Dunlop Sport Maxx RT 

The Dunlap Sport Maxx RT inspires confidence. Steering is more responsive and braking is better controlled. Wet traction is acceptable, but I have this tire mounted on an all wheel drive luxury sedan (2004 Mercedes S500 4Matic), so wet performance is always well-managed. Dry traction is amazing. I now feel like Lewis Hamilton behind the wheel of my car. I'm curious about the Michelin Pilot Super Sport, but I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this tire to others.

LOUD. LOUD.LOUD. Handle great. Traction is great in the rain. I would never by again due to road noise. My Michelins are far superior in the noise levels.

Having purchased the car with these tires on them, I must say I'm more impressed than I thought I would have been with a stock tire. These tires were trustworthy, rugged and performed great! I expected these tires to run below the wear bars before the 15k mark, but to my surprise, even with a heavy, relatively powerful car, they've hung on. The tread wear has been amazing, no tread edge feathering or chop. I did do an annual alignment about 1/2 through the tires as recommended per the manufacture. Even through a few auto-x events where I tortured these things they didn't show more than a little outer tread block scratching and heat marks, which proves their durability. Also, I had an unfortunate road incident where a piece of tar/concrete had shot out into the road damaging two of my wheels. The tires survived the collision with only a minor chunk missing from the "rim protector" area.
They aren't the quietest tire and they're heavy but more than "good". I suspect the price of these tires is the way it is because it's considered and "OEM" tire which is one of the reasons I won't buy them again. For the driver looking to have an all-around tire that is good wet, dry and the occasional blast down the on-ramp these will make a great choice. For the spirited/experienced driver, I would recommend another look. At about the 1/2 way mark I started to notice the stability in cornering was diminishing, could feel the tires wandering a bit on the edge of traction. They're heavy too, which I believe is a reason for the less than stellar cornering response at moderate to high speeds. The response is great for normal city speeds because of the rugged construction but its reason for suffer later.

Pros:
Great dry traction
Rugged build
Great wear characteristics (balance/alignment)
Trustworthy in wet conditions

Cons:
Heavy (inconsistent steering response and doesn't help the mpg's)
They run a little skinny compared to competitors
Ride quality is a little rough

I was looking for a summer tyre that could provide great traction in cornering, accelerating and breaking to replace the OEM tires I had.
After lots of investigation on websites, forums and dealers I decided on sport maxx based on the tirerack comparison test.

Well I was immediately impressed by the dunlops as they survived many breakfast runs and track days resulting in many entertaining miles.

I highly recommend them especially due to its traction and cornering capability.

These were OE tires on my 2015 WRX. Only after getting high perfornance all season tires, can I comment on the pros and cons of these tires. The dry stability and responsiveness of these tires are great. B+/A-. They always felt glued to the dry road. When it rained, I never experienced any bit of hydroplaning. While grip adhesion did fall to a C+, I still felt confident in the tires performance. They were absolute garbage in snow, D-/F. They felt very responsive, and with that, very harsh and noisy. Ride comfort and noise is a C+. This tire is heavily geared towards dry performance and compromises elsewhere. Maybe compromises too much.

Was able to pick these tires up on closeout for a really good deal, being they were old stock for around $96ea. I've had Dunlops before, not usually my first choice but these are a comfortable ride and sticky at 240A for a 235/35/19. Only thing noticeable is they are better on the warmer days, we've had a few cool spring mornings, and left over sand from the winter here in New England (CT) and traction loss is minimal but was noticed a few times. One thing I can say is the initial tread depth was better than the OE Bridgestones I had or to my knowledge. If they were on a sale like this again I would probably get them again if the deal was as good, a set of 4 for the price of 1 tire was a great deal. One other nice feature was they have a lip that goes over the edge of the rim, only downfall was they must of had trouble mounting them because they had so much tire lube on them when I received then and one wheel had a deep knick near that lip protector, but costumer service was excellent I sent them pictures and they took some money off for the damage and a credit for the price of a car wash to get the install lube off. Other than that another good purchase from Tire Rack

Took these bad boys to the track as well as 30000 miles on the street. Still has good tread depth in the center, but the shoulders are going out due to factor camber specs (-1.5 in the rear)
Honestly, these tires grip alright, but they are very predictable. I've been able to do decent speeds on the highway during heavy rains whilst still maintaining traction as well . Great tire for the hydroplaning resistance IMO. Never had an issue with wet launching the car as well at factory power, but I wet cornering is definitely scary. A lot of understeer if you're not watching the conditions.
Dry traction on the track is great. Put down respectable times on stock rubber and the tires were very predictable. Spirited canyon runs, never had an issue, and was able to always correct if I cooked a turn.
Daily driving, the tires are great comfort wise. STI's are known for stiff suspension, but I rode these tires from Cali to Texas and back. Really comfortable.
My only derogatory mark against these tires is the fact that they are SUPER noisy. I can hear everything on the road, but otherwise this is a great tire for daily driving with the occasional spirited drive. Just wish the wear pattern wasn't so bad with my stock suspension setup. Could have gotten a lot more miles out of them.

So far so good for my new set of Dunlop Sport Maxx RT summer tires. They are extremely comfortable for drive and noise levels are very low compared to my previous set of Kumho's. Wet traction is just like in dry conditions: in one word - superb. Driving on bumpy roads is no challenge at al. Tire goes pretty well over the bump's without any noticeable discomfort. Hope those tires could last somewhat 35000-40000km with proper tire rotation on every 10 000km as recommended by Dunlop.

For some reason. I couldn't modified my previous review, so I am submitting my final review here.
These tires came as OEM on my WRX.

I never had max performance summer, so my review is limited to the experience with these and UHP AS tires.

Overall, I was very happy with these tires, and I would buy them again except that I had to switch to UHP AS tires because of the need for cold/light snow traction.

I replaced them with 46000 miles. They were slightly cupping in the front, but I still had some tread left (3/32), and they were still feeling safe. It might have been the alignment issue.

They had excellent wet and dry grip. Glued on the road. Never took them to the track, but I tried plenty of slalom places both in rain and dry. In the freezing rain/snow they were losing traction, but in just cold weather, below 37 they were safe.

AWD probably helped even wear. Tread life was FANTASTIC for a summer max. perf. Y rated tire.

My only complaint was noise. They are kind of loud for what I am used to, but perhaps other max. perf. tires are the same.

Pros: This tire has EXCELLENT treadwear, great grip, and laudable cold weather/wet weather performance. It's a great all-arounder and a good choice for OEM for the WRX. You can live with these in most conditions year round. Great tires at 7/10ths of the car.

Cons: Push them too hard (on track or autocross) and you WILL shear off tread blocks. I would not recommend these for Motorsport. They're only OKAY in snow...for the price get a dedicated set of snow tires and wheels if you see more than 12" of snow a year. Go with a higher performance track tire if you run more than one even a year.

My driving is mixed. I live on the Delaware River between Bucks county, PA and Hunterdon county, NJ. This area has some great twisties to offer, which I will occasionally cut loose on. However, most of my miles are spent commuting on Hunterdon county, NJ spur roads at about 55mph with no turns and on road trips, which are a mix of super slab and old rural routes. These tires started off relatively loud and only get louder as they wear. Grip is good, but not amazing in pretty much all conditions except heavy rain, when they will hydroplane pretty easily. The real selling point is tread life. I've got 32,000 miles on them so far and I'm about 2/3s of the way to the wear bars. So they have another 10,000 - 15,000 miles left in them. For a tire in this performance category, that is excellent treadwear. Tire rotation done every 5,000 miles. Wear pattern is even and consistent.