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Yokohama Geolandar G055 Blue Earth looks discontinued: no new owner reviews or road tests in five years and no current EU tyre label.

Head-to-head Updated

Continental Premium Contact 5 vs Yokohama Geolandar G055 Blue Earth — Compared

Relative Score (0–100): the weighted average of the categories below, each 60% road tests and 40% owner reviews. Based on 4 + 0 road tests and 119 + 12 owner reviews. How we score

Premium Contact 5 is ahead, 70–61

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Continental Premium Contact 5
Tire AContinental

Premium Contact 5

Summer

Tests 73 · 4 tests Owners 64 · 119 reviews

Best test result: #1 of 11 in 2019 AMS Summer SUV Tyre Test (straight aquaplaning)

Category by category

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

  1. 71

    Dry

    Premium Contact 5 +10
    61
    Why this score
    SourcePremium Contact 5Geolandar G055 Blue Earth
    Professional tests (TWG score) · 4 / – tests71≈ 64 (est.)
    Reviews found online7058

    Premium Contact 5: 60% × 71 + 40% × 70 = 71

    Geolandar G055 Blue Earth: 60% × 63.8 (est.) + 40% × 58 = 61

    No road tests of dry for Geolandar G055 Blue Earth. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.40).

  2. 76

    Wet

    Premium Contact 5 +19
    57
    Why this score
    SourcePremium Contact 5Geolandar G055 Blue Earth
    Professional tests (TWG score) · 4 / – tests78≈ 60 (est.)
    Reviews found online7353

    Premium Contact 5: 60% × 78.3 + 40% × 72.5 = 76

    Geolandar G055 Blue Earth: 60% × 60.3 (est.) + 40% × 52.9 = 57

    No road tests of wet for Geolandar G055 Blue Earth. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.56).

  3. 71

    Comfort

    Premium Contact 5 +6
    65
    Why this score
    SourcePremium Contact 5Geolandar G055 Blue Earth
    Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / – tests75≈ 68 (est.)
    Reviews found online6662

    Premium Contact 5: 60% × 74.7 + 40% × 66.3 = 71

    Geolandar G055 Blue Earth: 60% × 67.9 (est.) + 40% × 61.8 = 65

    No road tests of comfort for Geolandar G055 Blue Earth. The test half is the tested tires’ average (69): owners’ comfort ratings barely follow the road tests.

  4. 71

    Noise

    No comparison
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    Why this score
    SourcePremium Contact 5Geolandar G055 Blue Earth
    Professional tests (TWG score) · 4 / – tests73–
    Reviews found online≈ 67 (est.)–

    Premium Contact 5: 60% × 73.3 + 40% × 67.3 (est.) = 71

    No owner ratings of noise for Premium Contact 5. 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.

  5. 60

    Treadwear

    Geolandar G055 Blue Earth +5
    65
    Why this score
    SourcePremium Contact 5Geolandar G055 Blue Earth
    Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / – tests69≈ 65 (est.)
    Reviews found online4864

    Premium Contact 5: 60% × 68.7 + 40% × 48 = 60

    Geolandar G055 Blue Earth: 60% × 65.1 (est.) + 40% × 64 = 65

    No road tests of treadwear for Geolandar G055 Blue Earth. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.31).

  6. 67

    Handling (owners)

    Premium Contact 5 +9
    58
    Why this score
    SourcePremium Contact 5Geolandar G055 Blue Earth
    Reviews found online6758
Scores at a glance
CategoryContinental Premium Contact 5Yokohama Geolandar G055 Blue Earth
Relative Score 70 61
Dry 71 61
Wet 76 57
Comfort 71 65
Noise 71 –
Treadwear 60 65
Handling (owners) 67 58

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

Weight the categories that matter to you

Wet grip starts at “Important”. Treadwear starts at “Neutral” here: road tests measured it for at most one of the two tires, so it rests on owner reviews. Move the sliders and the scores update instantly.

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Only one of the two tires has a score here, so this weight changes nothing in the head-to-head.

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Headline score

Premium Contact 5

Geolandar G055 Blue Earth

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

Pros, cons & observations

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

Tire A Premium Contact 5

Pros

  • Exceptional grip in both wet and dry road conditions
  • High levels of ride comfort and low cabin noise
  • Predictable and safe handling characteristics

Cons

  • Rapid and premature tread wear
  • Soft sidewalls leading to vague steering feedback and body roll
  • Performance degradation as the tread depth decreases
All owner themes in the Premium Contact 5 review

Tire B Geolandar G055 Blue Earth

Pros

  • Extremely quiet and comfortable ride quality
  • Improved fuel economy and low rolling resistance
  • Adequate dry road grip and handling

Cons

  • Dangerous or unreliable wet weather traction, particularly lateral grip and cornering
  • Prone to wheel spin on damp or wet surfaces
  • Accelerated or uneven tread wear reported on certain crossover and SUV models
All owner themes in the Geolandar G055 Blue Earth review

Specs side by side

Attribute A · Continental Premium Contact 5 B · Yokohama Geolandar G055 Blue Earth
CategorySummerSummer
Vehicle typePassenger Car / CrossoverSUV and 4x4
Sizes available23—
Rim diameters14″ – 17″—

Which one should you actually buy?

Continental Premium Contact 5

Yokohama Geolandar G055 Blue Earth

Winner: Continental Premium Contact 5 — better wet, dry and handling. Pick the Yokohama Geolandar G055 Blue Earth if treadwear matters most to you. Yokohama Geolandar G055 Blue Earth rests on little evidence so far (0 tests, 12 reviews), so read this result as provisional.

Pick tire A Your priority is wet-weather safety

Continental Premium Contact 5 scores 76 vs 57 on wet.

Pick tire A You want the most grip on dry roads

Continental Premium Contact 5 scores 71 vs 61 on dry.

Pick tire A You enjoy sharp, responsive handling

Continental Premium Contact 5 scores 67 vs 58 on handling.

Pick tire A You want the most comfortable ride

Continental Premium Contact 5 scores 71 vs 65 on comfort.

Tire A · Continental Premium Contact 5
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Premium Contact 5 or Geolandar G055 Blue Earth?

Which is better in the wet, Premium Contact 5 or Geolandar G055 Blue Earth?

Continental Premium Contact 5, 76 vs 57 on our wet score.

Which grips better on dry roads, Premium Contact 5 or Geolandar G055 Blue Earth?

Continental Premium Contact 5, 71 vs 61 on our dry score.

Which is more comfortable, Premium Contact 5 or Geolandar G055 Blue Earth?

Continental Premium Contact 5, 71 vs 65 on our comfort score.

Which lasts longer, Premium Contact 5 or Geolandar G055 Blue Earth?

Yokohama Geolandar G055 Blue Earth, 65 vs 60 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