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Spotlight: Yokohama's New BluEarth-AllSeason 2 Explained
One tyre, four seasons. It sounds like a simple concept, but it's a difficult brief for any tyre engineer to meet. All-season tyres need grip in the wet, composure in the dry, and enough bite in the snow that drivers never have to think about it. That's the challenge
Yokohama set itself with the BluEarth-AllSeason 2, the newest addition to its BluEarth range and the sequel to a tyre (the
BluEarth-4S AW21) that already had a loyal following among drivers who'd rather not swap sets every spring and autumn.
It's telling that Yokohama chose Iceland to introduce it — a country famous for weather that can turn from bright tarmac to fresh snow within the same afternoon — putting the tyre in front of over 100 customers and journalists on exactly the kind of roads it was built to handle.
Below, we break down what's actually changed behind the scenes, what the new technology means in practice, and who this tyre is made for.
What is the Yokohama BluEarth-AllSeason 2?
As its name suggests, the BluEarth-AllSeason 2 is designed to be a single tyre for every condition drivers might face across a European year, whether that's dry summer roads, heavy rain, or light winter snow. It means there's no need to swap between separate summer and winter sets.
It's part of Yokohama's push towards a more localised product strategy for the European market, developed with the specific demands of European roads and weather in mind rather than adapted from a global template.
Central to how it was engineered is Yokohama's HAICoLab technology. Short for Humans and AI ColLab, it pairs traditional engineering expertise with AI-assisted modelling. The process was used to refine the tyre's tread design and footprint, giving it a more uniform contact patch with the road, which in turn supports better stability and grip across the board.
Key Benefits
- Stronger dry and wet handling: Increased surface contact, a reinforced construction and notably greater block rigidity work together to sharpen handling stability and give drivers more precise control on both dry and wet roads.
- Efficient water dispersal: A symmetrical, V-shaped tread pattern is designed to channel water away from the contact patch quickly, helping to reduce the risk of hydroplaning in heavy rain.
- Confident cornering and braking grip: An optimised 3D sipe layout, using crank-shaped sipes and a wide-block design, is engineered to maximise edge grip and maintain stability during acceleration, cornering and braking.
- Dependable wet grip: A silica-rich tread compound, combined with Yokohama's proprietary A.R.T. Mixing Technology, improves how evenly the silica is dispersed through the rubber — boosting flexibility and helping the tyre hold its grip across a wide range of temperatures.
- Enhanced winter security: Yokohama's COLD TECH technology builds on the previous generation's winter performance, working to maximise contact with snow-covered surfaces for stronger cold-weather traction, and the tyre carries 3PMSF (three-peak mountain snowflake) certification.
- Confident cornering in snow: Continuous circumferential grooves are designed to improve wet traction and cornering stability, including on snow, alongside further hydroplaning resistance.
Who is BluEarth-AllSeason 2 designed for?
The BluEarth-AllSeason 2 has been developed for drivers of everyday cars, SUVs and electric vehicles who want genuine year-round capability from a single set of tyres, rather than compromising on safety, performance or convenience by picking a tyre suited to only one season.
It suits anyone who'd rather not think about tyre changeovers as the seasons turn, but still wants confidence on a cold, wet or lightly snowy morning as much as on a dry summer motorway. With sizing available from 15-inch to 21-inch wheels across 74 different sizes, it's built to suit most vehicles.
BluEarth-AllSeason 2 Specifications
Here's how the BluEarth-AllSeason 2 is rated on the EU tyre label (ratings can vary slightly by size):
| EU Label Category | Rating |
| Fuel Efficiency | B |
| Wet Grip | B |
| External Rolling Noise | A–B (69–73 dB) |
| Snow Performance | 3PMSF certified |
The 3PMSF (three-peak mountain snowflake) mark, carried across the whole range, confirms the tyre meets the recognised standard for severe snow performance — an important distinction for an all-season tyre expected to perform through winter as well as summer.
Where does BluEarth-AllSeason 2 sit in the range?
Yokohama's range is built around four distinct families, each with its own job to do. ADVAN is the performance line, engineered for sharper steering response and outright grip on sports cars and hot hatches. GEOLANDAR is built for SUVs and crossovers, prioritising load capacity and off-road ability. iceGUARD is Yokohama's dedicated winter specialist, designed purely for sub-7°C conditions and deep snow.
BLUEARTH, by contrast, is the family built around efficiency, comfort and everyday usability, and it's here that the AllSeason 2 sits. Unlike ADVAN's focus on outright performance or iceGUARD's winter-only remit, the AllSeason 2's job is balance: enough dry composure to satisfy a driver who'd normally reach for a summer tyre, enough wet and snow security to cover for a dedicated winter set, and low rolling resistance to keep running costs down all year. It's less about being the best in any single condition and more about not being caught out in any of them.
Why the Yokohama BluEarth-AllSeason 2 is worth choosing
With the BluEarth-AllSeason 2, Yokohama has brought together a set of tangible engineering upgrades, from AI-assisted contact patch development to a reinforced tread construction and COLD TECH winter technology. The result is a tyre built specifically around what European drivers need from an all-season fitment: safety, control and everyday reliability, whatever the forecast.
If you want year-round grip without compromising on handling or wet-weather safety, the BluEarth-AllSeason 2 is well worth exploring for your next tyre change.
It's worth noting the BluEarth-AllSeason 2 isn't available to buy just yet, with UK stock expected to land on Blackcircles.com later this year. In the meantime, keep an eye on our site for updates on pricing and sizes.