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Goodyear Eagle UltraGrip looks discontinued: no new owner reviews or road tests in five years and no current EU tyre label.

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Continental PureContact LS vs Goodyear Eagle UltraGrip — Compared

Relative Score (0–100): the weighted average of the categories below, each 60% road tests and 40% owner reviews (comfort 40/60). Based on 0 + 0 road tests and 25 + 5 owner reviews. How we score

Eagle UltraGrip leads, 72–69 Narrow edge

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Category by category

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

  1. 69

    Dry

    Eagle UltraGrip +2
    71
    Why this score
    SourcePureContact LSEagle UltraGrip
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 69 (est.)≈ 70 (est.)
    Reviews found online7073

    PureContact LS: 60% × 68.7 (est.) + 40% × 69.5 = 69

    Eagle UltraGrip: 60% × 70 (est.) + 40% × 72.6 = 71

    No road tests of dry for PureContact LS. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.42).

    No road tests of dry for Eagle UltraGrip. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.42).

  2. 72

    Wet

    Eagle UltraGrip +4
    76
    Why this score
    SourcePureContact LSEagle UltraGrip
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 72 (est.)≈ 75 (est.)
    Reviews found online7378

    PureContact LS: 60% × 71.7 (est.) + 40% × 72.5 = 72

    Eagle UltraGrip: 60% × 74.5 (est.) + 40% × 77.6 = 76

    No road tests of wet for PureContact LS. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.55).

    No road tests of wet for Eagle UltraGrip. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.55).

  3. 67

    Snow

    No comparison
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    Why this score
    SourcePureContact LSEagle UltraGrip
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 68 (est.)–
    Reviews found online64–

    PureContact LS: 60% × 68.3 (est.) + 40% × 64.2 = 67

    No road tests of snow for PureContact LS. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.37).

  4. 59

    Comfort

    Eagle UltraGrip +9
    68
    Why this score
    SourcePureContact LSEagle UltraGrip
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 66 (est.)≈ 69 (est.)
    Reviews found online5567

    PureContact LS: 40% × 66.5 (est.) + 60% × 54.7 = 59

    Eagle UltraGrip: 40% × 68.8 (est.) + 60% × 67.4 = 68

    No road tests of comfort for PureContact LS or Eagle UltraGrip. The test half is the tested tires’ average (69): owners’ comfort ratings barely follow the road tests.

  5. 68

    Noise

    No comparison
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    Why this score
    SourcePureContact LSEagle UltraGrip
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 67 (est.)–
    Reviews found online71–

    PureContact LS: 60% × 66.6 (est.) + 40% × 70.8 = 68

    No road tests of noise for PureContact LS. The test half is the tested tires’ average (67): owners’ noise ratings barely follow the road tests.

  6. 68

    Treadwear

    Eagle UltraGrip +2
    70
    Why this score
    SourcePureContact LSEagle UltraGrip
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 67 (est.)≈ 68 (est.)
    Reviews found online6972

    PureContact LS: 60% × 67 (est.) + 40% × 68.7 = 68

    Eagle UltraGrip: 60% × 68.3 (est.) + 40% × 72.4 = 70

    No road tests of treadwear for PureContact LS. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.35).

    No road tests of treadwear for Eagle UltraGrip. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.35).

  7. 70

    Handling (owners)

    Eagle UltraGrip +4
    74
    Why this score
    SourcePureContact LSEagle UltraGrip
    Reviews found online7074
Scores at a glance
CategoryContinental PureContact LSGoodyear Eagle UltraGrip
Relative Score 69 72
Dry 69 71
Wet 72 76
Snow 67 –
Comfort 59 68
Noise 68 –
Treadwear 68 70
Handling (owners) 70 74

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

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Headline score
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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 PureContact LS

Pros

  • Exceptionally quiet and comfortable ride quality
  • Strong wet and dry traction with reliable handling
  • Good balance of everyday comfort and long treadlife

Cons

  • Soft sidewalls can lead to less responsive or wandering handling during aggressive cornering
  • Develops temporary flat spotting when parked, causing morning vibrations
  • Poor winter performance, particularly lacking traction on snow and ice despite being an all-season tire
All owner themes in the PureContact LS review

Tire B Eagle UltraGrip

Pros

  • Exceptional tread life and durability even on high-torque vehicles
  • Significant improvement in winter traction for rear-wheel drive cars
  • Quiet operation comparable to premium summer tires

Cons

  • Performance in deep snow is considered average compared to modern winter tire designs
  • Older tread pattern design compared to current market offerings
  • Run-flat variants may have specific handling characteristics that some drivers find less refined
All owner themes in the Eagle UltraGrip review

Specs side by side

Attribute A · Continental PureContact LS B · Goodyear Eagle UltraGrip
CategoryAll SeasonWinter
Vehicle typePassenger Car / CrossoverPassenger Car / Crossover
Tread depth10/32″—
UTQG700 A A—
Treadwear warranty70,000 mi—
SidewallBlack Side Wall—
Max pressure51 psi—

Which one should you actually buy?

Continental PureContact LS

Goodyear Eagle UltraGrip

Narrow edge: Goodyear Eagle UltraGrip — better comfort and wet. It leads or ties in every category we score. Goodyear Eagle UltraGrip rests on little evidence so far (0 tests, 5 reviews), so read this result as provisional.

Pick tire B You want the most comfortable ride

Goodyear Eagle UltraGrip scores 68 vs 59 on comfort.

Pick tire B Your priority is wet-weather safety

Goodyear Eagle UltraGrip scores 76 vs 72 on wet.

Tire A · Continental PureContact LS
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PureContact LS or Eagle UltraGrip?

Which is better in the wet, PureContact LS or Eagle UltraGrip?

Goodyear Eagle UltraGrip, 76 vs 72 on our wet score.

Which grips better on dry roads, PureContact LS or Eagle UltraGrip?

Neither, by our numbers: 69 vs 71 on the dry score, within 3 points.

Which is more comfortable, PureContact LS or Eagle UltraGrip?

Goodyear Eagle UltraGrip, 68 vs 59 on our comfort score.

Which lasts longer, PureContact LS or Eagle UltraGrip?

Neither, by our numbers: 68 vs 70 on the treadwear score, within 3 points.

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