January launch for Goodyear Efficient Grip 2 SUV

A successor to the Goodyear EfficientGrip SUV has arrived. Starting in January, Goodyear is introducing the EfficientGrip 2 SUV in 52 SKUs for 16- to 22-inch rim diameters. The full range should be available by the end of February 2022.

“SUVs represent a growing proportion of the European car parc. We are proud to be launching this latest product that takes SUV drivers further while offering them the performance they are looking for,” says Piotr Nagalski, director of marketing for Goodyear Europe.

Goodyear says the EfficientGrip 2 SUV offers 25 per cent better mileage compared with the previous-generation tyre, an improvement facilitated by a more elastic and flexible tread. The tyre maker also claims shorter braking distances on wet and dry surfaces. An improvement in wet conditions is due to better water evacuation thanks to an increased number of longer gripping edges combined with lower compound stiffness, and in the dry via an enlarged contact surface and larger ribs at the centre of the tread.

“With extra mileage and a number of SKUs featuring high load indexes, EfficientGrip 2 SUV tyres are ideally suited not just for the demands of SUVs, but also for electric vehicles,” Nagalski concludes.