Bridgestone Potenza RE070 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 4 + 0 road tests and 2,192 + 19 owner reviews. How we score
Potenza RE070 leads, 66–64 Narrow edge
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Tests 73 · 4 tests Owners 57 · 2,192 reviews
Best test result: #2 of 22 in 2022 Consumer Reports Ultra High Performance Summer Tires (tested tread life (miles))
“I just got the Yokohama Advan Fleva V701's and I like them a lot. The turn in is quicker and the feel is better than the Indy 500's that I had before. They feel more solid and less vague.The sidewall seems a bit stiffer, but somehow the ride is not as harsh.”
Tests – · none yet Owners 65 · 19 reviews
Relative Score per category, 0–100. Open “Why this score” for the tests and owner ratings behind it.
| Source | ADVAN Fleva V701 | Potenza RE070 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 3 / – tests | 78 | ≈ 72 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 67 | 77 |
ADVAN Fleva V701: 60% × 77.7 + 40% × 66.8 = 73
Potenza RE070: 60% × 71.7 (est.) + 40% × 77.2 = 74
No road tests of dry for Potenza RE070. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.41).
| Source | ADVAN Fleva V701 | Potenza RE070 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 3 / – tests | 70 | ≈ 66 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 64 | 62 |
ADVAN Fleva V701: 60% × 70 + 40% × 63.7 = 67
Potenza RE070: 60% × 66 (est.) + 40% × 62 = 64
No road tests of wet for Potenza RE070. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.55).
| Source | ADVAN Fleva V701 | Potenza RE070 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) | ≈ 52 (est.) | ≈ 66 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 12 | 55 |
ADVAN Fleva V701: 60% × 51.9 (est.) + 40% × 12.1 = 36
Potenza RE070: 60% × 65.6 (est.) + 40% × 55.2 = 61
No road tests of snow for ADVAN Fleva V701. 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 Potenza RE070. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.32).
| Source | ADVAN Fleva V701 | Potenza RE070 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / – tests | 62 | ≈ 66 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 61 | 54 |
ADVAN Fleva V701: 40% × 62.4 + 60% × 60.7 = 61
Potenza RE070: 40% × 65.8 (est.) + 60% × 53.9 = 59
No road tests of comfort for Potenza RE070. The test half is the tested tires’ average (69): owners’ comfort ratings barely follow the road tests.
| Source | ADVAN Fleva V701 | Potenza RE070 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / – tests | 75 | ≈ 66 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 60 | 52 |
ADVAN Fleva V701: 60% × 74.6 + 40% × 59.6 = 69
Potenza RE070: 60% × 66.5 (est.) + 40% × 51.8 = 61
No road tests of noise for Potenza RE070. The test half is the tested tires’ average (66): owners’ noise ratings barely follow the road tests.
| Source | ADVAN Fleva V701 | Potenza RE070 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 3 / – tests | 75 | ≈ 66 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 59 | 64 |
ADVAN Fleva V701: 60% × 75.2 + 40% × 59.3 = 69
Potenza RE070: 60% × 65.5 (est.) + 40% × 63.7 = 65
No road tests of treadwear for Potenza RE070. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.36).
| Source | ADVAN Fleva V701 | Potenza RE070 |
|---|---|---|
| Reviews found online | 72 | 75 |
| Source | ADVAN Fleva V701 | Potenza RE070 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / – tests | 71 | – |
| Category | Yokohama ADVAN Fleva V701 | Bridgestone Potenza RE070 |
|---|---|---|
| Relative Score | 64 | 66 |
| Dry | 73 | 74 |
| Wet | 67 | 64 |
| Snow | 36 | 61 |
| Comfort | 61 | 59 |
| Noise | 69 | 61 |
| Treadwear | 69 | 65 |
| Handling (owners) | 72 | 75 |
| Efficiency | 71 | – |
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.
ADVAN Fleva V701
Potenza RE070
Only categories both tires have data for count toward the headline score.
Themes extracted from owner reviews found online — not the opinion of TireWheelGuide.
From Reddit, forums and review threads. Not part of our score
The community generally views the Yokohama Advan Fleva V701 as a strong, high-value summer tire ideal for daily driving, spirited backroad runs, and wet weather conditions. Drivers praise its sharp turn-in, stiff sidewalls, and dependable grip compared to other budget or mid-tier alternatives, though some debate its lifespan and how it stacks up against premium options like Michelin.
“Online reviews in general are such a crapshoot. So many times you see products with diametrically opposed opinions. It's tough to sift through to figure out what may be true for your own application/situation. I'm sure part of the reason less people buy the Vredestein is brand recognition. Like underscore...I would say I've never heard of them...other than that I have seen their brand as I've been looking for tires to go on my 15" OZ rally wheels. They had a tire in an uncommon 215-50-15. Since you have first hand experience that is positive, that's probably worth more than 99% of online reviews. I'll probably go with Yokohama Advan Fleva v701 in 205-55-15 eventually. I've seen glowing reviews for them and reviews that say they are garbage. I'd like to get Yokohama Advan HF Type-D for their period correctness, and because I just think they look cool ( and isn't that what's most important in a tire? ) ...but they are difficult to get in the States. Well, maybe not difficult, just costly. When I looked on Nengun, it was about $650 for shipping on a set of 4. Most UK & European suppliers I've found won't even ship them to the US. But I'm getting way off topic here.”
“Yokohama advan fleva v701? Currently looking at stock sizes for my 99 MRS and the v701s are the only decent set I can find. I live in Canada and I was planning on ordering them for next week, and just thought to do one more validation check before driving out to Bellingham. Pretty new to picking out my own tires, trying to also stay within 550-600usd or maxish 800-850cad including tax if possible.”
“Yokohama Advan Fleva V701 in 2026 Do they make sense today? I’d put them on a hatchback (1300kg) and I usually drive up to 180-200 km/h with quick accelerations and curves in my daily. Weather is usually sunny, but sometimes it rains. Are them still a safe and a good choice, or are there some other brands that should result better for my driving style (and for my 215/45 r18 rims)? Thanks in advance.”
Based on 22 community posts
We haven't collected enough community discussion about this tire yet.
| Attribute | A · Yokohama ADVAN Fleva V701 | B · Bridgestone Potenza RE070 |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Summer | Summer |
| Vehicle type | Passenger Car / Crossover | Passenger Car / Crossover |
| Sizes available | 70 | — |
| Rim diameters | 15″ – 20″ | — |
| Tread depth | 9/32″ | 9/32″ |
| UTQG | 300 A A | 140 A A |
| Sidewall | Blackwall | Blackwall |
| Max pressure | 51 psi | 51 psi |
Yokohama ADVAN Fleva V701
Bridgestone Potenza RE070
Narrow edge: Bridgestone Potenza RE070 — better snow. Pick the Yokohama ADVAN Fleva V701 if noise, treadwear and wet matter most to you. Bridgestone Potenza RE070 rests on little evidence so far (0 tests, 19 reviews), so read this result as provisional.
Bridgestone Potenza RE070 scores 61 vs 36 on snow.
Yokohama ADVAN Fleva V701 scores 69 vs 61 on noise.
Yokohama ADVAN Fleva V701 scores 69 vs 65 on treadwear.
Yokohama ADVAN Fleva V701 scores 67 vs 64 on wet.
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Yokohama ADVAN Fleva V701, 67 vs 64 on our wet score.
Neither, by our numbers: 73 vs 74 on the dry score, within 3 points.
Bridgestone Potenza RE070, 61 vs 36 on our snow score.
Yokohama ADVAN Fleva V701, 69 vs 61 on our noise score.
Neither, by our numbers: 61 vs 59 on the comfort score, within 3 points.
Yokohama ADVAN Fleva V701, 69 vs 65 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
