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)
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
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Goodyear EfficientGrip SUV 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 1 + 0 road tests and 31 + 12 owner reviews. How we score
EfficientGrip SUV is ahead, 67–61
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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.
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69
Dry
EfficientGrip SUV +861Why this score
Source EfficientGrip SUV Geolandar G055 Blue Earth Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / – tests 73 ≈ 64 (est.) Reviews found online 62 58 EfficientGrip SUV: 60% × 72.8 + 40% × 62.3 = 69
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).
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71
Wet
EfficientGrip SUV +1457Why this score
Source EfficientGrip SUV Geolandar G055 Blue Earth Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / – tests 74 ≈ 60 (est.) Reviews found online 67 53 EfficientGrip SUV: 60% × 73.7 + 40% × 66.6 = 71
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).
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65
Comfort
Level65Why this score
Source EfficientGrip SUV Geolandar G055 Blue Earth Professional tests (TWG score) ≈ 68 (est.) ≈ 68 (est.) Reviews found online 62 62 EfficientGrip SUV: 60% × 67.8 (est.) + 40% × 61.5 = 65
Geolandar G055 Blue Earth: 60% × 67.9 (est.) + 40% × 61.8 = 65
No road tests of comfort for EfficientGrip SUV or Geolandar G055 Blue Earth. The test half is the tested tires’ average (69): owners’ comfort ratings barely follow the road tests.
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66
Noise
No comparison–Why this score
Source EfficientGrip SUV Geolandar G055 Blue Earth 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.
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59
Treadwear
Geolandar G055 Blue Earth +665Why this score
Source EfficientGrip SUV Geolandar G055 Blue Earth Professional tests (TWG score) ≈ 62 (est.) ≈ 65 (est.) Reviews found online 54 64 EfficientGrip SUV: 60% × 62.1 (est.) + 40% × 54.3 = 59
Geolandar G055 Blue Earth: 60% × 65.1 (est.) + 40% × 64 = 65
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).
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).
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62
Handling (owners)
EfficientGrip SUV +458Why this score
Source EfficientGrip SUV Geolandar G055 Blue Earth Reviews found online 62 58
Scores at a glance
| Category | Goodyear EfficientGrip SUV | Yokohama Geolandar G055 Blue Earth |
|---|---|---|
| Relative Score | 67 | 61 |
| Dry | 69 | 61 |
| Wet | 71 | 57 |
| Comfort | 65 | 65 |
| Noise | 66 | – |
| Treadwear | 59 | 65 |
| Handling (owners) | 62 | 58 |
Higher is better. The Relative Score follows your weights below; category scores do not change.
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Headline score
67
/ 100
EfficientGrip SUV
61
/ 100
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 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
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
Specs side by side
| Attribute | A · Goodyear EfficientGrip SUV | B · Yokohama Geolandar G055 Blue Earth |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Summer | Summer |
| Vehicle type | SUV and 4x4 | SUV and 4x4 |
| Sizes available | 6 | — |
| Rim diameters | 16″ – 20″ | — |
Which one should you actually buy?
67
/ 100
Goodyear EfficientGrip SUV
61
/ 100
Yokohama Geolandar G055 Blue Earth
Winner: Goodyear EfficientGrip SUV — better wet and dry. 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
Goodyear EfficientGrip SUV scores 71 vs 57 on wet.
Pick tire A
You want the most grip on dry roads
Goodyear EfficientGrip SUV scores 69 vs 61 on dry.
Pick tire B
You want the longest tread life
Yokohama Geolandar G055 Blue Earth scores 65 vs 59 on treadwear.
Tire A · Goodyear EfficientGrip SUV
Tire B · Yokohama Geolandar G055 Blue Earth
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EfficientGrip SUV or Geolandar G055 Blue Earth?
Which is better in the wet, EfficientGrip SUV or Geolandar G055 Blue Earth?
Goodyear EfficientGrip SUV, 71 vs 57 on our wet score.
Which grips better on dry roads, EfficientGrip SUV or Geolandar G055 Blue Earth?
Goodyear EfficientGrip SUV, 69 vs 61 on our dry score.
Which is more comfortable, EfficientGrip SUV or Geolandar G055 Blue Earth?
Neither, by our numbers: 65 vs 65 on the comfort score, within 3 points.
Which lasts longer, EfficientGrip SUV or Geolandar G055 Blue Earth?
Yokohama Geolandar G055 Blue Earth, 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