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Yokohama S306 looks discontinued: no new owner reviews or road tests in five years and no current EU tyre label.

Head-to-head Updated

Yokohama S306 vs Yokohama BluEarth RV02 — 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 + 2 road tests and 17 + 8 owner reviews. How we score

BluEarth RV02 is ahead, 65–58

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Yokohama S306
Tire AYokohama

S306

Summer

± 8Provisional

Tests – · none yet Owners 54 · 17 reviews

Category by category

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

  1. 61

    Dry

    BluEarth RV02 +1
    62
    Why this score
    SourceS306BluEarth RV02
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 1 tests≈ 63 (est.)58
    Reviews found online5768

    S306: 60% × 63.3 (est.) + 40% × 56.6 = 61

    BluEarth RV02: 60% × 58.5 + 40% × 67.7 = 62

    No road tests of dry for S306. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.42).

  2. 56

    Wet

    BluEarth RV02 +13
    69
    Why this score
    SourceS306BluEarth RV02
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 1 tests≈ 60 (est.)67
    Reviews found online5172

    S306: 60% × 60 (est.) + 40% × 50.9 = 56

    BluEarth RV02: 60% × 67 + 40% × 72.2 = 69

    No road tests of wet for S306. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.54).

  3. 55

    Comfort

    BluEarth RV02 +11
    66
    Why this score
    SourceS306BluEarth RV02
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 1 tests≈ 65 (est.)61
    Reviews found online4869

    S306: 40% × 65.3 (est.) + 60% × 47.6 = 55

    BluEarth RV02: 40% × 61.3 + 60% × 69.4 = 66

    No road tests of comfort for S306. The test half is the tested tires’ average (69): owners’ comfort ratings barely follow the road tests.

  4. –

    Noise

    No comparison
    65
    Why this score
    SourceS306BluEarth RV02
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 1 tests–64
    Reviews found online–≈ 67 (est.)

    BluEarth RV02: 60% × 64.2 + 40% × 66.5 (est.) = 65

    No owner ratings of noise for BluEarth RV02. 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. 61

    Treadwear

    Level
    61
    Why this score
    SourceS306BluEarth RV02
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 1 tests≈ 63 (est.)67
    Reviews found online5752

    S306: 60% × 63.2 (est.) + 40% × 57 = 61

    BluEarth RV02: 60% × 66.8 + 40% × 52 = 61

    No road tests of treadwear for S306. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.35).

  6. 49

    Handling (owners)

    BluEarth RV02 +20
    69
    Why this score
    SourceS306BluEarth RV02
    Reviews found online4969
  7. –

    Efficiency

    No comparison
    71
    Why this score
    SourceS306BluEarth RV02
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 1 tests–71
Scores at a glance
CategoryYokohama S306Yokohama BluEarth RV02
Relative Score 58 65
Dry 61 62
Wet 56 69
Comfort 55 66
Noise – 65
Treadwear 61 61
Handling (owners) 49 69
Efficiency – 71

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

Recomputed
Headline score
± 8

S306

± 10

BluEarth RV02

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 S306

Pros

  • Excellent dry weather grip and handling
  • High tread longevity and durability
  • Stiff sidewall provides good steering feedback

Cons

  • Consistently poor wet weather traction
  • Harsh ride quality and high road noise
  • Tendency to tramline on uneven surfaces
All owner themes in the S306 review

Tire B BluEarth RV02

Pros

  • Exceptional wet and dry surface grip
  • High levels of ride comfort and low road noise
  • Improved vehicle stability for tall-profile vehicles like MPVs and SUVs

Cons

  • Noticeable increase in noise and decrease in comfort as tread wears down
  • Reports of premature sidewall or tread cracking
  • Inconsistent tread life, with some users noting rapid wear due to softer compounds
All owner themes in the BluEarth RV02 review

Specs side by side

Attribute A · Yokohama S306 B · Yokohama BluEarth RV02
CategorySummerSummer
Vehicle typePassenger Car / CrossoverSUV and 4x4
Sizes available—4
Rim diameters—17″ – 18″

Which one should you actually buy?

Yokohama S306

Yokohama BluEarth RV02

Winner: Yokohama BluEarth RV02 — better handling, wet and comfort. It leads or ties in every category we score. Yokohama S306 rests on little evidence so far (0 tests, 17 reviews), so read this result as provisional.

Pick tire B You enjoy sharp, responsive handling

Yokohama BluEarth RV02 scores 69 vs 49 on handling.

Pick tire B Your priority is wet-weather safety

Yokohama BluEarth RV02 scores 69 vs 56 on wet.

Pick tire B You want the most comfortable ride

Yokohama BluEarth RV02 scores 66 vs 55 on comfort.

Tire A · Yokohama S306
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Tire B · Yokohama BluEarth RV02
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S306 or BluEarth RV02?

Which is better in the wet, S306 or BluEarth RV02?

Yokohama BluEarth RV02, 69 vs 56 on our wet score.

Which grips better on dry roads, S306 or BluEarth RV02?

Neither, by our numbers: 61 vs 62 on the dry score, within 3 points.

Which is more comfortable, S306 or BluEarth RV02?

Yokohama BluEarth RV02, 66 vs 55 on our comfort score.

Which lasts longer, S306 or BluEarth RV02?

Neither, by our numbers: 61 vs 61 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