It isn’t exactly common for automobile manufacturers to focus on continued development of its decades-old long-dead product lines, but Porsche is serious about keeping its Carrera GT owners happy. Porsche factory racing driver Joerg Bergmeister worked directly with Michelin to develop a new sticky tire specifically formulated to make the car even better now than it was at the time it launched in 2003.

Porsche, together with Michelin, have developed a brand new tired for the legendary Carrera GT super sports car, 18 years after the latter’s discontinuation

The past year has been a rough one for Porsche Carrera GT owners — or at least, as rough as a year can be when you own a million-dollar V-10 supercar with a manual transmission. 489 Carrera GTs were recalled in April of 2023 for a potential suspension failure,

Porsche has announced the co-development of new Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires for the Carrera GT, originally produced from 2003 to 2006. It is rare for an automaker to be spending money and time to develop tires specifically for a product thats been long discontinued.

Porsche unveils new Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires for the Carrera GT, improving performance and driving dynamics on wet and dry surfaces.

Owners of the two-decade-old sports cars will get a set of modern Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires that were specifically made for the car.

Porsche built the last Carrera GT nearly 20 years ago, but the brand is still looking for ways to improve the model. It joined forces with Michelin to develop new Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires specifically for the Carrera GT.

We first heard about these new tires earlier in the month after Porsche started notifying Carrera GT owners that it had developed a fix for a suspension issue which triggered a re