Yokohama  ADVAN A052

Best Autocross tire for an AST class Mazda ND2 MX-5. Superior grip in cold, wet, or dry.

These are an Autocross tire, nothing else. On a FWD car without camber, they wear very quickly, so I only use them if the temperatures are colder (below 50) and/or wet. These have helped me be Top PAX on several wet event weekends so far, you can just do stupid things with these tires.

Few reviews so far, but here is mine. Replaced Nitto NT 01s which were great, but one had puncture and resultant structural failure five years out so replaced all four. Car is a highly modified Miata, not tracked but driven in a vigorous fashion thru So Cal canyons.

Nittos were great. With asterisk. Very noisy. Harsh over lousy LA streets. Never drove in standing water but suspect like being on skis. Just fine in a little wet. Nonetheless loved them. Also have Nittos on 1978 Porsche 930 but due for replacement soon.

Early on comparison (just installed today): Yokos much quieter than Nittos. Barely noticeable noise, although the sound of a happy mechanism in the Miata is pretty loud. I cannot appreciate a problem with steering response as described by Tire Rack. Steering tight and instantaneous, just like Nittos. Yokos less harsh over horrible LA streets in Miata running Xidas with high spring rates but adjustable active shocks.

Previous experience in this car over the years with Dunlop 8000s, Bridgestone SO3s, Bridgestone RE-11s, and Nittos. Early on. the Yokos are the best compromise. Dunlops relatively low limits. SO3s terrific. RE-11s quite harsh, heavy. Nittos great but noisy, do not do bumps well. But in dry stick like glue, ride well, great steering response.

Over the years have loved Yokos, from 008 Drys on 930 to current V105s on Porsche Cayman S and Boxster S, which were an incredible bargain. Cannot speak to trackability, but for aggressive street driving I think the 052s will be hard to beat.

Did my first autocross on these tires. Grid is unreal. Launched at 4000 rpm with very little slip. Cornering was better than any other tire I've owned. Would definitely recommend

I love the "200 TW" tire wars! I used to cart Hoosiers to every track day but gave that up in favor of the convenience of "arrive and drive", With these latest generation of tires the penalty is just not that bad, Love it! These are definitively faster than the RE71R I had before, FWIW, at Buttonwillow I was able to match the best time I had set on Hankook Z214. Keep it coming tire companies!

Great tire for the track. Tires need to be heat cycled. The tires were terrible the first few track sessions, the first day. After that, they were great. They wear similar to an NT01. The car is set up with 3.5 degree camber so the tires are wearing out evenly but fasterthan the 200 tw rating. Basixally a 200tw cheater tire. I may try the Nankang next time. Similar trait as the A052 but a bit cheaper.

Bought these tires to run DEs. They replaced the used Hankook R-S3 tires that came with the used OZ wheels I bought for track use. I ran the Hankooks for one evening test & tune at Gingerman and one two-day DE at Grattan. The Hankooks were somewhat greasy but did decently. I wanted tires that would stick. I was told that these tires would blow me away. I chose to have Tire Rack heat cycle them to make sure they would stay consistent for me. I just completed another two day DE at Grattan. While the A052s didn't blow me away, they were easily more consistent in the corners when compared to the Hankooks. After getting the pressures dialed in when hot, I was able to run consistently in the 1:28s and 1:29s, which is darn good for a stock (3100 lb) car on DOT tires. But the lap times came at a cost. After 56 mostly hot laps, the left-side tires are gone. The left front is well past the wear bars on the outer half of the tread and the left rear is at the wear bars on the outer half (Grattan is a clockwise track with only three left-hand slower-speed corners). The right-side tires are in decent shape. In my opinion, cars running these tires on the track need to have the camber settings adjusted accordingly--which is not something that is going to happen with most stock cars.

The fastest 200tw tire for a single fast lap. However it is also fast wearing and grip falls off a cliff when overheated.

I recently discovered the dangers of this tire once it is worn past 3/32nds and overheated on a hot lap. When the tire's grip failed me exiting turn 9 at Gingerman, my car suddenly went into an irrecoverable spin. I literally skid across the entire straight to turn 10 and the car didn't slow down at all until I ended up in the bushes. I've spun there in RE71Rs once before and the car would actually lose enough momentum before stopping in the grass. There's plenty of run off in this area.

This tire has lots of grip, fitted on a wide enough wheel it can be responsive and provide good driver confidence. However it can abruptly turn on the driver once overheated, which makes it borderline dangerous towards the end of it's tread life. (Especially in an oversteer happy mid-engine car)

It is fast but it wears fast and overheats fast, on top of this it is more expensive than most other 200tw and will need to be replaced more often. For these reasons I'll be trying out a different 200tw tire next time.