Best Tyres for the BMW Alpina B3

I had these on a Alpina B3 2014. On the road, they coped quite well. Having big 20" rims is hell for the tyre, especially when used in a city full of potholes. They held up remarcably well (used the XL variant), much better than the Pilot Sports I had before, that developed blisters in an instant. But, from here on, there is not much positive. Took the car for a track day, after two 20 minute sessions, the tyres were done for it. While at first they where quite ok (actually I was impressed by how progressive they were at the limit), massive chunks have started to rip apart from the tread, rendering them useless.
Very, very dissapointed by a tyre that is "performance" oriented.
So, for road use, maybe, as I bought them for half the price of a set of Pilot Sport's. But anything else, NO!

*PLEASE DO NOT FIT THESE TYRES TO THE REAR OF YOUR CAR OR AT ALL IF YOU CAN HELP IT*

Spun out on damp roundabout at 5-10mph.

Below average in the dry and lethal in the wet.

There is a reason these are the cheapest tyres in this size.

As fitted to my Alpina B3 3.3 Saloon - the PS2 was developed in conjunction with Alpina for the B3. As a result, they are the recommended tyre for the car - indeed, the Contis which were fitted to the car when I got it felt terrible.

However - I have to say they're not the best tyre on the market.

Although grip in the dry and wet is staggering, they do tend to break very suddenly. The only other tyres I've experienced which do this in a similar fashion are race slicks! That said, I suspect some of this is down to the E46 chassis.

The real bugbear with these tyres is the road noise - they really generate huge amounts of noise. They're noisy when new, noisy when wearing, and really noisy below 4mm wear.

The other thing worth noting is that they only seem to have 6mm tread when new!

The wear on the Alpina is shocking - around 12K on the rears.

Chuck in the ?1200 per set price, and they don't seem to be very good value.

Wouldn't recommend unless you have to fit them