Firestone TZ300 looks discontinued: no new owner reviews or road tests in five years and no current EU tyre label.
Relative Score (0–100): the weighted average of the categories below, each 60% road tests and 40% owner reviews (comfort 40/60). Based on 37 + 0 road tests and 10,355 + 19 owner reviews. How we score
Turanza T005 is ahead, 73–63
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Tests 76 · 37 tests Owners 62 · 10,355 reviews
Best test result: #1 of 21 in 2022 Auto Bild Summer Tyre Test (wet braking)
“Are these needing replacement? - Bridgestone Turanza T005 RFT (Run Flat) BMW G20 Not sure if I should be replacing these yet they seem close to the wear bar, rather be safe than sorry and to ask here especially with Uk/Irish weather 😅 Read more”
Tests – · none yet Owners 60 · 19 reviews
Relative Score per category, 0–100. Open “Why this score” for the tests and owner ratings behind it.
| Source | Turanza T005 | TZ300 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 34 / – tests | 85 | ≈ 65 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 64 | 62 |
Turanza T005: 60% × 84.7 + 40% × 63.5 = 76
TZ300: 60% × 65.3 (est.) + 40% × 61.6 = 64
No road tests of dry for TZ300. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.41).
| Source | Turanza T005 | TZ300 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 35 / – tests | 85 | ≈ 67 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 70 | 63 |
Turanza T005: 60% × 85.4 + 40% × 69.6 = 79
TZ300: 60% × 66.6 (est.) + 40% × 63.2 = 65
No road tests of wet for TZ300. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.55).
| Source | Turanza T005 | TZ300 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 9 / – tests | 72 | ≈ 67 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 61 | 61 |
Turanza T005: 40% × 72.1 + 60% × 60.6 = 65
TZ300: 40% × 67 (est.) + 60% × 60.5 = 63
No road tests of comfort for TZ300. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.20).
| Source | Turanza T005 | TZ300 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 25 / – tests | 36 | – |
| Reviews found online | ≈ 66 (est.) | – |
Turanza T005: 60% × 35.9 + 40% × 66.4 (est.) = 48
No owner ratings of noise for Turanza T005. 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.
| Source | Turanza T005 | TZ300 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 7 / – tests | 71 | ≈ 62 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 53 | 55 |
Turanza T005: 60% × 71.2 + 40% × 53.3 = 64
TZ300: 60% × 62.2 (est.) + 40% × 54.7 = 59
No road tests of treadwear for TZ300. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.36).
| Source | Turanza T005 | TZ300 |
|---|---|---|
| Reviews found online | 64 | 55 |
| Source | Turanza T005 | TZ300 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 25 / – tests | 100 | – |
| Category | Bridgestone Turanza T005 | Firestone TZ300 |
|---|---|---|
| Relative Score | 73 | 63 |
| Dry | 76 | 64 |
| Wet | 79 | 65 |
| Comfort | 65 | 63 |
| Noise | 48 | – |
| Treadwear | 64 | 59 |
| Handling (owners) | 64 | 55 |
| Efficiency | 100 | – |
Higher is better. The Relative Score follows your weights below; category scores do not change.
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.
Only one of the two tires has a score here, so this weight changes nothing in the head-to-head.
Only one of the two tires has a score here, so this weight changes nothing in the head-to-head.
Turanza T005
TZ300
Only categories both tires have data for count toward the headline score.
Per discipline: the average % of the best tire over every test both tires were in, and how many of those tests each one won. “Different tests” rows compare results from separate tests.
| Discipline | Category | Turanza T005 | TZ300 | Δ | Head-to-head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Also published by the testers (not in the score) | |||||
| Overall Ranking | Overall | #5/6 2025 Wybór Kierowców Summer Tire Test R16 | #19/54 2013 54 Tyre Braking Test | – | Different tests |
Themes extracted from owner reviews found online — not the opinion of TireWheelGuide.
From Reddit, forums and review threads. Not part of our score
Community opinions on the Bridgestone Turanza T005 are divided, with many drivers praising its wet-weather grip and highway usability. Conversely, numerous owners report significant concerns regarding loud road noise, rough ride comfort, rapid wear, and premature sidewall cracking or dry rot.
“Lateral dry rot - Bridgestone Turanza T005 DOT 21, 3rd summer on service - all 4 tires have these cracks on their laterals, should I be worried?”
“I have the wagon with 20" wheels and the car came in with cheap Bridgestone Turanza T005 which will be replaced this week with Michelins. Continental EcoContact 6Q seems like it's a decent tire tbh - twice as expensive as my bridgestones. Had the same first impression about the brakes too but then you gotta remember that pads and rotors need to be worked it - it usually happens within first 200 miles.”
“I have a ford Fiesta with the Turanza T005s. I bought them in October last year for around 80 a corner and will probably replace them with the same when needed. I drive motorways mostly and have used them in some terrible rain and they are fantastic in the wet. Obviously not winter tyres but till fantastic. They give me much more confidence to drive spritely which is great.”
Based on 33 community posts
We haven't collected enough community discussion about this tire yet.
| Attribute | A · Bridgestone Turanza T005 | B · Firestone TZ300 |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Summer | Summer |
| Vehicle type | Passenger Car / Crossover | Passenger Car / Crossover |
| Sizes available | 140 | — |
| Rim diameters | 14″ – 22″ | — |
| UTQG | 340 A A | — |
| Sidewall | Blackwall | — |
Bridgestone Turanza T005
Firestone TZ300
Winner: Bridgestone Turanza T005 — better wet, dry and handling. It leads or ties in every category we score. Firestone TZ300 rests on little evidence so far (0 tests, 19 reviews), so read this result as provisional.
Bridgestone Turanza T005 scores 79 vs 65 on wet.
Bridgestone Turanza T005 scores 76 vs 64 on dry.
Bridgestone Turanza T005 scores 64 vs 55 on handling.
Bridgestone Turanza T005 scores 64 vs 59 on treadwear.
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Bridgestone Turanza T005, 79 vs 65 on our wet score.
Bridgestone Turanza T005, 76 vs 64 on our dry score.
Neither, by our numbers: 65 vs 63 on the comfort score, within 3 points.
Bridgestone Turanza T005, 64 vs 59 on our treadwear score.
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
