Direzza IIalready discontinued ??

After debating between the Direzza II and the G-Force, I went to order the Dunlops on Tire Rack and they were listed as closeouts. Same price as last fall. Spoke to a sales rep and he said Dunlop has plans to release the Direzza II Star Spec this fall. He said, in the event of a tire failure, he may not have a matching tire in stock later this season. This seems like an extremely short run for this tire. Now I am debating whether to wait until fall for new tires. Has anyone heard about this new version? There is nothing on Dunlop's website.

I'm pretty sure *spec indicates a compound change while the tread pattern will stay the same.

Haven't heard of it, but yeah with the Z1, the Z1SS was the same tire with a stickier compound. Still it wouldn't be exactly the same tire and you should treat them as such.