Which would you choose? I would have loved Michelins but the options were: Yokohamas, Goodyears or Bridgestones. We went with the Bridgestones. I assume Toyota has done their homework and anything they put on them is decent....low rolling resistance, etc.
They are indeed all very LRR tires and they all vary is driving characteristics. I would probably choose them in order of Bridgestone, Yokohama and Goodyear. That's just my opinion. Fuel economy will be similar between them and each tire is made to Toyota's design wishes, not the tire manufacturer's.
Quoting F8L: "tire is made to Toyota's design wishes, not the tire manufacturer's" Very interesting as I didn't realize that. Hopefully Toyota's specs on tires should be better than buying stock tires from the name brand tire dealer... Read more: http://priuschat.com/threads/if-the-only-difference-in-3-new-priuses-was-the-tires.115773/#ixzz27aqttrz9
Unfortunately the OE tires are not usually as good as the aftermarket version except in terms of RR where they are usually better. They give up treadlife for fuel economy.
