tyre tests Goodyear EfficientGrip 2 SUV:
2025
Auto Bild
215/55 R18
excellent
3
2023
Auto Bild
225/65 R17
excellent
-
2022
Auto Bild Allrad
235/55 R18
excellent
1
Auto Bild
235/55 R18
excellent
1
2021
Auto Bild Allrad
215/60 R17
excellent
1
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The Goodyear EfficientGrip 2 SUV is the second generation of the popular premium summer SUV tyre. With this model, the American brand has focused on solutions to ensure long mileage, improved driving safety and lower fuel consumption in large passenger cars with a high centre of gravity. This has been achieved 100% and the new version in many aspects surpasses its predecessor, which debuted an equal decade earlier.
New to this tyre is Wet Braking technology, which improves vehicle braking performance on wet surfaces. This has been achieved by using a more flexible rubber compound. It enables the tread to work better, bending the tread blocks to increase the contact area with the road and remove water from under the tyre more quickly.
The second major innovation is what Goodyear calls Dry Stability Plus. The name refers to the way the tyre is constructed, which simultaneously uses a soft rubber compound and stiff ribs in the centre of the tread. This combination guarantees improved stability in dry conditions and also contributes to shorter braking distances under these circumstances.
Drivers who cover a lot of kilometres each year should be particularly pleased with the Mileage Plus technology. The American manufacturer has ensured that the tyre wears slowly and does not crack under changing temperatures. Compared to its predecessor, you will travel up to 25% more kilometres on this model.
Goodyear
Goodyear is a company whose history dates back to 1898, when Frank Seiberling founded the firm, named in honour of Charles Goodyear, the inventor of the rubber vulcanisation process. Over many decades, the company has made a name for itself as a pioneer of new technologies, developing, amongst other things, the first fully replaceable tyre and the forerunner to run-flat technology – the LifeGuard dual-tube tyre. It was on the American company’s innovative tyres that a car first broke the 600-mile-per-hour barrier, and they also accompanied the crew during the first successful moon landing. Today, Goodyear is one of the world’s largest tyre manufacturers, classified – and not without reason – in the highest premium segment. The American group owns brands such as Dębica, Fulda and Sava.