Doing a quick peruse on Micheliin, it looks like their Michelin Defender is their lowest priced tire so that makes it a good one for serious consideration if I go with Michelin?
Who knows but maybe there's a real deal way to make a driving comparison between the Goodyear Viva-3 and the Michelin Defender? For every Defender purchased there's probably like a thousand Viva-3 that get purchased in the United States? Just based on the U.S. sales volume Viva-3 will most likely roll over the Defender for driving tire safety.
Never going faster than 75-mph is something to consider when shopping for the Viva-3. That's something you will never hear from a tire maker because it's a sales killer but is probably true ..... or at most, never-ever going faster than 80-mph. Tire traction goes down as the speed goes up.
www.tiredeets.com/goodyear-viva-3-review/