Relative Score (0–100): the weighted average of the categories below, each 60% road tests and 40% owner reviews (comfort 40/60). Based on 6 + 0 road tests and 16,807 + 128 owner reviews. How we score
EfficientGrip Performance is ahead, 74–59
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Tests 73 · 6 tests Owners 72 · 16,807 reviews
Best test result: #1 of 15 in 2019 Summer and All Season Tyre Test (wet braking)
“I've just had these fitted too and have to say they seem much quieter than my Kumhos and certainly dry grip is excellent ( though I don't tend to drift round corners, unless something has gone wrong!)”
Tests – · none yet Owners 54 · 128 reviews
Relative Score per category, 0–100. Open “Why this score” for the tests and owner ratings behind it.
| Source | EfficientGrip Performance | Excellence |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 6 / – tests | 80 | ≈ 62 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 75 | 53 |
EfficientGrip Performance: 60% × 79.9 + 40% × 74.6 = 78
Excellence: 60% × 61.8 (est.) + 40% × 53.1 = 58
No road tests of dry for Excellence. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.42).
| Source | EfficientGrip Performance | Excellence |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 6 / – tests | 79 | ≈ 63 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 79 | 57 |
EfficientGrip Performance: 60% × 79.3 + 40% × 78.6 = 79
Excellence: 60% × 63.4 (est.) + 40% × 57.4 = 61
No road tests of wet for Excellence. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.55).
| Source | EfficientGrip Performance | Excellence |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / – tests | 61 | ≈ 66 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 75 | 54 |
EfficientGrip Performance: 40% × 61 + 60% × 74.8 = 69
Excellence: 40% × 66.3 (est.) + 60% × 53.8 = 59
No road tests of comfort for Excellence. The test half is the tested tires’ average (69): owners’ comfort ratings barely follow the road tests.
| Source | EfficientGrip Performance | Excellence |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 4 / – tests | 71 | – |
| Reviews found online | ≈ 67 (est.) | – |
EfficientGrip Performance: 60% × 71.2 + 40% × 66.6 (est.) = 69
No owner ratings of noise for EfficientGrip Performance. 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.
| Source | EfficientGrip Performance | Excellence |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / – tests | 64 | ≈ 61 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 63 | 53 |
EfficientGrip Performance: 60% × 63.8 + 40% × 63.3 = 64
Excellence: 60% × 61.4 (est.) + 40% × 52.7 = 58
No road tests of treadwear for Excellence. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.35).
| Source | EfficientGrip Performance | Excellence |
|---|---|---|
| Reviews found online | 72 | 54 |
| Source | EfficientGrip Performance | Excellence |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 4 / – tests | 79 | – |
| Category | Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance | Goodyear Excellence |
|---|---|---|
| Relative Score | 74 | 59 |
| Dry | 78 | 58 |
| Wet | 79 | 61 |
| Comfort | 69 | 59 |
| Noise | 69 | – |
| Treadwear | 64 | 58 |
| Handling (owners) | 72 | 54 |
| Efficiency | 79 | – |
Higher is better. The Relative Score follows your weights below; category scores do not change.
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.
Only one of the two tires has a score here, so this weight changes nothing in the head-to-head.
Only one of the two tires has a score here, so this weight changes nothing in the head-to-head.
EfficientGrip Performance
Excellence
Only categories both tires have data for count toward the headline score.
Themes extracted from owner reviews found online — not the opinion of TireWheelGuide.
From Reddit, forums and review threads. Not part of our score
Community feedback on the Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance is generally favorable, with drivers highlighting quiet road noise, good comfort, and solid wet and dry grip. Some users raise concerns regarding sidewall vulnerability and potential long-term cracking, while others inquire about variations in tread patterns.
“I must admit to raising the preasures when on a long run and / or loaded up for European jaunt 2.2 bar front 2.4 bar rear Im going to pump em up a bit now and see what it drives like empty”
“Thanks for the comments and suggestions. As it turns out I could not get the Continental PremiumContact 6 so I ordered a set of Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance 225/60 R16 102W XL from local shop. I have had these Goodyears in several cars in the past and they have been very good so far. Hopefully same continues with the W140.”
“Wet Braking Demonstration FlexContact Tech in the EGP series tyres implies the use of a new polymer tread compound for better grip in wet road conditions: For demonstration, we again had a GLA shod with Goodyear EGP tyres. The car would do three runs on the main straight and brake to a halt on an artificially created wet patch. After each run and subsequent halt, the braking distance was recorded. The braking distances between the 3 runs on the Goodyear tyres were averaged to 24.5 meters from point of braking to an absolute halt: Thereafter, the EGP tyres were swapped for a set of Continentals to do 3 identical runs in order to draw a direct reference point: Care was taken to maintain the wet patch in identical conditions by making use of mobile mini-tankers parked along the track: Panoramic alignment gone bad! Soon enough, we had the GLA ready to take on the wet braking test with the Continental tyres. The car averaged a braking distance of 25.5 meters from point of braking to an absolute halt:”
Based on 22 community posts
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| Attribute | A · Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance | B · Goodyear Excellence |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Summer | Summer |
| Vehicle type | Passenger Car / Crossover | Passenger Car / Crossover |
| Sizes available | 52 | 15 |
| Rim diameters | 14″ – 20″ | 15″ – 20″ |
| Tread depth | 9/32″ | 9 - 10/32″ |
| UTQG | 340 A A | 240 A A |
| Sidewall | Raised Black Lettering - Serrated Black Lettering | Black Side Wall |
| Max pressure | 50 - 51 psi | 50 - 51 psi |
| Sizes in common | 5 | 5 |
Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance
Goodyear Excellence
Winner: Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance — better dry, wet and handling. It leads or ties in every category we score.
Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance scores 78 vs 58 on dry.
Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance scores 79 vs 61 on wet.
Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance scores 72 vs 54 on handling.
Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance scores 69 vs 59 on comfort.
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Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance, 79 vs 61 on our wet score.
Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance, 78 vs 58 on our dry score.
Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance, 69 vs 59 on our comfort score.
Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance, 64 vs 58 on our treadwear score.
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
