Goodyear 96V-Groove Tire Review
AquaChannel Grooves
Drainage grooves help channel water and other liquids to the front of the tire where it can be pushed into a sink or drainage point. This keeps the liquids off your work surface and makes cleaning a lot easier.
Drive comfortably and confidently with a premium all-season tread design that offers great handling in dry, wet, and light snow conditions. Evolving Traction Grooves and TredLock technology deliver lasting traction, while the all-season compound with EcoBoostTM is backed by a 60K mile tread life limited warranty for long-term dependability. Plus, an easy-to-read wear gauge built into the tread makes it simple to check tread depth.
Multiple biting edges enhance all-season traction. Wide tread grooves maximize water evacuation to reduce hydroplaning and improve wet weather performance. A 96v-groove noise reduction tread pattern helps minimize road noise to make for a quieter ride.
Assurance ComfortDrive is built for sedans, coupes, and crossover vehicles seeking an all-season tire that delivers confident handling. Its asymmetric tread design with wide, stable shoulder blocks provides excellent traction on dry, wet, and light snow roads. The sweeping traction grooves and AquaChannel Grooves help evacuate water for enhanced wet weather performance. A noise-reducing tread pattern and ComfortFlex technology for smoother transitions and impact absorption deliver a comfortable ride.
Evolving Traction Grooves
Keeping grip on icy, snowy and rainy roads isn’t always easy. A new set of tires may give you extra support when driving through those conditions, but after a few thousand miles those cool geometric designs will wear down and your grip will suffer. Goodyear’s solution is a system it calls Evolving Traction Grooves.
These sweeping grooves evacuate water and slush, keeping you from hydroplaning in wet weather. As the tread wears, those thin blades open up into wider grooves, able to displace more water to prevent hydroplaning.
Enhanced traction in ice, snow and slush is provided by a special soy-based rubber tread compound. That compound is molded into an asymmetric tread design that helps you maintain confident all-season traction for the drivers of sedans, coupes, CUVs and light duty pickup trucks.
The tread pattern features self-cleaning shoulder blocks to keep mud, gravel and dirt off the tire. Plus, the tread grooves lock together while cornering to resist biting edges, and open up for a more bite when you need it. This all-season passenger tire carries a 65,000 mile tread life limited warranty.
All-Season Compound
With a solid all-season compound that resists uneven tread wear and delivers a quiet ride, this tire has earned an excellent SimpleScore of 8.5 with stellar performance across the board. It’s a great choice for those who live in areas with occasional snow and want a tire that can keep them confidently in control even when the weather turns. Sweeping lateral grooves and interlocking sipes help evacuate water and slush quickly to improve wet and light winter road handling, while a nylon cap ply helps stabilize the tread for precise vehicle response. The result is a comfortable and smooth ride that’s also backed by a great manufacturer warranty.
Asymmetric Tread Design
The tread pattern you choose for your car has a significant impact on everything from performance in wet weather to how long the tire will last. Depending on your driving habits and the type of weather in your area, you can opt for asymmetric or directional tread patterns.
Symmetrical treads are the most common on today’s cars and trucks. They provide great traction in all directions, and they tend to last longer than other types of tires. However, they do not perform well in wet weather because their tread blocks don’t disperse water as effectively.
Directional tires, on the other hand, offer superior performance in one particular direction. These are commonly used for snow, all-season, and high-performance data center tires. They feature a chevron or v-shaped pattern and must be mounted in a specific way to match your vehicle’s left and right-hand drive positions.
Asymmetric tread designs are the youngest of all three major tread types and the most complex to design. This is because they try to incorporate the benefits of directional and symmetric tires in one tire. They often have an outside shoulder that resembles the pattern found on performance summer tires for cornering stability. Meanwhile, the inside tread is optimized for wet and winter traction by using sipes and a stronger compound. This ensures that the tire has strong all-season traction and that you can drive in any conditions.
