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Toyo Proxes RA1 looks discontinued: no new owner reviews or road tests in five years and no current EU tyre label.

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Toyo Proxes Comfort vs Toyo Proxes RA1 — Compared

Relative Score (0–100): the weighted average of the categories below, each 60% road tests and 40% owner reviews. Based on 15 + 0 road tests and 629 + 11 owner reviews. How we score

Proxes Comfort is ahead, 75–69

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Toyo Proxes Comfort
Tire AToyo

Proxes Comfort

Summer

Tests 76 · 15 tests Owners 72 · 629 reviews

Best test result: #1 of 11 in 2021 Sport Auto Summer Tyre Test (dry handling)

Toyo Proxes RA1
Tire BToyo

Proxes RA1

Summer Trackday and Competition tires

Provisional

Tests – · none yet Owners 65 · 11 reviews

Category by category

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

  1. 80

    Dry

    Proxes Comfort +5
    75
    Why this score
    SourceProxes ComfortProxes RA1
    Professional tests (TWG score) · 14 / – tests85≈ 72 (est.)
    Reviews found online7179

    Proxes Comfort: 60% × 85.4 + 40% × 71.4 = 80

    Proxes RA1: 60% × 72.1 (est.) + 40% × 78.5 = 75

    No road tests of dry for Proxes RA1. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.40).

  2. 78

    Wet

    Proxes Comfort +14
    64
    Why this score
    SourceProxes ComfortProxes RA1
    Professional tests (TWG score) · 14 / – tests80≈ 65 (est.)
    Reviews found online7561

    Proxes Comfort: 60% × 79.8 + 40% × 74.6 = 78

    Proxes RA1: 60% × 65 (est.) + 40% × 61.3 = 64

    No road tests of wet for Proxes RA1. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.56).

  3. –

    Snow

    No comparison
    49
    Why this score
    SourceProxes ComfortProxes RA1
    Professional tests (TWG score)–≈ 58 (est.)
    Reviews found online–34

    Proxes RA1: 60% × 58.2 (est.) + 40% × 34.4 = 49

    No road tests of snow for Proxes RA1. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.33).

  4. 65

    Comfort

    Proxes RA1 +2
    67
    Why this score
    SourceProxes ComfortProxes RA1
    Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / – tests59≈ 69 (est.)
    Reviews found online7566

    Proxes Comfort: 60% × 59.2 + 40% × 74.8 = 65

    Proxes RA1: 60% × 68.5 (est.) + 40% × 65.7 = 67

    No road tests of comfort for Proxes RA1. The test half is the tested tires’ average (69): owners’ comfort ratings barely follow the road tests.

  5. 71

    Noise

    Proxes Comfort +3
    68
    Why this score
    SourceProxes ComfortProxes RA1
    Professional tests (TWG score) · 8 / – tests74≈ 67 (est.)
    Reviews found online≈ 67 (est.)70

    Proxes Comfort: 60% × 73.9 + 40% × 67.3 (est.) = 71

    Proxes RA1: 60% × 67.3 (est.) + 40% × 70.1 = 68

    No owner ratings of noise for Proxes Comfort. The owner half is the owners’ average (67): owners’ noise ratings barely follow the road tests, so the tests say nothing about how owners would rate it.

    No road tests of noise for Proxes RA1. The test half is the tested tires’ average (67): owners’ noise ratings barely follow the road tests.

  6. 69

    Treadwear

    Proxes Comfort +2
    67
    Why this score
    SourceProxes ComfortProxes RA1
    Professional tests (TWG score) · 5 / – tests68≈ 66 (est.)
    Reviews found online7168

    Proxes Comfort: 60% × 67.9 + 40% × 70.9 = 69

    Proxes RA1: 60% × 66.2 (est.) + 40% × 67.6 = 67

    No road tests of treadwear for Proxes RA1. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.31).

  7. 71

    Handling (owners)

    Proxes RA1 +2
    73
    Why this score
    SourceProxes ComfortProxes RA1
    Reviews found online7173
Scores at a glance
CategoryToyo Proxes ComfortToyo Proxes RA1
Relative Score 75 69
Dry 80 75
Wet 78 64
Snow – 49
Comfort 65 67
Noise 71 68
Treadwear 69 67
Handling (owners) 71 73

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Headline score

Proxes Comfort

Proxes RA1

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 Proxes Comfort

Pros

  • Excellent wet weather grip and handling
  • Low road noise and quiet operation
  • Strong value for money and affordable pricing

Cons

  • Limited feedback and slight understeer when pushed hard
  • Some drivers experienced a firmer or less comfortable ride over bumps
  • Faster wear reported compared to premium long-lasting alternatives like Michelin
All owner themes in the Proxes Comfort review

Tire B Proxes RA1

Pros

  • Exceptional dry grip that remains consistent even as the tread wears down.
  • Superior tire life compared to many other dedicated track-focused compounds.
  • Predictable breakaway characteristics that provide driver confidence at the limit.

Cons

  • Performance can become 'greasy' if the tire is overdriven or overheated during long sessions.
  • Requires proper heat cycling and break-in procedures to achieve optimal performance.
  • Sensitive to alignment settings, which can lead to accelerated or uneven wear if not managed.
All owner themes in the Proxes RA1 review

Specs side by side

Attribute A · Toyo Proxes Comfort B · Toyo Proxes RA1
CategorySummerSummer Trackday and Competition tires
Vehicle typePassenger Car / CrossoverPassenger Car / Crossover
Sizes available637
Rim diameters14″ – 20″15″ – 18″
Tread depth—8/32″
UTQG—100 AA A
Sidewall—Black Side Wall
Max pressure—44 psi
Sizes in common00

Which one should you actually buy?

Toyo Proxes Comfort

Toyo Proxes RA1

Winner: Toyo Proxes Comfort — better wet, dry and noise. Where the Toyo Proxes RA1 is ahead, it is by less than 3 points. Toyo Proxes RA1 rests on little evidence so far (0 tests, 11 reviews), so read this result as provisional.

Pick tire A Your priority is wet-weather safety

Toyo Proxes Comfort scores 78 vs 64 on wet.

Pick tire A You want the most grip on dry roads

Toyo Proxes Comfort scores 80 vs 75 on dry.

Pick tire A You want a quieter cabin

Toyo Proxes Comfort scores 71 vs 68 on noise.

Tire A · Toyo Proxes Comfort
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Tire B · Toyo Proxes RA1
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Proxes Comfort or Proxes RA1?

Which is better in the wet, Proxes Comfort or Proxes RA1?

Toyo Proxes Comfort, 78 vs 64 on our wet score.

Which grips better on dry roads, Proxes Comfort or Proxes RA1?

Toyo Proxes Comfort, 80 vs 75 on our dry score.

Which is quieter, Proxes Comfort or Proxes RA1?

Toyo Proxes Comfort, 71 vs 68 on our noise score.

Which is more comfortable, Proxes Comfort or Proxes RA1?

Neither, by our numbers: 65 vs 67 on the comfort score, within 3 points.

Which lasts longer, Proxes Comfort or Proxes RA1?

Neither, by our numbers: 69 vs 67 on the treadwear score, within 3 points.

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