FALKEN Azenis FK520L

Falken's new Azenis FK520L is a solid all-round performer and worthy of consideration against more fancied products such as the Michelin Pilot Sport 4S, Continental SportContact6 and Pirelli P-Zero – particularly given a set of the Falkens is likely to work out a few hundred dollars cheaper.

While all the Euro brands will still pip the Japanese Falken for those final few degrees of wet and dry performance – and, occasionally, ‘wow’ factor – we’d be very happy with the FK520L's when factoring in their competitive price, as we discovered after 500km of anecdotal testing fitted to our Ford Focus RS long termer.