Firestone Winterhawk 4 is a Touring Winter tire with directional tread pattern, designed for Passenger cars.
The tire replaced the Firestone Winterhawk 3.
Contents
Key performance
Dry performance
94.99 %
Dry braking
91.97 %
Dry handling
98.01 %
Wet performance
96.03 %
Wet braking
92.77 %
Wet handling
97.69 %
Wet lateral handling
97.63 %
Aquaplaning
85.34 %
Straight aqua
96.15 %
Lateral aqua
74.52 %
Snow performance
97.22 %
Snow braking
97.03 %
Snow handling
98.55 %
Snow lateral handling
97.93 %
Snow traction
95.35 %
Rolling resistance
84.43 %
Noise
98.88 %
Wear resistance
86.06 %
Firestone Winterhawk 4 Tests
2021 Auto Bild (205/55 R16)
In 2021 experts of the German publication have tested the Firestone Winterhawk 4 at size 205/55 R16 and compared to 19 similar mid-range and premium winter tires. Also they included into the test reference summer tire and budget winter tire.
Overall Firestone Winterhawk 4 Review
According to the test results the tire took 10th place.
# | Test | Place | Result | Difference | % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dry braking at 100km/h | 19 | 49.3m | +4.2m | 91.48% | |
Dry handling | 17 | 136.1km/h | -2.9km/h | 97.91% | |
Wet braking at 100km/h | 3-4 | 52.4m | +2.2m | 95.8% | |
Wet handling | 6 | 71.8km/h | -1.2km/h | 98.35% | |
Straight aqua | 6 | 79.9km/h | -4.6km/h | 94.55% | |
Snow braking | 10-13 | 28.6m | +1.3m | 95.45% | |
Snow handling | 6 | 57.2km/h | -0.7km/h | 98.79% | |
Snow traction | 3-4 | 2.839 Newton | -0.06 Newton | 97.93% | |
Noise | 5 | 70.5dB | +0.8dB | 98.8% | |
Rolling resistance | 5 | 8.08kg/t | +0.87kg/t | 89.23% | |
Wear resistance | 10 | 36100km | -9300km | 79.51% |
Firestone Winterhawk 4 vs Competitors
- Firestone vs Nokian Snowproof P
- Firestone vs Vredestein Wintrac Pro
- Firestone vs Falken Eurowinter HS01
- Firestone vs Continental WinterContact TS 870 P
- Firestone vs Michelin Pilot Alpin 5
- Firestone vs Bridgestone Blizzak LM005
Similar tires from the test:
- Fulda Kristall Control HP2
- Barum Polaris 5
- Sava Eskimo HP2
- Semperit Speed-Grip 3
- BFGoodrich g-Force Winter 2
- Uniroyal MS plus 77
- Yokohama BluEarth*Winter V906
- Kleber Krisalp HP3
- Nexen WinGuard Snow’G3 WH21
- Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452
- Laufenn i FIT+