I'm not sure whether this is news or old news, but I had a chance to chat with the Michelin man yesterday at the Wilton House Supercar Day and despite the fact that a 991 was featured on their stand, the Cup Super Sport will not be Porsche approved for our cars. Apparently development for Porsche approval has been stopped for the 20" 991 rim and the car featured had Alpin winter tyres on, which have been approved. The Super Sport is now available for Panamera Gen11 and the Carrera GT, which got a very good write up in this month's Evo group test.
This seems odd to me as they are cutting out a section of the current and future replacement market for a good few years, especially with the 3 year warranty now in place, as it is unlikely that owners will fit a non N rated tyre as it will invalidate the warranty.
This seems odd to me as they are cutting out a section of the current and future replacement market for a good few years, especially with the 3 year warranty now in place, as it is unlikely that owners will fit a non N rated tyre as it will invalidate the warranty.