Goodyear Eagle Touring is an all-season tire with the appearance of a performance tire. Due to its wide product range, this tire can be used on various vehicles. Though worth reminding, this tire is made for people who do 15,000-20,000 miles a year. Hence, it’s not a good option for those who have a large SUV or light truck. At least, if you prefer riding comfort to wear life. CUV, SUV, sedan, or coupe owners, Goodyear Eagle Touring is the best you can find at this price level. Let’s move on and see how it shines!
| Goodyear Eagle Touring | |
|---|---|
| Best for | Performance – focused drivers who are looking for a reliable and cozy 4-season ride, yearly low mileage vehicles |
| Category | All-Season Touring Tire |
| Vehicle | Sedans, coupes, CUVs |
| Weight | 23 – 38 lbs |
| Made In | USA |
| Warranty | N/A |
| Available Sizes (Rim) | 18”, 19”, 20”, 22” |
| Labels | M+S |
As a former Bridgestone engineer, from my standpoint, Goodyear Eagle Touring is an excellent tire on wet and dry grounds. Moreover, its handling and steering response capability overperform most of its competitors. In addition to that, Goodyear Eagle Touring can handle mild winter conditions but it’s not capable of severe winter conditions. More importantly, it’s a quiet and cozy tire that you can even hear the pin drop. However, even though it’s leading its segment, its tread life might seem a bit insufficient to you if you drive more than 20,000 miles in a year.
All-Season Tires Cheat Sheet
My team & I have analyzed 100 different tires and generated this ‘Quick Answer Sheet‘ for those who don’t wanna spend too much time during tire selection.
Before we start, here are the incredibly helpful articles I highly recommend to take a look at;
- How to keep tire noise down:
https://www.tirerack.com/upgrade-garage/why-do-tire-tread-patterns-make-noise - Fuel-Efficiency:
https://www.tirerack.com/landing/fuel_efficiency - Traction/Stability control for AWD/4WD (All-Season tires specific)
https://www.tirerack.com/upgrade-garage/traction-stability-4ws-awd
Depending on your needs, the below article might help;
Table of Contents
Dry Performance
Dry performance is the main duty of all-season touring tires. Since touring all-season tires are focused on the smooth ride and year-round traction, dry performance is a must. Moreover, it’s the easiest way to impress customers.
For this reason, most tires have at least decent dry performance. While I’m talking about the dry performance, it should be separated under three different titles. Dry traction, cornering stability, and steering response. Let’s move on and evaluate them one by one!
Dry Traction
Unlike wet traction, dry traction doesn’t need too many sipes. In fact, it’s more related to compound stiffness and the contact patch.
Since we’re talking about the all-season touring tires, a contact patch isn’t an issue at all. Moreover, Goodyear Eagle Touring has an fluffy compound. In fact, one of the softest I’ve ever seen.
Due to its soft and sticky compound and compact tread, Goodyear Eagle Touring offers excellent traction on dry grounds. Accelerating or breaking, you can count on him!
Steering Response
Steering response indicates the responsiveness of the tire. The quick steering response means better handling and more confident drive.
In this case, tread design is the game-changer. Especially the center section of the tread. This portion is where you overstress while steering. If this portion has too many void areas, especially on the center rib, poor steering response is inevitable.
Due to its continuous center rib and supportive outer ribs, Goodyear Eagle Touring offers a decent steering response. I do say decent instead of excellent because of its soft compound. In this case, stiffer compounds work better.
Cornering Stability
Cornering stability isn’t an issue for all-season tires. Unlike off-road tires, these tires don’t need an extremely stiff compound to prevent external damage. Hence, their sidewall and tread compound stiffness aren’t so different.
Moreover, due to its wide product range, Goodyear uses extra polyester casing for this tire and which keeps the tire in shape while cornering at high speeds.
Due to its strong sidewalls and internal structure, Goodyear Eagle Touring provides reliable cornering stability.
Wet Performance
Wet performance should be evaluated under two different titles. Well, two different conditions also. High-speed and low-speed performance.
While high-speed performance requires water evacuation, in a word, hydroplaning resistance; low-speed performance needs a grip capability, namely, wet traction.
Let’s analyze them one by one.
Wet Traction
Wet traction sometimes causes a problem for all-season tires. Well, all-season tires are under the your car whole year. Hence, they wear more than summer tires. In other words, they need a relatively stiff compound.
In this case, some manufacturers prefer to increase the notch density of the tire. Others prefer to decrease compound stiffness. In our case, Goodyear did both.
Due to its fluffy compound and highly notched rubber, Goodyear Eagle Touring offers alpha plus wet traction.
Hydroplaning Resistance
Hydroplaning resistance is also known as aquaplaning resistance. This metric is highly vital at high velocity.
Since the tire loses contact with the ground if it can’t throw the water out of the tread, hydroplaning can have fatal consequences.
So, circumferential grooves and the open shoulder blocks are the decision-makers in this case.
Due to its wide 4 circumferential grooves and open shoulder blocks, Goodyear Eagle Touring has a trustworthy hydroplaning resistance.
Winter Performance
Bad news, in fact, all-season tires don’t build for winter performance. Actually, their temperature range is limited to 7 Celcius degrees. Below this temperature, the compound gets stiffer and the tire loses grip. So, expecting decent winter performance from all-season tires is a bit utopian.
However, remember what I say in the wet performance section. Goodyear Eagle Touring has a soft compound and highly notched rubber. Though, it can perform in the winter conditions.
So, if I have to expend on,
Light Snow,
Light snow performance is similar to wet traction. Due to its soft compound and notched rubber, it can handle light snow.
Deep (Heavy) Snow,
Deep snow performance isn’t its expertise. It doesn’t have enough void area. Moreover, it can’t clean itself very well. I don’t recommend this tire for heavy snow.
Ice,
In fact, its compound stiffness is okay for ice traction. However, it needs more biting edges and maybe a compound that can resist freezing. It can take you out of unexpected situations, yet, I don’t recommend using it on ice.
Road Noise
Noise reduction is highly crucial for all-season tires. In this case, the narrowed void area is a must. In addition to that, rib type, symmetrical pattern tires reduce the noise with ease.
Regarding Goodyear Eagle Touring, it’s a master of noise reduction. Due to its rib-type symmetrical pattern and narrowed void area, Goodyear Eagle Touring is quiet as a church mouse. Moreover, some sizes are available with SoundComfort technology. These sizes contain extra sound-absorbing foam. This foam reduces cabinet noise dramatically. However, it isn’t available for all sizes. You can check the below document for detailed information,
Goodyear Eagle Touring SoundComfort Specs: https://www.tirerack.com/tires/Spec.jsp?tireMake=Goodyear&tireModel=Eagle+Touring&isSEO=true
Riding Quality
Riding quality is where this tire shines. Due to its soft compound and flexible inner structure, the tire offers a highly cozy ride.
In this case, its symmetrical pattern is also a big advantage. Moreover, its inner construction is cased by nylon ply that keeps the tire flexible into the set point. Hence, you feel nothing while going through the bumps.
Goodyear Eagle Touring provides a luxurious ride. I strongly recommend it!
Treadwear
Treadwear is where this tire fall short. For that matter, I offer this tire-only passenger-oriented vehicle. For instance, it isn’t a good option for UBER drivers.
Depending on the size, Goodyear Eagle Touring’s UTQG rating differs from 300 to 500 (click here to check them out). Well, 500 is the average rating for this segment. I still recommend grand touring all-season tires if tread life is your priority.
Best Grand Touring Tires Chart: https://www.tirerack.com/tires/surveyresults/surveydisplay.jsp?type=GTAS
Due to its soft compound, Goodyear Eagle Touring has a limited tread life. Yet, it’s acceptable for its segment. This’s just a common feature of this segment.
Getting maximum wear life from a tire is related to you as well as your tire,
If you’d like to learn how to get maximum tread life:
Warranty
Goodyear Eagle Touring is eligible for Goodyear’s Limited Replacement Warranty. If you face unexpected noise, vibration, or uneven wear, Goodyear may replace your tire. Yet, the tire doesn’t have any treadwear warranty.
I strongly recommend checking this warranty document out,
Goodyear’s Limited Replacement Warranty: https://www.goodyear.com/en-US/tire-warranty/auto-light-truck
Sizes
| 18” | 19” | 20” | 22” |
|---|---|---|---|
| 235/45R18 98V XL BSW 500 A A | 225/55R19 103H XL BSW 350 A A | 235/55R20 102V SL BSW 500 A A | 275/40R22 107W XL BSW 500 A A |
| 235/40R19 96V XL BSW 500 A A | 245/40R20 95W SL BSW 500 A A | 285/45R22 114H XL BSW 500 A A | |
| 245/40R19 94W SL BSW 500 A A | 265/45R20 104V SL BSW 400 A A | ||
| 245/45R19 98V SL BSW 500 A A | 295/40R20 106V SL BSW 400 A A | ||
| 245/45R19 98W SL BSW 500 A A | |||
| 275/45R19 108H XL BSW 350 A A |
Most tire sizes begin with modifier letters(P, LT, etc.) that identify the type of vehicle or type of service for which they were designed. Here is a perfect guide for reading tire size –> https://tireterrain.com/how-to-read-tire-size/
Conclusion
Goodyear Eagle Touring is a decent pick if you’re looking for a smooth, reliable, and performance-oriented ride. However, it might last not as long as you want on SUVs and light trucks. This beast is also an OEM tire for some well-known vehicles. Hence it’s the recommended tire for the below vehicle brands,
- Porche –> NF0, N0 (check what these means)
- Tesla –> T1
- Mercedes –> M0
If you see the above codes on your tires, that means this tire is suitable for your Porche, Tesla, or Mercedes.
| Goodyear Eagle Touring | |
|---|---|
| Best for | Performance – focused drivers who are looking for a reliable and cozy 4-season ride, yearly low mileage vehicles |
| Category | All-Season Touring Tire |
| Vehicle | Sedans, coupes, CUVs |
| Weight | 23 – 38 lbs |
| Made In | USA |
| Warranty | N/A |
| Available Sizes (Rim) | 18”, 19”, 20”, 22” |
| Labels | M+S |
I hope the article was helpful, if you have any further questions, please leave them in the below section. Have a safe ride folks!