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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 Nexen N6000 — 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 + 63 owner reviews. How we score

N6000 is ahead, 63–48

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Firestone FR740
Tire AFirestone

FR740

All-Season tire

± 9Provisional

Tests – · none yet Owners 38 · 6 reviews

Nexen N6000
Tire BNexen

N6000

Summer

± 8

Tests – · none yet Owners 59 · 63 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

    N6000 +14
    63
    Why this score
    SourceFR740N6000
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 56 (est.)≈ 65 (est.)
    Reviews found online3960

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

    N6000: 60% × 64.7 (est.) + 40% × 60.1 = 63

    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 N6000. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.41).

  2. 48

    Wet

    N6000 +16
    64
    Why this score
    SourceFR740N6000
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 54 (est.)≈ 66 (est.)
    Reviews found online4061

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

    N6000: 60% × 65.6 (est.) + 40% × 61.3 = 64

    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 N6000. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.55).

  3. 50

    Snow

    No comparison
    –
    Why this score
    SourceFR740N6000
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 59 (est.)–
    Reviews found online35–

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

    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).

  4. 43

    Comfort

    N6000 +19
    62
    Why this score
    SourceFR740N6000
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 61 (est.)≈ 67 (est.)
    Reviews found online3158

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

    N6000: 40% × 66.6 (est.) + 60% × 58.4 = 62

    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 N6000. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.20).

  5. 57

    Noise

    No comparison
    –
    Why this score
    SourceFR740N6000
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 66 (est.)–
    Reviews found online44–

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

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

  6. 49

    Treadwear

    N6000 +11
    60
    Why this score
    SourceFR740N6000
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 56 (est.)≈ 63 (est.)
    Reviews found online3857

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

    N6000: 60% × 62.9 (est.) + 40% × 56.5 = 60

    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 N6000. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.36).

  7. –

    Handling (owners)

    No comparison
    54
    Why this score
    SourceFR740N6000
    Reviews found online–54
Scores at a glance
CategoryFirestone FR740Nexen N6000
Relative Score 48 63
Dry 49 63
Wet 48 64
Snow 50 –
Comfort 43 62
Noise 57 –
Treadwear 49 60
Handling (owners) – 54

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

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Recomputed
Headline score
± 9

FR740

± 8

N6000

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 N6000

Pros

  • Excellent price-to-performance ratio
  • Strong dry-weather traction and handling
  • Competitive noise levels compared to other budget alternatives

Cons

  • Inconsistent and sometimes dangerous wet-weather grip
  • Rapid or uneven tread wear reported by many users
  • Noticeable decline in performance as tread depth decreases
All owner themes in the N6000 review

Specs side by side

Attribute A · Firestone FR740 B · Nexen N6000
CategoryAll-Season tireSummer
Vehicle typePassenger Car / CrossoverPassenger Car / Crossover
Sizes available32
Rim diameters15″ – 17″16″ – 19″
Tread depth9/32″—
UTQG300 A A300 AA A
SidewallBlackwall—
Max pressure44 psi—

Which one should you actually buy?

Firestone FR740

Nexen N6000

Winner: Nexen N6000 — better comfort, wet and dry. It leads or ties in every category we score. Firestone FR740 rests on little evidence so far (0 tests, 6 reviews), so read this result as provisional.

Pick tire B You want the most comfortable ride

Nexen N6000 scores 62 vs 43 on comfort.

Pick tire B Your priority is wet-weather safety

Nexen N6000 scores 64 vs 48 on wet.

Pick tire B You want the most grip on dry roads

Nexen N6000 scores 63 vs 49 on dry.

Pick tire B You want the longest tread life

Nexen N6000 scores 60 vs 49 on treadwear.

Tire A · Firestone FR740
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Tire B · Nexen N6000
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FR740 or N6000?

Which is better in the wet, FR740 or N6000?

Nexen N6000, 64 vs 48 on our wet score.

Which grips better on dry roads, FR740 or N6000?

Nexen N6000, 63 vs 49 on our dry score.

Which is more comfortable, FR740 or N6000?

Nexen N6000, 62 vs 43 on our comfort score.

Which lasts longer, FR740 or N6000?

Nexen N6000, 60 vs 49 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