewed on January 20, 2019
Given 69% while driving a Audi S3 (225/40 R18) on a combination of roads for 5,000 miles
After a set of nexen winguard I decided to go with what is supposed to be the best winter tyre according to reviews around the web. I am disillusioned...the cheaper nexen were better by far, expecially on dry road and sport driving on dry roads. On the snow the michelin are only slightly worse than the nexen but still worse. For sure not buying again
Helpful 37 - tyre reviewed on May 1, 2023
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Latest Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 Reviews

Given 85% while driving a Mercedes Benz GLA 200d sport (235/55 R19) on for 15,000 miles
The best in winter tires.
Helpful 2 - tyre reviewed on August 22, 2024
Given 70% while driving a BMW 330 (225/45 R18) on mostly country roads for 0 average miles
Very good dry and wet grip (like summer Pilot Sport 4) good level of comfort, but unfortunately very noisy! Maybe due to staggered setup of wheels (225 front / 255 rear) and symetrical "V" shape design, tyres produced loud humming noise at 100 km/h, probably some resonance frequency between front and rear... Excellent tyre behaviour but noise level was not acceptable and lead me to unfortunately get rid of them... Changed for used Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3 and these were much more quiet despite runflats...
Helpful 13 - tyre reviewed on January 17, 2024
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Given 91% while driving a BMW 335i (235/45 R18) on mostly country roads for 10,000 spirited miles
I use these as my winter tyres on my E92 BMW Alpina B3S Allrad which is based on the 335ix They are quite a brilliant tyre that reassure me on and through the the worst of winter conditions. I have driven my car across The Alps and other mountain ranges during quite bleak blizzard conditions with these tyres on and they simply don’t put a foot wrong. Although it’s not compulsory and there’s no legal obligation upon me to use winter tyres on my car where I currently reside, I am convinced that every car, even those with 4WD or AWD should change to winter tyres when the temperature drops to +7C or below. Just talk to my friend who recently put his 4WD BMW X5 through a ditch after it slid on ice, after swearing to me that very day that he didn’t need winter tyres as all four of the wheels on his X5 are driven. He now uses winter tyres….. Now, the Alpin 5 tyres are very supple and provide me with all that I want or need for winter driving. Good under braking and accelerating, good on turning and direction changes and quite simply excellent on even the heaviest of snow covered navigable roads.
Helpful 35 - tyre reviewed on February 21, 2023
Given 70% while driving a Lotus Evora 40 (225/45 R17) on a combination of roads for 1,000 average miles
Have driven them ca 1500 km in a Nordic country (Estonia) with my Lotus Evora 400. As seen in the rating, very good if not excellent if there is no snow or ice. If there is snow, they will do the job OK(ish) in the city, not the highway. If there is ice, these things are pretty much useless, borderline dangerous. Braking is hilariously poor. Would not recommend or buy them for a winter tire. Great tire for +10 to -5 temperature countries that don't experience much snow or ice.
Helpful 53 - tyre reviewed on January 21, 2022
Given 84% while driving a BMW 140i xdrive (225/40 R18) on a combination of roads for 2,000 spirited miles
Very convincing as a Sport tire in winter time. Side walls are not hard as I had them in my own hands when not on the rims. Thus at least 2.5 "bar" tire pressure required. Car reacts very good on steering wheel inputs for a winter tire. Did a lot of abuse last two months driving agressivly curvy roads at the limit (standard adaptive chassis but same tire dimension all around). Tires managed this very good with low wear. Dry grip is outstanding for winter tire and wet grip on an high level and good controllable. Feels sure footed. Conti 850P had slightly better grip in wet but dry was average. Comfort is below average (a bit hard for a winter tire and some unexpected noise at 120km/h / Limit in Switzerland) but overall still quiet for a winter tire.
Helpful 37 - tyre reviewed on January 15, 2022
Given 80% while driving a Kia Motors Stinger 2.0 RWD (225/45 R18) on mostly country roads for 5,000 spirited miles
I've had the tires since November and would say that I'm fairly satisfied with performance but, they seem to have a super hard sidewall because you can feel every single imperfection from the road. And not necessarily in a nice way. They give you some good confidence in the snow and traction control barely steps in under acceleration on snow. I only once felt the rear go loose while driving on a wet-oily road. Other than that, vey stable. Super poor fuel economy. About 0.5l/100km more for constant highway driving (at 140km/h). Comparing them to the previous Pirelli Sottozero 3.
Helpful 37 - tyre reviewed on January 14, 2022
Given 97% while driving a BMW M135i X Drive (225/40 R18) on a combination of roads for 12,000 spirited miles
Amazing grip in the dry for a winter tyre. Only negative is the comfort that is not as good as other winter tyres. But then this is more responsive with better feedback than other winter tyres.
Helpful 36 - tyre reviewed on January 11, 2022
Given 91% while driving a BMW M140i (225/45 R17) on mostly country roads for 4,000 spirited miles
The best winter tyre I ever drove. Finally I can go for a drive in winter and enjoy the car and the road. You get a lot of feedback from the tyre. It's not so precise and stable like a 4s for example, but you can still drive hard and the tyre will not fall apart. And the wearing is even when you drive it hard really good. I was very supportive by that. Even with these really good dry performance, the tyre works very good in the snow also. I spend a lot of time in the mountains so it has to work for me also in the snow and the tyre delivers!!! An absolute amazing winter tyre!!
Helpful 43 - tyre reviewed on December 30, 2021
Given 100% while driving a Mercedes Benz A180 CDI W176 (225/40 R19) on a combination of roads for 20,000 spirited miles
Went from Alpin 5 (predecessor of alpin 6) to the new Pilot Alpin 5 and was blown away by the way the tyre handles. I don't often get snow so dry and wet performance below 7 degrees Celsius is very important and they do not disappoint. Winter tires can feel wobbly but these do a great job and still giving some sense of connection to the road. And just recently drove on icy roads and some snow and they handled it like a champ. Wear is excellent, and despite the fact they only have about 3.5mm left they still grip which hasn't been the case with some other winter tyres I've had in the past from other brands. So highly recommend, can't fault them on anything. Worth every penny.
Helpful 33 - tyre reviewed on December 29, 2021
Given 96% while driving a Ford Mondeo TDCI (235/45 R18) on a combination of roads for 13,050 average miles
This is a review after the first winter with those Pilot Alpin 5. I have managed to do aprox. 13.000miles with them and thread left is : 5MM front 6MM rear I have a sporty driving, aprox. 70% Highways, 25% Roads, 5% Town. So tyre wear is generally fast with my style of driving but those Pilot Alpin 5 seems to last quite a bit. It was my last winter with the car so I do this review about it to feed the reviews on this tyre. I recommend them if you have the money. I think you will find your money back as those seems to make a higher milage as I am used to do!
Helpful 41 - tyre reviewed on June 24, 2021
Given 94% while driving a Audi A8 (225/45 R17) on mostly country roads for 1,000 spirited miles
Mounted on a 2019 Audi A8L which is a heavy car. Dry performance and in the rain is outstanding, especially for a winter tire. Snow performance is great in every area except for hard braking. I suspect due to the compromises made by not being a dedicated snow tire. However, lateral stability and inability to execute a drift with ease adds to overall safety of the vehicle. It's also very difficult to break traction when accelerating hard though the A8L is equipped with Quattro. All in all a great tire for those in moderate winter climate conditions with tread life as a concern and/or for those that don't want all of the downsides of a dedicated snow tire.
Helpful 34 - tyre reviewed on December 3, 2020
Given 97% while driving a Volkswagen Golf (225/40 R18 V) on a combination of roads for 500 spirited miles
I haven’t tested them in snow yet, but the comfort and handling is great, I had Hankook fitted before them, and there is a huge difference, the sidewall looks nice too, I love these types.
Helpful 48 - tyre reviewed on November 1, 2020