Best Tyres for the Fiat Abarth Grande Punto

I tend to drive my Grande Punto Abarth rather spiritedly mostly on B roads. I replaced some elderly Goodyear Eagles with these Bridgestone simply from reading reviews. They are excellent - even better than the Eagles. I guess if I had a niggle it is that performance tends to drop off a little bit below about 6 or 7 degrees (Celsius) but as I have winter tyres this isn't a major problem. The Eagles were a smidgen better at cold temps but I cannot really find a weakness at all in these Potenza Sports.

These tyres are amazing. Best buy for the money, there's nothing that comes even close to the price range. Kumho really delivered with the PS72.

I drove a set of Sailun Atrezzo ZSR2 in 205/45/17 size, and I thought they were very decent. Then I've upgraded my car, and had a set of Abarth wheels with Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5 in 225/45/17. Dry grip was amazing, wet grip was quite bad as the tyres were 5 years old. I've decided to pull the trigger on a new set of Kumho Ecsta Sport in 225/45/17 as the tests and reviews looked very good. Dry grip is amazing, the car is just planted like it's on rails. Wet grip aswell, huge amounts of grip. Braking on dry/wet feels very good and safe.

What impressed me the most is that, somehow with this tyres, my FWD car somehow rotates around the corners better, no LSD, no rear ARB (yet). They made my car handle a lot better. Previously I usually struggled with understeer, but no more. I'm glad they used a stiffer sidewall, and didn't go with the modern softer UHP tyre sidewall. If I want a comfort biased tyre, I'm getting a touring tyre, not a UHP one.

I just can't find anything wrong with these tyres, they look great, sidewall is top notch, they drive amazing. Best tyre for the money, period. For now, I can't say anything about the mileage, however I expect them to last longer than my last set of Sailun's.

Funnily enough, I have some friends that all drive more powerful, sportier cars than mine, and are very pleased with these new Kumho's.

Amazing performance/grip in a car with 400NM and 270HP with no TCS

Way better than the kuhmo ku39 I used before, despite they were a bit cheaper. Where the kuhmos were a bit sluggish when making corners at higher speeds, these give a much more stable feel. Really progressive at the limit and a predictable under/oversteer behaviour when playing with the balance of the car.
Feel really planted in the wet and no problems getting the power down on a powerful fwd car without LSD, which results in less esp interferences than before
Will buy them again!

got 4 of these on price and reported grip: I've had Goodyears before (on another Fiat) and thought they a little 'soft' but I thought I'd chance these this time on the GPA. These are soft, yes, BUT the grip is simply phenomenal. I can live with the soft nature of the tyre as the grip is so good. They are miles better than the Pirelli ZeroNeros which the car came (wet and dry) with and in a completely different league altogether than the Uniroyal Rainsport 3s I initially replaced those with. I've binned the Rainsports, but will keep the Goodyear F1 A3 until they need replacing. At that stage I may switch to Michelins... but the Goodyears are really good if you can put up with the soft sidewalls. Once you get used to the slight pitch - the car is moving on the tyres but the car is NOT moving on the road - you can push and push these tyres and they're great fun.

Great tires,but stay away from this if you are driving in roads with lot of potholes as side walls are week, also increases the body roll by a bit,may not be good for car which has high stance already.
This can also damage the Alloy wheels due to it's oft nature.

Had these tyres on my car now for a while after purchasing some after market alloys. If i had known the brand prior, would have opted for a superior tyre.
The tyre lack of tyre wear has to be the only possitive anyone can take from this review; everything else is just an utter con. More of a con than a guy selling gold watches from a fold up table or within a beige coloured cammel coat! The Hard compound reflects in the road noise, but could be worse.
At present im am running with T1R Proxes at the front, however dont be fooled into thinking that these tyres are 'Good enough' for the rear; they are equally as terrible. Wet grip is almost non existant, unless your passenger is Miss Daisy. Dry grip is ok, but only ok.
Would i buy again? Not on your life. Pay day coming up and changing!
My front wheel drive car has achieved overstear, but this i believe due to the extreme mix of compounds. Do not buy this tyre if you live in a country that leaves water on the road surface or you may regret it.

Just bought these today two for the front tested them out in the wet really good grip. Had bridgestone on them before dont look as cool but save myself £160. Ive got an abarth punto which has some grunt still no give in the grip would recommend to all mates.

Tyres came as standard on the car. I'm not a Lewis Hamilton wannabe and i'm not captain slow but 8000 miles? please??
Dry weather they are ok to good, wet weather they seem to cover themselves in butter. Can't wait to replace them!!!