Excluding the drag radials because I drive on rain sometimes, the Yokohama Neova barely outdid the Michelin. I think I have the AD08 (I can let you know when I get back to the states) I have had both the Michelin SP2 and Yokohama at the same time, swap them front and back between them for comparison too. I would call them almost equal, but I felt more confident on the streets with the Yoko on very spirited street drive with better response, less sidewall flex, better feedback and slightly better grip on warm or wet surfaces. The only place where the Michelin did better by a good margin was on cold weather (below 40 degrees). Also the Michelin tended to rear hop earlier and more often than the Yokos on straight-line acceleration.