BRIDGESTONE is main brand available in India. Bridgestone has come a long way and has established themselves as a leader in Radial Tyres used for Passenger Cars in India and has become one of the preferred OEM suppliers to major car manufacturers in India. FIRESTONE, FUZION, and UNIROYAL, and are other brands owned by Bridgestone. BRIDGESTONE offers a comprehensive product portfolio spread across Passenger Car, SUVs, trucks and buses, Construction and mining, Agriculture, Industrial, Aircrafts, Motorcycles and Scooters Tyres and Tubes and other automotive parts, retreading materials and repair services.

I bought these for all 4 wheels 6 months ago for £80 each, seemed reasonable for a major brand. At current rate of wear they should last for 30K miles, which I am happy with. I also did a quick test in wet and dry and breaking in a straight line it was OK. What's the problem with them then? Turning and cornering isn't safe. For example, when simply turning around a bend or overtaking a parked vehicle the car loses traction and 'slides' out. I then I have to compensate by turning the wheel further in and then pull back when it finally grips properly. I dread to think what they'll be like in the snow. I think there is some kind of design fault with these tires, there are three huge groves running around the centre to prevent aquaplaning, but there are no deep horizontal grooves for traction. The only horizontal grooves it has are very small, which according to their corporate blurb are designed to absorb tyre noise, not for grip. It's not just me, look at the independent reviews where they have actually tested the tyres on the road (Auto Express Summer Tyre Test 2012 in the UK and Finnish Test World Summer Tyre Test 2013), they say the same thing. "These tyres are not enough good in wet conditions for the product of such a major manufacturer, and the situation on dry pavement isn't much better." I pay extra mainly for safety, and this is what I get? Save yourself some money and get a mid-range tyre like Hankook or if premium, a Conti/Dunlop. Thanks, Bruce.

Drive a bmw 118d f20. Rear wheel drive and 140bhp. I am poorly amazed by these tires lifespan! In less then 10 months and 20.000 Km, the front left tyre has run out of the external thread (really out! 0 mm of thread) while the right tyre still has some depth(not much, but surely more than 0mm). I'm not making fancy corners all day, and surely not all to the right side! I drive home-work-home so not much room for fancy driving. The reason why they are worn out is because they suck!! Bad tyres (at least for rear wheel drive cars). Would not recommended them ever! Truth be said, before they wear out too soon, they are confortable and stear and feel good.

came fitted on my new car got just over 50000k, great in the wet ,good handling. bought them again.rob

They may be a reasonable tyre on dry roads but they give no warning at all before letting go when it is slippy. I was luck to get away with cosmetic damage after losing front end control at 5mph in the snow. That was simply turning the steering wheel with no breaking. My traction control was cutting in constantly when pulling off but when I replaced them with Vredestein HiTrac it didn't need to help out once. The road noise gets very loud when they wear down whereas other brands have not been as noticeable. Also I have had issues with a bulge in the sidewall on one tyre. At the time I put this down to a pothole but I've seen from reviews that this is common enough with this model.

I am very shocked by some of the negative reviews of these tyres. They are great. They were fitted as standard to my Astra and I got just shy of 50,000 miles before needing to replace the front ones, rear tyres still had 8mm at this point. I drive about 35,000 miles a year on various types of road and these tyres cope well with them all very well. Today I drove on a very wet motorway and there was not even the slightest loss of grip. I have had better tyres in the snow, but they cope pretty well with it, I made it out through all of the harsh winter last year. In the wet these tyres are great, you barely notice the difference between stopping in wet and dry. Maybe some people have had bad luck, but from my experience these are great tyres.

My wife has just worn out a front pair of Turanzas on her 2.2 CDTI Honda Civic and they have lasted no more than 18 months on a car that has done no more than 8,000 miles in that time. Really terrible tyre wear and given my other car is also a Honda Accord with the same engine I am getting over 20,000 miles from them and they are Michelin Pilot Sport 2's. So far the Civic has gon through 3 sets of tyres in the time the Accord has gone through 2 sets. Think I will pay the extra next time for some Michelins !! I wish I had read these reveiws before just replacing the tyres with the same brand which came off !!!

I bought 4 new tyres 3 months ago, Bridgestone Turanza 205 / 55R16
and already one has a huge bulge on the side wall. I brought it back to the place i bought it in Galway, Fastfit tyres and i could not get any money back or even a new replacement tyre for it.

I am a very careful driver, and live in the countryside, so don't have any kerbs i could drive up onto or against. There are a few potholes, but i drive carefully.

Fastfit in Galway said they contact Bridgestone, but no refund, or no replacement given.

While they work, they give very good grip even in the wet. But they wear out too fast, and either have structural weakness or are too soft in the walls.

Very disappointed by the customer care not been given about this.

Dave

nasty tyres, way too soft.

Twice have had innocent obejects punch the sidewall (things which shouldnt even make a mark really), never seen anything like it in 18 yrs driving. These tyres both got punctured within 1month of fitting. Sidewall rubber too soft, like eraser more. These tyres are bad. Totally useless. They might hold the road good because they are soft, but the wear quick, and frankly a total waste of money...

I have a large car Holden Commodore tyres fitted standard on new vehicle,just ready for replacement now at 93000klm realy good wearing tyres, but a bit slippery in the wet when getting low on tread.

This Turanza tire came standard with my brand new Honda Civic 2006. All 4 tires were worn down completely to the warning bar after aprox. 28,000 KM (17,000 Miles). Absolute garbage Tires!!!! If I had an option to not put a star for any of the ratings in this review I simply would not. I only had to put a star as it is mandatory to complete this review. The replacement cost by Honda with the exact same tire was aprox. $250.00 for each tire not including tax, balancing, or installation. A set of 4 new Turanza tires would punch you well past $1100.00. Dollar value per km/miles is EXTREMELY extremely poor!!!! The Honda Civic 2006 - 2007 models came with poorly designed control arms for the rear of car which advances wear & cupping on inner side of Tire. Although this Honda Civic model creates premature tire wear these Turanza tires were worn out all over the tire surface for both the front and rear tires. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND NO ONE TO EVEN CONSIDER THE TURANZA TIRE WHATSOEVER - SAVE YOUR MONEY FOLKS! As for you Honda Civic 2006-2007 owners ask your dealer to replace the rear control arms that cause premature wear - this is a warranty item but not on a recall list. The Turanza tires were so worn down in such a short time - that is why I am writing this review to save others the grief that I had to live through.

At my last service all four tyres were replaced on my 2008 Prius. The fuel economy immediately dipped from 55mpg to 45mpg! High traction perhaps, and not what I expected a Toyota dealer to fit!!!

Road holding quite good. There are much better out there. Mine lasted 12000 miles. Hardly good value for money at £440.00GBP per set. Would I use them again.......DEFINITELY NOT.

I have the Bridgestone Turanza P205/5516 89H M+S on a brand new 2009 Corolla that I bought 13 months ago. I have 24K on the car, and the tires are shot. That's simply unacceptable to have to buy new tires on a new car before 40K.

I think this is simply a very poor quality product, and I'm shocked that Toyota allowed this garbage on their car.

Time to replace them much to my chagrin, and I feel stupid for not having researched the tires on a new car before I purchased it.

Bridgestone Turanza tyres hold road really well. I have a peugeot 307 when my drivers front tyre was due for renewal i swopped it with a cheap tyre the day after i went round a sharp corner and the car slid out 2 lanes that was enough for me i went out that afternoon and swopped that same tyre for another turnanza (the bloke thought i was mad at tyre shop) but the way it holds road it was worth every penny!!!

I have a 2008 Scion XB. 19k miles on the Turanza tires and the wear bars are showing. Called Bridgestone to complain and they blamed Toyota. Said they use a different spec compound on OEM tires for Toyota to meet CAFE, reduce the rolling resistance and give the driver a better ride. Not happy I have to replace my tires so soon.