Goodyear launches EfficientGrip Compact 2

Goodyear has launched the EfficientGrip Compact 2, a tyre designed to optimise performance in compact cars, strengthening the EfficientGrip offering for the small passenger vehicle segment.

The EfficientGrip Compact 2 is part of the wider EfficientGrip family, including the EfficientGrip Performance 2, EfficientGrip 2 SUV and EfficientGrip Cargo 2.

It adds to an already comprehensive range of Goodyear tyres, servicing 14 and 15 inch wheel sizes.

With a wide range of available sizes, Goodyear claims the EfficientGrip Compact 2 is able to serve more than three quarters of the current compact car market.

Technological enhancements include Dry Stability Technology, which maximises the tyre’s contact patch to ensure improved performance. This is achieved with an optimised pattern in the shoulder area.

Additionally, Goodyear says its Wet Grip Technology ensures optimal grip in the wet by including a high quantity of gripping edges that disperse surface water. Sipes cut across the tyre tread channel water away from the contact patch, providing enhanced all-round wet grip.

Sonia Leneveu, director marketing consumer Europe, Goodyear: “The EfficientGrip Compact 2 brings more performance to our range of compact car tyres.

“It remains an important market segment for the industry and means we have our best ever line-up of products.

“Goodyear’s award-winning EfficientGrip range continues to go from strength to strength, now serving a larger proportion of the automotive market than ever before.”