Summer tire Updated October 2026

Bridgestone Potenza RE-71RZ review

Relative score 60% tests + 40% owners

Owners 68 · 1 review analysed Road tests 67 · 1 test

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Bridgestone Potenza RE-71RZ

Two scoring systems, side by side

Owner scores come from reviews found online; road-test scores come from instrumented tests. Where they disagree, it is usually a discipline owners rarely push to the limit.

How scores work
Relative score
0–100. Blends road tests (60%) and owner reviews (40%) category by category, the same way on every TireWheelGuide page. With only one of the two, the missing half is estimated from it, so the score stays closer to average. It needs at least one road test or five owner reviews.
Road tests
0–100 per score, from published tests, newer tests counting more. Each result is compared with every other tire in the same test, so a win against a strong field counts for more. The average tested tire gets 70, the best 100; with only one or two tests a tire stays nearer 70. The discipline rows show % of the best tire in that test.
Owner reviews
0–100 from the owner reviews we found online, adjusted for how generously each site rates and scaled like the road tests: the average tested tire gets 70. With only a few reviews a tire stays near the average.

By owner reviews

68/100

From 1 owner review analysed, scaled like the road tests: the average tested tire gets 70.

Would buy again 100%
Dry
Overall dry
69.8
Wet
Overall wet
71.2
Comfort
Overall comfort
60.5
Treadwear
Overall treadwear
63.3
Handling
Overall handling
69.4

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By road tests

67/100

Scaled across every tested tire: the average gets 70, the best 100.

Dry
67.1

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1 published test appearance

Placement within each field. Open a test for the discipline-by-discipline result.

2026 Tire Rack Streetable Track tire Test · 275/35 R18

2nd of 3
Best: Dry Handling Long Run · 2nd Weakest: Dry Handling · 3rd
DisciplinePlacementField position
Dry Handling3rd of 3
Dry Handling Long Run2nd of 3
Dry Handling - Cool3rd of 3

Source: Tire Rack

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