Tests – · none yet Owners 51 · 13 reviews
Head-to-head
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Bridgestone Turanza T005 RFT vs Michelin Primacy 4+ — Compared
Relative Score (0–100): the weighted average of the categories below, each 60% road tests and 40% owner reviews (comfort 40/60). Based on 0 + 10 road tests and 13 + 40 owner reviews. How we score
Primacy 4+ is ahead, 78–58
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Tests 85 · 10 tests Owners 71 · 40 reviews
Best test result: #1 of 16 in 2024 ADAC Summer Tyre Test (abrasion)
Category by category
Relative Score per category, 0–100. Open “Why this score” for the tests and owner ratings behind it.
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60
Dry
Primacy 4+ +1878Why this score
Source Turanza T005 RFT Primacy 4+ Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 9 tests ≈ 63 (est.) 82 Reviews found online 56 71 Turanza T005 RFT: 60% × 62.8 (est.) + 40% × 55.5 = 60
Primacy 4+: 60% × 82.4 + 40% × 71.1 = 78
No road tests of dry for Turanza T005 RFT. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.42).
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63
Wet
Primacy 4+ +1679Why this score
Source Turanza T005 RFT Primacy 4+ Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 9 tests ≈ 65 (est.) 82 Reviews found online 61 75 Turanza T005 RFT: 60% × 65.2 (est.) + 40% × 60.6 = 63
Primacy 4+: 60% × 82.1 + 40% × 74.6 = 79
No road tests of wet for Turanza T005 RFT. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.55).
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52
Comfort
Primacy 4+ +1971Why this score
Source Turanza T005 RFT Primacy 4+ Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 1 tests ≈ 64 (est.) 73 Reviews found online 45 69 Turanza T005 RFT: 40% × 63.8 (est.) + 60% × 44.6 = 52
Primacy 4+: 40% × 72.8 + 60% × 69.3 = 71
No road tests of comfort for Turanza T005 RFT. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.20).
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Noise
No comparison72Why this score
Source Turanza T005 RFT Primacy 4+ Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 7 tests – 76 Reviews found online – ≈ 66 (est.) Primacy 4+: 60% × 76.2 + 40% × 66.3 (est.) = 72
No owner ratings of noise for Primacy 4+. The owner half is the owners’ average (66): owners’ noise ratings barely follow the road tests, so the tests say nothing about how owners would rate it.
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50
Treadwear
Primacy 4+ +3585Why this score
Source Turanza T005 RFT Primacy 4+ Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 4 tests ≈ 57 (est.) 95 Reviews found online 39 70 Turanza T005 RFT: 60% × 56.8 (est.) + 40% × 39.3 = 50
Primacy 4+: 60% × 94.9 + 40% × 69.6 = 85
No road tests of treadwear for Turanza T005 RFT. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.36).
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55
Handling (owners)
Primacy 4+ +1267Why this score
Source Turanza T005 RFT Primacy 4+ Reviews found online 55 67 -
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Efficiency
No comparison78Why this score
Source Turanza T005 RFT Primacy 4+ Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 8 tests – 78
Scores at a glance
| Category | Bridgestone Turanza T005 RFT | Michelin Primacy 4+ |
|---|---|---|
| Relative Score | 58 | 78 |
| Dry | 60 | 78 |
| Wet | 63 | 79 |
| Comfort | 52 | 71 |
| Noise | – | 72 |
| Treadwear | 50 | 85 |
| Handling (owners) | 55 | 67 |
| Efficiency | – | 78 |
Higher is better. The Relative Score follows your weights below; category scores do not change.
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Headline score
58
/ 100
Turanza T005 RFT
78
/ 100
Primacy 4+
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 Turanza T005 RFT
Pros
- Commendable initial ride comfort for a run-flat tire
- Responsive and direct steering feedback
- Strong dry and wet braking performance
Cons
- Rapid and premature tread wear
- Significant increase in road noise as the tire wears
- Susceptibility to structural damage and bulges from road impacts
Tire B Primacy 4+
Pros
- Strong wet and dry grip and braking confidence, often cited as a big improvement over Bridgestone, Dunlop and Nexen tyres, including on powerful cars and PHEVs that previously spun their tyres
- Comfortable, compliant ride with soft sidewalls that suits softly sprung and family cars
- Low and even tread wear, with several owners reporting little visible wear after 5,000–10,000 miles and one reporting about 60,000 km in hot climates
Cons
- Road noise and drone, especially on rough asphalt, was described as severe by several owners (Skoda Yeti, Lexus), contradicting other reports of quiet running
- Reduced grip and confidence in cold, damp conditions, with two UK owners saying the tyre behaves like a budget tyre
- Premium pricing, with some owners questioning value when life fell short of expectations
Specs side by side
| Attribute | A · Bridgestone Turanza T005 RFT | B · Michelin Primacy 4+ |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Summer | Summer |
| Vehicle type | Passenger Car / Crossover | Passenger Car / Crossover |
| Sizes available | — | 66 |
| Rim diameters | — | 16″ – 21″ |
Which one should you actually buy?
58
/ 100
Bridgestone Turanza T005 RFT
78
/ 100
Michelin Primacy 4+
Winner: Michelin Primacy 4+ — better treadwear, comfort and dry. It leads or ties in every category we score. Bridgestone Turanza T005 RFT rests on little evidence so far (0 tests, 13 reviews), so read this result as provisional.
Pick tire B
You want the longest tread life
Michelin Primacy 4+ scores 85 vs 50 on treadwear.
Pick tire B
You want the most comfortable ride
Michelin Primacy 4+ scores 71 vs 52 on comfort.
Pick tire B
You want the most grip on dry roads
Michelin Primacy 4+ scores 78 vs 60 on dry.
Pick tire B
Your priority is wet-weather safety
Michelin Primacy 4+ scores 79 vs 63 on wet.
Tire A · Bridgestone Turanza T005 RFT
Tire B · Michelin Primacy 4+
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Turanza T005 RFT or Primacy 4+?
Which is better in the wet, Turanza T005 RFT or Primacy 4+?
Michelin Primacy 4+, 79 vs 63 on our wet score.
Which grips better on dry roads, Turanza T005 RFT or Primacy 4+?
Michelin Primacy 4+, 78 vs 60 on our dry score.
Which is more comfortable, Turanza T005 RFT or Primacy 4+?
Michelin Primacy 4+, 71 vs 52 on our comfort score.
Which lasts longer, Turanza T005 RFT or Primacy 4+?
Michelin Primacy 4+, 85 vs 50 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