TractionReview

The Potenza RE92 is a High Performance All-Season tire designed for sports coupes and sports sedans. It was developed to provide responsive handling and year round traction, even in light snow. OEM equipment on several lower-cost sports cars such as the Scion tC, Acura Integra, Infiniti Q45, Mazda 626 and Toyota Camry.

The Bridgestone Potenza S-03 Pole Position has been the tire of which all others were judged for many years by many enthusiasts. The Potenza S-03 Pole Position features Bridgestone’s UNI-T AQ II Technology that uses advanced compound and construction features to enhance and preserve wet traction through the tire’s life.

Unfortunately, the S-03 has been discontinued in all but a few remaining sizes, replaced by the RE050A Pole Position

Bridgestone’s top of the line street tire, the RE-01R offers extreme traction and handling. Semi-slick shoulder block, wide straight groove, racing slit, wider center rib, cooling slit and silica make up the team of technologies that give you high speed, high temperature durability along with high hydro evacuation.

Designed for and fitted as the OE tire on the Subaru WRX STi, the Potenza RE070 is only available in one size. Offering a sporty blend of ride quality, noise comfort and handling, along with dry and wet traction, the RE070 is a good all around warm weather temperature tire. Don’t get caught in the snow with this one on!

The Potenza RE050A Pole Position is designed to provide exceptional dry and wet road traction along with more responsive handling than the Potenza RE050A. The Potenza RE050A Pole Position comes loaded with race-inspired technology: UNI-T for outstanding wet and dry traction, a tread pattern that promotes rapid water evacuation, variable dimensions in the tread blocks, and a smooth shape to reduce noise. An asymmetrical pattern in the RE050A Pole Position tread increases surface contact to enhance acceleration and cornering.

The Potenza RE050 features a high grip tread compound molded into a directional tread design. A continuous center rib, large tread blocks and stable shoulder elements provide responsive handling, high-speed stability and traction on dry roads, while circumferential and lateral tread grooves are aimed to pump water out from under the tire’s footprint to minimize hydroplaning and aid wet traction.

Please note, that this is NOT the Pole Position tire. That review is here: RE050A Pole Position Review