MOTOR magazine has rated GT Radial as the best value tyre in its segment, stating "it came out winner in the value for money stakes."

The magazine’s annual tyre test was published in its October 1999 edition.

The GT Radial Champiro 205/55 VR16 won the rating in a comparison test which included tyres from Michelin, Kumho, Firestone and Toyo.

GT Champiro produced above average results in dry braking, cost/ wear ratio and pricing evaluations.

The judges said of the GT Radial tyre: "Producing tyres to the standard set by the competitors in this test isn’t learned overnight.

"(It was a) surprise how good they felt. Our tester had no complaints about excessive understeer, noise or wheelspin in the dry tests.

"Allied to the lowest cost price in the group, the GT Radial came out a winner in the value-for-money stakes."

This was GT Radial’s frst entry into the renowned MOTOR tyre test.

GT Radial group marketing manager Dennis Rigon said ongoing design and research, and one of the world’s most modern manufacturing plants, were paying dividends for the consumer.

This has led to a free lifetime replacement guarantee for any manufacturing fault – an industry first.

Four-time Bathurst winner Allan Moffat endorsed the tyres after extensive comparison testing and has now joined GT Radial to provide product development input.

GT Radial produces approximately 30 million tyres per year, about four times the total number of passenger tyres sold in Australia.

Its tyres are available in more than 80 countries, and GT Radial has increased sales in Australia by over 300 percent in the past 12 months.

Importer Independent Tyre Distributors (ITD) has appointed more than 200 GT Radial dealers in the last year in the local market.