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Continental Cross Contact A/T vs Goodyear EfficientGrip SUV — Compared

Relative Score (0–100): the weighted average of the categories below, each 60% road tests and 40% owner reviews. Based on 0 + 1 road tests and 14 + 31 owner reviews. How we score

EfficientGrip SUV leads, 67–64 Narrow edge

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Goodyear EfficientGrip SUV
Tire BGoodyear

EfficientGrip SUV

Summer

Tests 72 · 1 test Owners 61 · 31 reviews

Best test result: #2 of 8 in 2018 All Road 265/60 R18 4x4 Tyre Test (dry handling)

Category by category

Relative Score per category, 0–100. Open “Why this score” for the tests and owner ratings behind it.

  1. 64

    Dry

    EfficientGrip SUV +5
    69
    Why this score
    SourceCross Contact A/TEfficientGrip SUV
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 1 tests≈ 66 (est.)73
    Reviews found online6262

    Cross Contact A/T: 60% × 65.5 (est.) + 40% × 62.2 = 64

    EfficientGrip SUV: 60% × 72.8 + 40% × 62.3 = 69

    No road tests of dry for Cross Contact A/T. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.40).

  2. 64

    Wet

    EfficientGrip SUV +7
    71
    Why this score
    SourceCross Contact A/TEfficientGrip SUV
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 1 tests≈ 66 (est.)74
    Reviews found online6367

    Cross Contact A/T: 60% × 65.7 (est.) + 40% × 62.5 = 64

    EfficientGrip SUV: 60% × 73.7 + 40% × 66.6 = 71

    No road tests of wet for Cross Contact A/T. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.56).

  3. 53

    Snow

    No comparison
    –
    Why this score
    SourceCross Contact A/TEfficientGrip SUV
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 60 (est.)–
    Reviews found online41–

    Cross Contact A/T: 60% × 60.4 (est.) + 40% × 41.3 = 53

    No road tests of snow for Cross Contact A/T. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.33).

  4. 65

    Comfort

    Level
    65
    Why this score
    SourceCross Contact A/TEfficientGrip SUV
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 68 (est.)≈ 68 (est.)
    Reviews found online6062

    Cross Contact A/T: 60% × 67.6 (est.) + 40% × 60.4 = 65

    EfficientGrip SUV: 60% × 67.8 (est.) + 40% × 61.5 = 65

    No road tests of comfort for Cross Contact A/T or EfficientGrip SUV. The test half is the tested tires’ average (69): owners’ comfort ratings barely follow the road tests.

  5. –

    Noise

    No comparison
    66
    Why this score
    SourceCross Contact A/TEfficientGrip SUV
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 1 tests–66
    Reviews found online–≈ 67 (est.)

    EfficientGrip SUV: 60% × 65.9 + 40% × 67.3 (est.) = 66

    No owner ratings of noise for EfficientGrip SUV. The owner half is the owners’ average (67): owners’ noise ratings barely follow the road tests, so the tests say nothing about how owners would rate it.

  6. 65

    Treadwear

    Cross Contact A/T +6
    59
    Why this score
    SourceCross Contact A/TEfficientGrip SUV
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 65 (est.)≈ 62 (est.)
    Reviews found online6454

    Cross Contact A/T: 60% × 65.2 (est.) + 40% × 64.4 = 65

    EfficientGrip SUV: 60% × 62.1 (est.) + 40% × 54.3 = 59

    No road tests of treadwear for Cross Contact A/T. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.31).

    No road tests of treadwear for EfficientGrip SUV. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.31).

  7. 62

    Handling (owners)

    Level
    62
    Why this score
    SourceCross Contact A/TEfficientGrip SUV
    Reviews found online6262
Scores at a glance
CategoryContinental Cross Contact A/TGoodyear EfficientGrip SUV
Relative Score 64 67
Dry 64 69
Wet 64 71
Snow 53 –
Comfort 65 65
Noise – 66
Treadwear 65 59
Handling (owners) 62 62

Higher is better. The Relative Score follows your weights below; category scores do not change.

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Headline score

Cross Contact A/T

EfficientGrip SUV

Only categories both tires have data for count toward the headline score.

The professional test results behind the scores

Per discipline: the average % of the best tire over every test both tires were in, and how many of those tests each one won. “Different tests” rows compare results from separate tests.

DisciplineCategoryCross Contact A/TEfficientGrip SUVΔHead-to-head
Also published by the testers (not in the score)
Overall Ranking Overall #7/7 2017 Drive Out Off Road 4x4 Tyre Test #7/9 2021 Teknikens Värld Summer Tire Test R18 – Different tests

Pros, cons & observations

Themes extracted from owner reviews found online — not the opinion of TireWheelGuide.

Tire A Cross Contact A/T

Pros

  • Excellent on-road comfort and handling with acceptable noise levels
  • High potential longevity and mileage for many users, with sets lasting upwards of 50,000 to 80,000 km/miles
  • Competent dry and wet performance on paved surfaces

Cons

  • Susceptibility to punctures and fragile sidewalls reported by some drivers
  • Rapid, premature tread wear experienced by certain users
  • Poor traction and spinning issues in winter conditions such as snow and ice
All owner themes in the Cross Contact A/T review

Tire B EfficientGrip SUV

Pros

  • High levels of ride comfort and low cabin noise
  • Strong dry-road handling and steering response
  • Generally good fuel efficiency

Cons

  • Fragile sidewalls prone to punctures and damage
  • Reports of tread flaking, chunking, or cracking in hot climates
  • Inconsistent wet-weather performance, with some users reporting poor traction
All owner themes in the EfficientGrip SUV review

Specs side by side

Attribute A · Continental Cross Contact A/T B · Goodyear EfficientGrip SUV
CategoryAll-Terrain tireSummer
Vehicle typeSUV and 4x4SUV and 4x4
Sizes available—6
Rim diameters—16″ – 20″

Which one should you actually buy?

Continental Cross Contact A/T

Goodyear EfficientGrip SUV

Narrow edge: Goodyear EfficientGrip SUV — better wet and dry. Pick the Continental Cross Contact A/T if treadwear matters most to you. Continental Cross Contact A/T rests on little evidence so far (0 tests, 14 reviews), so read this result as provisional.

Pick tire B Your priority is wet-weather safety

Goodyear EfficientGrip SUV scores 71 vs 64 on wet.

Pick tire A You want the longest tread life

Continental Cross Contact A/T scores 65 vs 59 on treadwear.

Pick tire B You want the most grip on dry roads

Goodyear EfficientGrip SUV scores 69 vs 64 on dry.

Tire A · Continental Cross Contact A/T
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Tire B · Goodyear EfficientGrip SUV
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Cross Contact A/T or EfficientGrip SUV?

Which is better in the wet, Cross Contact A/T or EfficientGrip SUV?

Goodyear EfficientGrip SUV, 71 vs 64 on our wet score.

Which grips better on dry roads, Cross Contact A/T or EfficientGrip SUV?

Goodyear EfficientGrip SUV, 69 vs 64 on our dry score.

Which is more comfortable, Cross Contact A/T or EfficientGrip SUV?

Neither, by our numbers: 65 vs 65 on the comfort score, within 3 points.

Which lasts longer, Cross Contact A/T or EfficientGrip SUV?

Continental Cross Contact A/T, 65 vs 59 on our treadwear score.

How do we compare tires?

Every category score blends two independent signals. 60% comes from professional tire tests (braking distances, lap times, noise measurements), each result compared with every other tire in the same test and newer tests counting more. 40% comes from owner reviews found online, adjusted for how generously each site rates. Both use one scale: the average tested tire gets 70, the best 100. When a tire has only one of the two, the missing half is estimated from the other and the score stays closer to average; with no road test and fewer than five owner reviews it gets no score yet.

Handling is the exception: road tests measure it inside the dry and wet scores, so its own row comes from owner ratings only and starts as less important.

Community buzz from Reddit and forums is shown for context only — it never changes the score. Full methodology