Firestone Roadhawk is a summer tyre made in total of 161 sizes, ranging from R15 to R15 - this particular dimension is R18, which means it fits to a 18 inch/457.2mm diameter wheel. 215/45 R18 is 50mm wider than the narrowest dimension (165) and 80mm narrower than the widest one (295). This tyre profile of 45 means the sidewall height of the tyre is 45% of the tyre width (215mm), which results in 96.75mm sidewall height. In 215/45 R18, there is only one possible speed index for Firestone Roadhawk - "Y", which is good for speeds up to 300 km/h. In 215/45 R18, Roadhawk usually competes against RainSport 5, which is a tyre from Uniroyal with a rating of 62%, compared to 57% of the Firestone in question.
Relevant tyre tests in same or similiar dimension (215/45 R18)
Name | Stopping distance on dry | Stopping distance on wet | |||||
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Best values in test | 35,7 | 27,5 | |||||
Firestone Roadhawk | 37,7 | 32,8 | |||||
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Name | Wet | Dry | Noise | Wear | Fuel consumption | ||
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Best values in test | 2,1 | 1,5 | 2,4 | 1,0 | 1,2 | ||
Firestone Roadhawk | 2,9 | 2,2 | 3,0 | 2,0 | 2,3 | ||
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Name | Wet | Dry | Rolling resistance | Noise | Running costs | ||
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Best values in test | 61 | 56 | 20 | 8 | 18 | ||
Firestone Roadhawk | 43 | 44 | 20 | 5 | 14 | ||
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# | Name | Our rating | Tested in this dimension | Tested in same width dimension | Segment | Price |
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1. | Michelin Pilot Sport 5 | Premium | £144 93 Y | |||
2. | Hankook Ventus evo | Premium | £126 93 Y | |||
3. | Hankook iON evo | Premium | £168 89 Y | |||
4. | Kumho Ecsta Sport (PS72) | Upper-middle | £98 93 Y | |||
5. | Bridgestone Potenza Sport | Premium | £127 93 Y | |||
6. | Hankook Ventus S1 evo3 K127 | Premium | £126 93 W + 1 | |||
7. | Continental PremiumContact 6! Newer model available: Continental PremiumContact 7 | Premium | £142 93 Y | |||
8. | Hankook Ventus Prime 4 | Premium | £142 89 V | |||
9. | Michelin Primacy 4+! Newer model available: Michelin Primacy 5 | Premium | £151 93 W | |||
10. | Kumho Ecsta PS71 | Upper-middle | £105 93 Y | |||
11. | Michelin Pilot Sport 4! Newer model available: Michelin Pilot Sport 5 | Premium | ||||
12. | Pirelli Cinturato P7 | Premium | £114 89 V + 1 | |||
13. | Firestone Roadhawk 2 | Upper-middle | £103 93 Y | |||
14. | Toyo Proxes Comfort | Upper-middle | £101 93 | |||
15. | Falken ZIEX ZE310 ECORUN! Newer model available: Falken ZIEX ZE320 | Upper-middle | £160 93 W + 1 | |||
16. | Michelin e.Primacy | Premium | £140 89 W | |||
17. | Uniroyal RainSport 5 | Upper-middle | £110 93 Y | |||
18. | Falken ZIEX ZE320 | Upper-middle | £109 93 W | |||
19. | Falken Azenis FK510! Newer model available: Falken Azenis FK520 | Upper-middle | £136 93 Y | |||
20. | Firestone Roadhawk! Newer model available: Firestone Roadhawk 2 | Upper-middle | £153 93 Y | |||
21. | Hankook Ventus Prime3 K125! Newer model available: Hankook Ventus Prime 4 | Premium | £125 89 V | |||
22. | Semperit Speed-Life 3 | Lowcost | £124 93 Y |