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Generally any mass produced sports car sold for use on public roads will come with the equivalent of sports hards. I used to service write at a Porsche dealer and I have seen it all.
Manufacturers put tires on that will give a specific fuel mileage and load rating at the expense of grip. They also need to be general purpose enough to survive rain storms, pavement temperature extremes and heavy loads.
Some cars come standard with certain alignment specs that would cause soft tires to wear out within 5k miles. I can tell you that the average customer who bought a $100k Turbo S was none too happy when the tires wore out earlier than expected. Simply because the average customer is not a performance driver.
I seriously doubt you would ever drive a production high performance sports car off the dealer floor with anything stickier than sports hards.
Manufacturers put tires on that will give a specific fuel mileage and load rating at the expense of grip. They also need to be general purpose enough to survive rain storms, pavement temperature extremes and heavy loads.
Some cars come standard with certain alignment specs that would cause soft tires to wear out within 5k miles. I can tell you that the average customer who bought a $100k Turbo S was none too happy when the tires wore out earlier than expected. Simply because the average customer is not a performance driver.
I seriously doubt you would ever drive a production high performance sports car off the dealer floor with anything stickier than sports hards.
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