Firestone Roadhawk is a summer tyre made in total of 161 sizes, ranging from R15 to R15 - this particular dimension is R15, which means it fits to a 15 inch/381mm diameter wheel. 195/55 R15 is 30mm wider than the narrowest dimension (165) and 100mm narrower than the widest one (295). This tyre profile of 55 means the sidewall height of the tyre is 55% of the tyre width (195mm), which results in 107.25mm sidewall height. In 195/55 R15, there are 2 possible speed indexes for Firestone Roadhawk - "H","V", which are good for speeds up to 210, 240 km/h. In 195/55 R15, Roadhawk usually competes against RainSport 5, which is a tyre from Uniroyal with a rating of 65%, compared to 57% of the Firestone in question.
Relevant tyre tests in same or similiar dimension (195/55 R15)

| Name | Wet | Dry | Running costs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best values in test | 2+ | 1- | 1 | ||||
| Firestone Roadhawk | 2+ | 2+ | 2- | ||||
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| Name | Stopping distance on dry | Stopping distance on wet | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best values in test | 34,5 | 34,3 | |||||
| Firestone Roadhawk | 35,2 | 36,5 | |||||
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| # | Name | Our rating | Tested in this dimension | Tested in same width dimension | Segment | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bridgestone Turanza T005! Newer model available: Bridgestone Turanza 6 | Premium | £108 85 H + 1 | |||
| 2. | Hankook Ventus Prime 4 | Premium | £102 85 V | |||
| 3. | Kleber Dynaxer HP4 | Upper-middle | £99 85 H + 1 | |||
| 4. | Toyo Proxes Comfort | Upper-middle | £97 85 H + 2 | |||
| 5. | Kumho Ecsta HS52 | Upper-middle | £65 85 H + 3 | |||
| 6. | Falken ZIEX ZE310 ECORUN! Newer model available: Falken ZIEX ZE320 | Upper-middle | £83 85 H + 4 | |||
| 7. | BFGoodrich Advantage | Upper-middle | £98 85 H + 1 | |||
| 8. | Uniroyal RainSport 5 | Upper-middle | £81 85 H + 1 | |||
| 9. | Nokian Wetproof | Upper-middle | £107 85 H + 1 | |||
| 10. | Dunlop Sport BluResponse | Premium | £99 85 H + 1 | |||
| 11. | Firestone Roadhawk! Newer model available: Firestone Roadhawk 2 | Upper-middle | £89 85 H + 2 | |||
| 12. | Semperit Speed-Life 3 | Lowcost | £91 85 V | |||
| 13. | Maxxis Premitra HP5 | Lowcost | £86 85 V | |||
| 14. | Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance! Newer model available: Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance 2 | Premium | £91 85 H + 1 | |||
| 15. | Cooper Zeon CS8 | Upper-middle | £106 0 V + 2 | |||
| 16. | Barum Bravuris 5 HM! Newer model available: Barum Bravuris 6 | Lowcost | £85 85 V | |||
| 17. | Matador Hectorra 5 | Lowcost |