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Goodyear Eagle RS-A vs Michelin Primacy Tour A/S — 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 + 1 road tests and 76 + 9 owner reviews. How we score

Primacy Tour A/S is ahead, 62–57

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Goodyear Eagle RS-A
Tire AGoodyear

Eagle RS-A

All Season

± 7

Tests – · none yet Owners 53 · 76 reviews

Michelin Primacy Tour A/S
Tire BMichelin

Primacy Tour A/S

All Season

± 6Provisional

Tests 77 · 1 test Owners 48 · 9 reviews

Best test result: #1 of 11 in 2024 TireRack All Season and Weather Tyre Test (dry braking)

Category by category

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

  1. 60

    Dry

    Primacy Tour A/S +13
    73
    Why this score
    SourceEagle RS-APrimacy Tour A/S
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 1 tests≈ 63 (est.)82
    Reviews found online5658

    Eagle RS-A: 60% × 62.8 (est.) + 40% × 55.5 = 60

    Primacy Tour A/S: 60% × 82.4 + 40% × 58.3 = 73

    No road tests of dry for Eagle RS-A. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.41).

  2. 58

    Wet

    Primacy Tour A/S +11
    69
    Why this score
    SourceEagle RS-APrimacy Tour A/S
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 1 tests≈ 61 (est.)78
    Reviews found online5355

    Eagle RS-A: 60% × 61 (est.) + 40% × 53 = 58

    Primacy Tour A/S: 60% × 78.1 + 40% × 55.2 = 69

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

  3. 53

    Snow

    Primacy Tour A/S +3
    56
    Why this score
    SourceEagle RS-APrimacy Tour A/S
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 1 tests≈ 61 (est.)64
    Reviews found online4245

    Eagle RS-A: 60% × 61.3 (est.) + 40% × 41.6 = 53

    Primacy Tour A/S: 60% × 63.8 + 40% × 44.7 = 56

    No road tests of snow for Eagle RS-A. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.32).

  4. 56

    Comfort

    Primacy Tour A/S +1
    57
    Why this score
    SourceEagle RS-APrimacy Tour A/S
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 65 (est.)≈ 65 (est.)
    Reviews found online5052

    Eagle RS-A: 40% × 64.9 (est.) + 60% × 49.7 = 56

    Primacy Tour A/S: 40% × 65.3 (est.) + 60% × 51.7 = 57

    No road tests of comfort for Eagle RS-A or Primacy Tour A/S. The test half is the tested tires’ average (69): owners’ comfort ratings barely follow the road tests.

  5. 65

    Noise

    No comparison
    –
    Why this score
    SourceEagle RS-APrimacy Tour A/S
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 66 (est.)–
    Reviews found online63–

    Eagle RS-A: 60% × 66.4 (est.) + 40% × 63.3 = 65

    No road tests of noise for Eagle RS-A. The test half is the tested tires’ average (66): owners’ noise ratings barely follow the road tests.

  6. 60

    Treadwear

    Eagle RS-A +16
    44
    Why this score
    SourceEagle RS-APrimacy Tour A/S
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 63 (est.)≈ 53 (est.)
    Reviews found online5630

    Eagle RS-A: 60% × 62.9 (est.) + 40% × 56.4 = 60

    Primacy Tour A/S: 60% × 53.4 (est.) + 40% × 30.2 = 44

    No road tests of treadwear for Eagle RS-A. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.36).

    No road tests of treadwear for Primacy Tour A/S. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.36).

  7. 49

    Handling (owners)

    Primacy Tour A/S +5
    54
    Why this score
    SourceEagle RS-APrimacy Tour A/S
    Reviews found online4954
Scores at a glance
CategoryGoodyear Eagle RS-AMichelin Primacy Tour A/S
Relative Score 57 62
Dry 60 73
Wet 58 69
Snow 53 56
Comfort 56 57
Noise 65 –
Treadwear 60 44
Handling (owners) 49 54

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

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Headline score
± 7

Eagle RS-A

± 6

Primacy Tour A/S

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 Eagle RS-A

Pros

  • Excellent price-to-performance ratio
  • Strong dry road handling and cornering grip
  • Reliable tread life for many users, often reaching 60,000 miles

Cons

  • Inconsistent traction in heavy rain or standing water
  • Poor performance in deep snow and ice conditions
  • Increased road noise reported after significant mileage
All owner themes in the Eagle RS-A review

Tire B Primacy Tour A/S

Pros

  • Comfortable and quiet ride quality suitable for highway cruising
  • Predictable and stable handling under normal dry conditions
  • Reliable puncture resistance that allows for easy repairs

Cons

  • Poor wet-weather performance and cornering grip
  • Pronounced understeer and early squealing during cornering
  • Faster-than-expected tread wear and premature replacement needs
All owner themes in the Primacy Tour A/S review

Specs side by side

Attribute A · Goodyear Eagle RS-A B · Michelin Primacy Tour A/S
CategoryAll SeasonAll Season
Vehicle typePassenger Car / CrossoverPassenger Car / Crossover
Sizes available146
Rim diameters15″ – 20″18″ – 22″
Tread depth10 - 12/32″—
UTQG260 - 340 A A540 A - B A
SidewallBlack Side Wall - Vertical Serrated Band—
Max pressure44 - 51 psi—
Sizes in common22

Which one should you actually buy?

Goodyear Eagle RS-A

Michelin Primacy Tour A/S

Winner: Michelin Primacy Tour A/S — better dry, wet and snow. Pick the Goodyear Eagle RS-A if treadwear matters most to you. Michelin Primacy Tour A/S rests on little evidence so far (1 test, 9 reviews), so read this result as provisional.

Pick tire A You want the longest tread life

Goodyear Eagle RS-A scores 60 vs 44 on treadwear.

Pick tire B You want the most grip on dry roads

Michelin Primacy Tour A/S scores 73 vs 60 on dry.

Pick tire B Your priority is wet-weather safety

Michelin Primacy Tour A/S scores 69 vs 58 on wet.

Pick tire B You drive through snowy winters

Michelin Primacy Tour A/S scores 56 vs 53 on snow.

Tire A · Goodyear Eagle RS-A
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Eagle RS-A or Primacy Tour A/S?

Which is better in the wet, Eagle RS-A or Primacy Tour A/S?

Michelin Primacy Tour A/S, 69 vs 58 on our wet score.

Which grips better on dry roads, Eagle RS-A or Primacy Tour A/S?

Michelin Primacy Tour A/S, 73 vs 60 on our dry score.

Which is better in snow, Eagle RS-A or Primacy Tour A/S?

Michelin Primacy Tour A/S, 56 vs 53 on our snow score.

Which is more comfortable, Eagle RS-A or Primacy Tour A/S?

Neither, by our numbers: 56 vs 57 on the comfort score, within 3 points.

Which lasts longer, Eagle RS-A or Primacy Tour A/S?

Goodyear Eagle RS-A, 60 vs 44 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