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Falken FK451 looks discontinued: no new owner reviews or road tests in five years and no current EU tyre label.

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Avon ZV7 vs Falken FK451 — Compared

Relative Score (0–100): the weighted average of the categories below, each 60% road tests and 40% owner reviews. Based on 6 + 0 road tests and 145 + 10 owner reviews. How we score

FK451 is ahead, 68–61

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Avon ZV7
Tire AAvon

ZV7

Summer

Tests 58 · 6 tests Owners 60 · 145 reviews

Best test result: #2 of 20 in 2018 Auto Bild 15 inch Summer Tyre Test (straight aquaplaning)

Falken FK451
Tire BFalken

FK451

Summer

Provisional

Tests – · none yet Owners 67 · 10 reviews

Category by category

Relative Score per category, 0–100. Open “Why this score” for the tests and owner ratings behind it.

  1. 63

    Dry

    FK451 +3
    66
    Why this score
    SourceZV7FK451
    Professional tests (TWG score) · 6 / – tests64≈ 67 (est.)
    Reviews found online6265

    ZV7: 60% × 63.7 + 40% × 62.4 = 63

    FK451: 60% × 66.6 (est.) + 40% × 64.9 = 66

    No road tests of dry for FK451. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.40).

  2. 71

    Wet

    ZV7 +1
    70
    Why this score
    SourceZV7FK451
    Professional tests (TWG score) · 6 / – tests74≈ 70 (est.)
    Reviews found online6770

    ZV7: 60% × 73.8 + 40% × 67.3 = 71

    FK451: 60% × 70 (est.) + 40% × 70.2 = 70

    No road tests of wet for FK451. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.56).

  3. 66

    Comfort

    FK451 +2
    68
    Why this score
    SourceZV7FK451
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 68 (est.)≈ 69 (est.)
    Reviews found online6367

    ZV7: 60% × 68.1 (est.) + 40% × 63.2 = 66

    FK451: 60% × 68.8 (est.) + 40% × 67.4 = 68

    No road tests of comfort for ZV7 or FK451. The test half is the tested tires’ average (69): owners’ comfort ratings barely follow the road tests.

  4. 68

    Noise

    No comparison
    –
    Why this score
    SourceZV7FK451
    Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / – tests68–
    Reviews found online≈ 67 (est.)–

    ZV7: 60% × 67.7 + 40% × 67.3 (est.) = 68

    No owner ratings of noise for ZV7. The owner half is the owners’ average (67): owners’ noise ratings barely follow the road tests, so the tests say nothing about how owners would rate it.

  5. 40

    Treadwear

    FK451 +27
    67
    Why this score
    SourceZV7FK451
    Professional tests (TWG score) · 3 / – tests34≈ 66 (est.)
    Reviews found online4868

    ZV7: 60% × 34.1 + 40% × 48.2 = 40

    FK451: 60% × 66.2 (est.) + 40% × 67.5 = 67

    No road tests of treadwear for FK451. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.31).

  6. 61

    Handling (owners)

    FK451 +4
    65
    Why this score
    SourceZV7FK451
    Reviews found online6165
Scores at a glance
CategoryAvon ZV7Falken FK451
Relative Score 61 68
Dry 63 66
Wet 71 70
Comfort 66 68
Noise 68 –
Treadwear 40 67
Handling (owners) 61 65

Higher is better. The Relative Score follows your weights below; category scores do not change.

Weight the categories that matter to you

Wet grip starts at “Important”. Treadwear starts at “Neutral” here: road tests measured it for at most one of the two tires, so it rests on owner reviews. Move the sliders and the scores update instantly.

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Only one of the two tires has a score here, so this weight changes nothing in the head-to-head.

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Headline score

ZV7

FK451

Only categories both tires have data for count toward the headline score.

Pros, cons & observations

Themes extracted from owner reviews found online — not the opinion of TireWheelGuide.

Tire A ZV7

Pros

  • Excellent wet and dry traction when new
  • Quiet and comfortable ride quality
  • High value-for-money compared to premium brands

Cons

  • Widespread reports of premature tread cracking and perishing
  • Inconsistent and often rapid tread wear
  • Soft sidewalls leading to vague steering feedback
All owner themes in the ZV7 review

Tire B FK451

Pros

  • Exceptional price-to-performance ratio
  • Strong wet and dry traction
  • Excellent tread life and durability

Cons

  • Potential for rubber cracking between treads over long-term storage or extended age
  • Some users report a slightly less 'alive' or communicative steering feel compared to premium performance tires
  • Availability concerns as it is an older model often superseded by newer iterations
All owner themes in the FK451 review

Specs side by side

Attribute A · Avon ZV7 B · Falken FK451
CategorySummerSummer
Vehicle typePassenger Car / CrossoverPassenger Car / Crossover

Which one should you actually buy?

Avon ZV7

Falken FK451

Winner: Falken FK451 — better treadwear and dry. Where the Avon ZV7 is ahead, it is by less than 3 points. Falken FK451 rests on little evidence so far (0 tests, 10 reviews), so read this result as provisional.

Pick tire B You want the longest tread life

Falken FK451 scores 67 vs 40 on treadwear.

Pick tire B You want the most grip on dry roads

Falken FK451 scores 66 vs 63 on dry.

Tire A · Avon ZV7
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Tire B · Falken FK451
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ZV7 or FK451?

Which is better in the wet, ZV7 or FK451?

Neither, by our numbers: 71 vs 70 on the wet score, within 3 points.

Which grips better on dry roads, ZV7 or FK451?

Falken FK451, 66 vs 63 on our dry score.

Which is more comfortable, ZV7 or FK451?

Neither, by our numbers: 66 vs 68 on the comfort score, within 3 points.

Which lasts longer, ZV7 or FK451?

Falken FK451, 67 vs 40 on our treadwear score.

How do we compare tires?

Every category score blends two independent signals. 60% comes from professional tire tests (braking distances, lap times, noise measurements), each result compared with every other tire in the same test and newer tests counting more. 40% comes from owner reviews found online, adjusted for how generously each site rates. Both use one scale: the average tested tire gets 70, the best 100. When a tire has only one of the two, the missing half is estimated from the other and the score stays closer to average; with no road test and fewer than five owner reviews it gets no score yet.

Handling is the exception: road tests measure it inside the dry and wet scores, so its own row comes from owner ratings only and starts as less important.

Community buzz from Reddit and forums is shown for context only — it never changes the score. Full methodology