Firestone Roadhawk is a summer tyre made in total of 148 sizes, ranging from R15 to R15 - this particular dimension is R18, which means it fits to a 18 inch/457.2mm diameter wheel. 255/45 R18 is 90mm wider than the narrowest dimension (165) and 40mm narrower than the widest one (295). This tyre profile of 45 means the sidewall height of the tyre is 45% of the tyre width (255mm), which results in 114.75mm sidewall height. In 255/45 R18, there is only one possible speed index for Firestone Roadhawk - "Y", which is good for speeds up to 300 km/h. In 255/45 R18, Roadhawk usually competes against RainSport 5, which is a tyre from Uniroyal with a rating of 64%, compared to 59% of the Firestone in question.
# | Name | Our rating | Tested in this dimension | Tested in same width dimension | Segment | Price |
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1. | Bridgestone Turanza T005! Newer model available: Bridgestone Turanza 6 | Premium | £147 103 Y + 1 | |||
2. | Bridgestone Potenza Sport | Premium | £176 103 Y + 1 | |||
3. | Pirelli P ZERO lx. | Premium | £188 103 Y | |||
4. | Michelin Pilot Sport 4! Newer model available: Michelin Pilot Sport 5 | Premium | £230 99 W + 1 | |||
5. | Continental PremiumContact 6! Newer model available: Continental PremiumContact 7 | Premium | £166 99 Y + 1 | |||
6. | Michelin Primacy 4! Newer model available: Michelin Primacy 4+ | Premium | ||||
7. | GoodYear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5! Newer model available: Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 | Premium | £193 99 Y + 2 | |||
8. | Michelin Primacy 4+! Newer model available: Michelin Primacy 5 | Premium | £179 99 Y | |||
9. | Pirelli Cinturato P7 | Premium | £165 99 W | |||
10. | Fulda SportControl 2 | Lowcost | £132 103 Y + 1 | |||
11. | Hankook Ventus S1 evo3 K127 | Premium | £159 103 Y | |||
12. | Dunlop SP Sport MAXX RT2 | Premium | £134 99 Y + 1 | |||
13. | Falken Azenis FK510! Newer model available: Falken Azenis FK520 | Upper-middle | ||||
14. | Maxxis Premitra HP5 | Lowcost | £130 99 W | |||
15. | Kumho Ecsta PS71 | Upper-middle | £114 103 Y | |||
16. | Sava Intensa UHP 2 | Lowcost | £193 103 Y + 1 | |||
17. | Uniroyal RainSport 5 | Upper-middle | £135 103 Y | |||
18. | Firestone Roadhawk | Upper-middle | £184 103 Y | |||
19. | Nokian Powerproof! Newer model available: Nokian Powerproof 1 | Upper-middle | £280 103 Y | |||
20. | Cooper Zeon CS8 | Upper-middle | £167 0 Y | |||
21. | Barum Bravuris 5 HM! Newer model available: Barum Bravuris 6 | Lowcost | £109 103 Y |