Original post rearranged for clarity.
http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Article/Goodyear-Eagle-F1-Asymmetric-3-Press-Release.htm
"Goodyear's answer to the Michelin Pilot Super Sport and Continental Sport Contact 6 is finally here, the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3!
While we've not yet had the chance to drive on it, the independent German test body TUV have done their usual array of tests, and found that the new Goodyear has 2.6 metres shorter wet braking (9% better performance) and 1.3 metres shorter dry braking (4% better performance) than the average of the Michelin Pilot Sport 3, Bridgestone Potenza S001 and Continental Sport Contact 5.
This is a tyre we're very excited about, so you can be sure we'll be reporting on the driving experience at the first opportunity.
The Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3 will be sold in 17 to 20 inches, covering 41 sizes. The tyre will be on the market in certain sizes now, with the majority of sizes on sale by March 2016."
Does TyreReviews.co.uk not actually understand that the Michelin Pilot Sport 3 (the competitor tyre actually tested by Goodyear Dunlop) is a VERY different tyre to the ultra high performance Michelin Pilot Super Sport (as quoted in their opening sentence)?
For the record, Goodyear will NEVER make a tyre to either beat, or be in direct competition with the Michelin Pilot Super Sport. The Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3 will never get anywhere near matching the Mich Pilot Super Sport. I strongly doubt that it will even be a match for the ageing, yet still highly competent Michelin Pilot Sport PS2. Frankly, neither Goodyear, nor Dunlop have the ability to make a genuine 'ultra high performance' tyre. They both simply follow where others have already been!
OK, to compare the GY Eagle F1 Asmm 3 against the Mich Pilot Sport 3 (which itself was designed to replace the softer Michelin Pilot Exalto PE2, and never to replace the Pilot Sport PS2) - that would be a much more realistic and appropriate comparison. And it was the Mich Pilot Sport 3 which was in the TuV tests requested by Goodyear. Staying with the specific test, the Continental SportContact 5 isn't really an appropriate tyre to pit against either the Michelin, nor the 'desired' market sector which Goodyear are targeting. And my final comment on the actual test - whilst we all no doubt love and adore our Golfs, and are impressed by the handling and general performance of said Golfs - especially in GIT or R guise - any sane person who tries to describe any Golf as an 'ultra high performance' car is severely off their rocker!
But yet again, the real crux is that Goodyear are feeding seriously flawed data to frankly gullible 'press' sites such as TyreReviews.co.uk - by stating single entry data for the Goodyear tyre - and comparing that to an aggregated and combined data of three very different tyres! Cooking the books - me thinks.
