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Firestone FR740 looks discontinued: no new owner reviews or road tests in five years and no current EU tyre label.

Head-to-head Updated

Firestone FR740 vs Goodyear Eagle Touring — 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 + 0 road tests and 6 + 45 owner reviews. How we score

Eagle Touring leads, 51–49 Narrow edge

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Firestone FR740
Tire AFirestone

FR740

All-Season tire

± 8Provisional

Tests – · none yet Owners 38 · 6 reviews

Category by category

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

  1. 49

    Dry

    Eagle Touring +1
    50
    Why this score
    SourceFR740Eagle Touring
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 56 (est.)≈ 56 (est.)
    Reviews found online3940

    FR740: 60% × 55.9 (est.) + 40% × 38.6 = 49

    Eagle Touring: 60% × 56.2 (est.) + 40% × 39.5 = 50

    No road tests of dry for FR740. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.41).

    No road tests of dry for Eagle Touring. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.41).

  2. 48

    Wet

    Eagle Touring +3
    51
    Why this score
    SourceFR740Eagle Touring
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 54 (est.)≈ 56 (est.)
    Reviews found online4043

    FR740: 60% × 53.8 (est.) + 40% × 39.7 = 48

    Eagle Touring: 60% × 55.8 (est.) + 40% × 43.4 = 51

    No road tests of wet for FR740. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.55).

    No road tests of wet for Eagle Touring. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.55).

  3. 50

    Snow

    Eagle Touring +4
    54
    Why this score
    SourceFR740Eagle Touring
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 59 (est.)≈ 62 (est.)
    Reviews found online3543

    FR740: 60% × 59.3 (est.) + 40% × 35.2 = 50

    Eagle Touring: 60% × 61.8 (est.) + 40% × 43.2 = 54

    No road tests of snow for FR740. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.32).

    No road tests of snow for Eagle Touring. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.32).

  4. 43

    Comfort

    Eagle Touring +4
    47
    Why this score
    SourceFR740Eagle Touring
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 61 (est.)≈ 62 (est.)
    Reviews found online3137

    FR740: 40% × 61.1 (est.) + 60% × 31 = 43

    Eagle Touring: 40% × 62.4 (est.) + 60% × 37.4 = 47

    No road tests of comfort for FR740. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.20).

    No road tests of comfort for Eagle Touring. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.20).

  5. 57

    Noise

    Eagle Touring +2
    59
    Why this score
    SourceFR740Eagle Touring
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 66 (est.)≈ 66 (est.)
    Reviews found online4447

    FR740: 60% × 66.4 (est.) + 40% × 43.9 = 57

    Eagle Touring: 60% × 66.4 (est.) + 40% × 47.4 = 59

    No road tests of noise for FR740 or Eagle Touring. The test half is the tested tires’ average (66): owners’ noise ratings barely follow the road tests.

  6. 49

    Treadwear

    FR740 +4
    45
    Why this score
    SourceFR740Eagle Touring
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 56 (est.)≈ 54 (est.)
    Reviews found online3832

    FR740: 60% × 56.3 (est.) + 40% × 38.2 = 49

    Eagle Touring: 60% × 54.2 (est.) + 40% × 32.4 = 45

    No road tests of treadwear for FR740. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.36).

    No road tests of treadwear for Eagle Touring. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.36).

  7. –

    Handling (owners)

    No comparison
    36
    Why this score
    SourceFR740Eagle Touring
    Reviews found online–36
Scores at a glance
CategoryFirestone FR740Goodyear Eagle Touring
Relative Score 49 51
Dry 49 50
Wet 48 51
Snow 50 54
Comfort 43 47
Noise 57 59
Treadwear 49 45
Handling (owners) – 36

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

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

Recomputed
Headline score
± 8

FR740

± 7

Eagle Touring

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 FR740

Not enough owner reviews yet to extract themes.

Tire B Eagle Touring

Pros

  • Quiet and smooth ride quality
  • Competitive price point and value
  • Reliable performance in dry, fair-weather conditions

Cons

  • Rapid and premature tread wear
  • Poor traction and handling in wet or snowy conditions
  • Difficulty maintaining balance
All owner themes in the Eagle Touring review

Specs side by side

Attribute A · Firestone FR740 B · Goodyear Eagle Touring
CategoryAll-Season tireAll Season
Vehicle typePassenger Car / CrossoverPassenger Car / Crossover
Sizes available330
Rim diameters15″ – 17″18″ – 24″
Tread depth9/32″8 - 12/32″
UTQG300 A A350 - 560 A A
SidewallBlackwallBlack Side Wall - Vertical Serrated Band
Max pressure44 psi50 - 51 psi
Sizes in common00

Which one should you actually buy?

Firestone FR740

Goodyear Eagle Touring

Narrow edge: Goodyear Eagle Touring — better snow, comfort and wet. Pick the Firestone FR740 if treadwear matters most to you. Firestone FR740 rests on little evidence so far (0 tests, 6 reviews), so read this result as provisional.

Pick tire A You want the longest tread life

Firestone FR740 scores 49 vs 45 on treadwear.

Pick tire B You drive through snowy winters

Goodyear Eagle Touring scores 54 vs 50 on snow.

Pick tire B You want the most comfortable ride

Goodyear Eagle Touring scores 47 vs 43 on comfort.

Pick tire B Your priority is wet-weather safety

Goodyear Eagle Touring scores 51 vs 48 on wet.

Tire A · Firestone FR740
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Tire B · Goodyear Eagle Touring
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FR740 or Eagle Touring?

Which is better in the wet, FR740 or Eagle Touring?

Goodyear Eagle Touring, 51 vs 48 on our wet score.

Which grips better on dry roads, FR740 or Eagle Touring?

Neither, by our numbers: 49 vs 50 on the dry score, within 3 points.

Which is better in snow, FR740 or Eagle Touring?

Goodyear Eagle Touring, 54 vs 50 on our snow score.

Which is quieter, FR740 or Eagle Touring?

Neither, by our numbers: 57 vs 59 on the noise score, within 3 points.

Which is more comfortable, FR740 or Eagle Touring?

Goodyear Eagle Touring, 47 vs 43 on our comfort score.

Which lasts longer, FR740 or Eagle Touring?

Firestone FR740, 49 vs 45 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