Firestone Roadhawk is a summer tyre made in total of 154 sizes, ranging from R15 to R15 - this particular dimension is R20, which means it fits to a 20 inch/508mm diameter wheel. 255/35 R20 is 90mm wider than the narrowest dimension (165) and 40mm narrower than the widest one (295). This tyre profile of 35 means the sidewall height of the tyre is 35% of the tyre width (255mm), which results in 89.25mm sidewall height. In 255/35 R20, there is only one possible speed index for Firestone Roadhawk - "Y", which is good for speeds up to 300 km/h. In 255/35 R20, 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.
# | Name | Our rating | Tested in this dimension | Tested in same width dimension | Segment | Price |
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1. | Continental Sportcontact 7 | Premium | £157 97 Y | |||
2. | Michelin Pilot Sport 5 | Premium | £192 97 Y | |||
3. | Bridgestone Potenza Sport | Premium | £178 97 Y | |||
4. | Bridgestone Turanza T005! Newer model available: Bridgestone Turanza 6 | Premium | ||||
5. | Kumho Ecsta Sport (PS72) | Upper-middle | £130 97 Y | |||
6. | Pirelli P ZERO lx. | Premium | £198 97 W + 2 | |||
7. | Pirelli P ZERO PZ4 | Premium | £185 97 Y | |||
8. | Hankook Ventus S1 evo3 K127 | Premium | £136 97 Y | |||
9. | Bridgestone Turanza 6 | Premium | £184 97 Y | |||
10. | Dunlop SP Sport MAXX RT2 | Premium | £148 97 Y + 1 | |||
11. | Firestone Firehawk Sport | Upper-middle | £115 97 Y | |||
12. | Kumho Ecsta PS71 | Upper-middle | £117 97 Y | |||
13. | Michelin Pilot Sport 4! Newer model available: Michelin Pilot Sport 5 | Premium | £200 97 W + 2 | |||
14. | Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S! Newer model available: Michelin Pilot Sport S 5 | Premium | £205 97 Y | |||
15. | Fulda SportControl 2 | Lowcost | £145 97 Y + 1 |