When it comes to all-season tires for sedans, minivans, coupes, and crossovers, many of them share the same tried-and-true design features that help with wear properties, year-round traction, ride quality, road manners, and handling. Those proven designs are part of a “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it” mentality, and those designs do work pretty well and offer great performance. In the case of the Forceum Ecosa, however, there’s a definite break with tradition; this is a tire that incorporates some innovations and forward-thinking design at a surprisingly affordable price point. Let’s get in and get a closer look through this Forceum Ecosa review:

Features and Benefits

• Long-wearing advanced tread compound is designed for improved wet-weather traction as well as improved wear properties
• Innovative asymmetric all-season tread design
• Circumferential grooves help to resist hydroplaning by routing water away from the tire’s contact patch
• Covered by 45,000 mile limited manufacturer’s tread life warranty
• Tread pitch is randomized and computer-tuned to keep road noise low by negating certain frequencies and overtones
• Stabilizer rib helps to maintain even tread wear and resist scalloping or feathering of tread
• Sipes strategically scattered through the tread multiply the tread’s surface area and grip with hundreds of hair-thin slits that slice through snow, slush, and standing water
• Polyester casing with high-tensile steel belt package, nylon cap ply layer

Pros and Cons

PROS:

• Very affordable price point
• Ride quality is accommodating and quiet
• Stabilizer rib is an innovative and interesting design for great straight-line stability
• Generous 45,000 mile limited manufacturer’s tread life coverage
• Good wet weather traction

CONS:

• Not good in heavy snow
• Can be noisy on some pavement surfaces

SimpleTire’s view on Forceum Ecosa tires

Are you acquainted with SimpleTire’s SimpleScore system? SimpleScore is the rating method our team devised to give you a quick, at-a-glance idea of a tire’s strengths and weaknesses. We take into account the tire’s technical details, specs, manufacturer info, customer reviews, and other data points to come up with 1-10 numerical values for handling, traction, and longevity categories, along with an overall average SimpleScore. For the Forceum Ecosa, the SimpleScore numbers look like this:

Forceum Ecosa:

• Traction: 7.6
• Handling: 8.1
• Longevity: 8.4
• Overall average SimpleScore: 7.7

We’re especially impressed by the road manners of the Forceum Ecosa. That asymmetric tread with stabilizer rib helps deliver excellent straight-line tracking and stability, with little need for constant correction, making long road trips a lot easier. That doesn’t mean a tire that’s sluggish and numb, though; the Forceum Ecosa responds quickly to steering commands with a light, accurate feel that’s never overly sensitive or touchy.

Ride quality is refined, and the Forceum Ecosa never loses its composure over rough or uneven pavement surfaces. Road noise is muted, although it can become a little louder on grooved pavement or other surfaces. On wet roads, the Forceum Ecosa is confident and dependable, and its cornering ability is quick and precise thanks to a reinforced shoulder block design that resists deformation and tread squirm during hard maneuvers.

A 45,000 mile limited manufacturer’s tread life warranty is pretty admirable for a tire at this price point, especially when you remember that many budget tires don’t offer a mileage warranty at all. It’s our take here at the SimpleTire team that the Forceum Ecosa is a tire that delivers value way beyond expectations for its price and punches far above its weight class. It’d make a great aftermarket tire for a wide variety of sedans, coupes, minivans, and crossovers.

Vehicles the Forceum Ecosa is a good replacement tire for

The Forceum Ecosa would make a fine aftermarket tire for vehicles such as:

• Ford Freestyle
• Chevrolet Equinox
• Kia Sephia
• Dodge Charger
• Chrysler 300
• Honda Accord
• Toyota Camry
• Nissan Murano
• Honda Pilot
• Toyota RAV4
• Dodge Caravan
• Chrysler Pacifica
• Toyota Sienna
• Acura TSX
• Chevrolet Camaro
• Mazda5