Mazda 6 MPS 2.3L V6 Turbo AWD Tyres

The Mazda 6 MPS is recommended to be driven on the relevant Bridgestone tyre, however due to working in Australia for 3 months I was reluctant to spend ?150 per tyre this time and so was recommended the Falken ZE912, 215 45 R18. I know they are not quite as good as the Bridgestone in terms of grip but comfort and wear they are fantastic. The 6 MPS is an all wheel drive sports saloon and yes I do love to throw it around now and again, to be hand on my heart honest they have not let me down once and still give me the confidence to push on. To be fair I put that down more to the car than the tyre but for the money saved on these tyres I think they are a bargain and a good all rounder for the spirited motorist who knows their limit. I will comment on wear more after a year of driving.

The 95Y tyres have good sidewall support and seem to create an extra damping effect thereby improving ride. The car is more "pointy" after the soggy sided Toyos. I still have pimples left on the tyres after 2000 miles so good for wear, I think. Grip is solid no matter what the weather. No squeeling. They are excellent value and look amazing. The only problem is availability. If you decide to get them, order in advance.

Had these 4 tyres fitted c. 2 weeks ago. Immediately noticed quieter / smoother running (I suspected 1 of my wheels had lost a balancing weight before these). Previously had Pirelli pzero rosso fitted, which were great in the wet, but wear rate was poor & they're expensive. So far, so good - highly recommended.

Excellent grip in the dry, not too bad in the wet, however if I were most of the people posting reviews saying that the wet grip is appalling I'd have one piece of advice...slow down in the wet. Noise is not bad, no worse than on any other directional tyre, wear rates are a little higher than most, however that's a small price to pay for high grip levels. As previously stated the grip gets better when pushed, they obviously need high heat levels to perform at there best. As to only handling 82 bhp per wheel or what ever it was, there's alot more too it than that, the weight of a car and the suspension set up means that a tyre that's good on one car is not always good on another. I had them on a highly tuned Mazda 6 MPS and the grip levels far exceeded the Bridgestone RE050A's that it came with.

Would buy again.