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The Goodyear Assurance Finesse is an all-season tire that offers excellent traction, confident handling, comfortable ride, and an eco-friendly driving experience. Additionally, the Assurance Finesse features a rubber compound that increases traction on slippery, wet, dry, and snowy conditions while improving fuel economy.

Nevertheless, are these tires an ideal fit for your vehicle and budget? Let’s take a look at the review of the Goodyear Assurance Finesse to help you make an informed decision.

Features and Benefits

All-season tires provide the best possible performance and grip in dry, wet, and light winter weather conditions throughout the year, except extreme winter temperatures. Designed for use on CUVs, the Goodyear Assurance Finesse is a great touring tire because of its sporty sidewall design and highway manners. Let’s see the features and benefits of the Assurance Finesse.

• Improved all-season traction: The Goodyear Assurance Finesse features an all-season tread pattern that offers dry, wet, and light winter weather traction throughout the year.
• Reduced risk of hydroplaning: The Assurance Finesse’ four circumferential grooves remove water and slush from the tread to reduce the risk of hydroplaning and boost wet traction.
• Better fuel efficiency: Its special rubber compound reduces rolling resistance to improve fuel efficiency.
• Longer tread life: Optimized contact area between the Assurance Finesse and the road ensures dependable tread life.
• Comfortable ride: The Assurance Finesse has a patented tread pattern that offers a comfortable and quiet drive.

Pros and Cons

Now that you have learned the features and benefits of the Goodyear Assurance Finesse let’s see its pros and cons:

PROS:

• All-season tread pattern offers dry, wet, and light winter weather conditions
• Reduced rolling resistance to enhance fuel efficiency
• Four circumferential grooves fend off water from the tread to reduce the risk of hydroplaning
• Optimized contact area offers solid tread life
• Quiet and comfortable drive

CONS:

• No mileage warranty
• Not Three Peak Mountain Snowflake certified and cannot handle harsh winter weather conditions
• Not designed for light trucks and off-road

SimpleTire’s view on Goodyear Assurance Finesse

The Goodyear Assurance Finesse is an all-season tire that offers excellent traction, outstanding handling, comfortable drive, and reliable longevity for your car. Let’s use SimpleScore to find out SimpleTire’s view on Goodyear Assurance Finesse by comparing it with two other premium tires of the same size [225/55R18]: Continental ProContact GX and Bridgestone Dueler H/L 400.

In terms of SimpleScore, the Continental ProContact GX has a slight edge over the Goodyear Assurance Finesse (8.9 vs. 8.8) thanks to its better longevity (8.9 vs 8.5). However, both have equally good handling (9) and traction (9) ratings. The Assurance Finesse is less expensive than the ProContact GX, but the latter has a mileage warranty.

When it comes to SimpleScore, the Goodyear Assurance Finesse has a better score than the Bridgestone Dueler H/L 400 (8.8 vs 8.3), thanks to Assurance Finesse’s superior handling (9 vs 8.6), traction (9 vs 8.7), and longevity (8.5 vs 7.8). While the Bridgestone Dueler H/L 400 is more expensive than the Assurance Finesse, the Bridgestone Dueler H/L 400 offers a mileage warranty.

If you want a comparatively less expensive premium all-season tire consider the Goodyear Assurance Finesse.

Vehicles the GoodyearAssurance Finesse is an OEM tire for

The Goodyear Assurance Finesse is used as Original Equipment on the 2024 Volkswagen Tiguan and the 2024 Volkswagen Atlas.

Vehicles the GoodyearAssurance Finesse is a good replacement tire for

When you are planning to buy a new all-season tire, consider the Goodyear Assurance Finesse as it is a good replacement tire for vehicles like:

• Audi A6
• BMW 5series
• Buick Encore
• Chevrolet Volt
• Honda Accord