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Originally Posted by Tracktimeplz
Really? Quote from the article...
"Both cars demonstrate remarkable body control and change course so quickly that you’d think they could slalom the lane-marker lines on an interstate at 85 mph. They probably couldn’t: The charitable among us would describe the Michelin Primacy HPs’ grip as underwhelming. Toyota chief engineer Tetsuya Tada tells us, “They are Prius tires,” and he’s not joking—they’re identical to those in the Toyota hybrid’s top trim level (outside the U.S.), right down to the compound and construction. Mark that down as Toyota’s second big donation to the project."
So while im not sure the difference between the US Spec Prius tires that he drove on, and the Euro spec ones, they are indeed Prius tires.
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Old news, and again, I never claimed otherwise, just that they are quite a bit different from the US Prius norm - obviously not Pilot Sport Cups but neither are they the mushballs found on a standard US Prius.