My Corvette is almost due for it's first set of new tires and the Firestones are not even being considered. (nothing against F/S, just put a new set on my Jeep) For the Vette though, its between Nitto Invo, Bridgestone RE-11, BFGoodrich KDW, Kumho Ecsta XS, and Michelin PS2. I will probably go with the Invos cuz of price and ride quality -for a street/highway driven car, the only tire better than the Invo is the PS2, but not sure about $400.00 better. If I knew I would be doing some track days with this car, I'd go with the RE-11s or the XS. For visual appeal, the KDWs. I had KDWs on a Saturn Sky redline, and they were great -except for the noise. Hope this insight helps.