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

Head-to-head

Firestone FR740 vs Sumitomo Touring LS V — 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 + 0 owner reviews. How we score

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Firestone FR740
Tire AFirestone

FR740

All-Season tire

± 8Provisional

Tests – · none yet Owners 39 · 6 reviews

Category by category

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

  1. 50

    Dry

    No comparison
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    Why this score
    SourceFR740Touring LS V
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 56 (est.)–
    Reviews found online40–

    FR740: 60% × 56.2 (est.) + 40% × 39.7 = 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 0.42).

  2. 49

    Wet

    No comparison
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    Why this score
    SourceFR740Touring LS V
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 54 (est.)–
    Reviews found online41–

    FR740: 60% × 54 (est.) + 40% × 40.5 = 49

    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).

  3. 49

    Snow

    No comparison
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    Why this score
    SourceFR740Touring LS V
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 58 (est.)–
    Reviews found online37–

    FR740: 60% × 57.9 (est.) + 40% × 36.5 = 49

    No road tests of snow for FR740. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.37).

  4. 44

    Comfort

    No comparison
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    Why this score
    SourceFR740Touring LS V
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 62 (est.)–
    Reviews found online32–

    FR740: 40% × 62.4 (est.) + 60% × 32.3 = 44

    No road tests of comfort for FR740. The test half is the tested tires’ average (69): owners’ comfort ratings barely follow the road tests.

  5. 58

    Noise

    No comparison
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    Why this score
    SourceFR740Touring LS V
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 67 (est.)–
    Reviews found online45–

    FR740: 60% × 66.6 (est.) + 40% × 44.6 = 58

    No road tests of noise for FR740. The test half is the tested tires’ average (67): owners’ noise ratings barely follow the road tests.

  6. 49

    Treadwear

    No comparison
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    Why this score
    SourceFR740Touring LS V
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 56 (est.)–
    Reviews found online38–

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

    No road tests of treadwear for FR740. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.35).

Scores at a glance
Firestone FR740 vs Sumitomo Touring LS V: scores by category (0–100)
CategoryFirestone FR740Sumitomo Touring LS V
Relative Score 50 –
Dry 50 –
Wet 49 –
Snow 49 –
Comfort 44 –
Noise 58 –
Treadwear 49 –

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

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Headline score
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FR740

Touring LS V

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

Specs side by side

Attribute A · Firestone FR740 B · Sumitomo Touring LS V
CategoryAll-Season tireAll-Season tire
Vehicle typePassenger Car / Crossover—
Sizes available3—
Rim diameters15″ – 17″—
Tread depth9/32″—
UTQG300 A A—
SidewallBlackwall—
Max pressure44 psi—

Which one should you actually buy?

Firestone FR740

Sumitomo Touring LS V

Only Firestone FR740 has enough test and review data for a Relative Score, so there is no head-to-head winner yet.

Tire A · Firestone FR740
Tire B · Sumitomo Touring LS V

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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