Built from every independent test result and vetted owner review we hold for this tire - the evidence is all further down the page. Data updated January 2025.
How comfortable and quiet are the GT Radial Champiro HPX?
Owners rate the GT Radial Champiro HPX 7 out of 10 for comfort and noise across 12 reviews.
How well do the GT Radial Champiro HPX wear, according to owners?
Owners rate the GT Radial Champiro HPX 6.8 out of 10 for wear across 12 reviews. 5 of those reviews come from owners past 10,000 miles, and the typical review covers 9,000 miles.
Would owners buy the GT Radial Champiro HPX again?
75% of owners say they would buy the GT Radial Champiro HPX again, based on the 12 owner reviews that answered the question. 50% of them gave it the highest possible answer.
Questions and Answers for the GT Radial Champiro HPX
What does Champiro mean ?
November 14, 2018
Champiro is just the range name given by the Indonesian part of GT to signify it belonged to the GT Radial car tire range, a bit like Bridgestone’s Potenza or Pirelli’s PZero ranges.
Across 12 owner ratings the GT Radial Champiro HPX averages 80%. Owners rate Wet Grip highest at 8.8 out of 10 and Wear lowest at 6.8. 5 of those reviews come from owners past 10,000 miles. 75% of owners score it 70% or better.
Owner ratings averaged from 12 ratings
Owner score80%
Wet Grip88%
Dry Grip87%
Road Feedback87%
Handling87%
Comfort70%
Wear68%
Featured reviews
Most helpful 83%
“The best tire for money. A can´t fault them. Maybe they need more km than usual to get optimal behavior. Due to their directional pattern, they are verry good in wett, and is save and funny to overtake cars. They could...”
“Overall, this is a pretty grippy tire for its price. As of now, I am writing this review, I just got the tire balanced hours ago. This tires shown very little wear, however, I guess this is due to the pretty "hard"...”
“Dry Grip: Exceptional for an economy tire. The only difference that you'll notice between this and a premium brand is that it seems to give a little bit more (side walls aren't as stiff) under heavy cornering or huge...”
The best tire for money. A can´t fault them. Maybe they need more km than usual to get optimal behavior. Due to their directional pattern, they are verry good in wett, and is save and funny to overtake cars. They could have M+S mark, because when I have to switch to them on the beginning of winter, they were much better than Nokian WR D3 on snow and slush.
Someone here mentioned hard rubber. I get the impression that GT Radials are of softer rubber than many - hence stopping distances and cornering grip are impressive, but wear rate is greater. However if they cost 70% what others do, and last 70% as long, then I'm very happy to have the extra margin of stopping safety for nothing, in effect. I haven't noticed the noise issue on these or other types of GT Radial.
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I purchased these tires and was happy with all aspects of the performance, however the car failed its MOT as the 2 rear tires were deemed dangerous.
The tread was ok, however the inner sidewall on each tire had developed a split all the way around the circumference. Unfortunately the tires were not send back for inspection, but it was bad enough to fail an MOT.
Personally I would not purchase them again for that reason, at £80 approx per corner, and driven at standard speeds on a family car they should last longer.
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What are deamed as budget to mid range tires, you won't go far wrong with these tires on your car. They are predictable, give excellent grip in the dry and in the wet, minimising aquaplaning. I am more than happy with these tires on my 250bhp Saab and i would not hesitate to buy these again. Tire wear is excellent, road noise is no worse than any other brand of tire. At the price of £275 for 4 tires, they offerd me superb value for money. By the way, my style of driving is 'aggresive' or 'pushing it' but the closest match i can select on here is 'spirited'!!
Had these fitted to new (different sized) wheels, so not a straight comparison but they instantly improved the handling and stability of the car in all conditions.
Since then I have done a significant amount of miles and these tires have proved to be an excellent choice. As well as the excellent road holding, they are also wearing exceptionally well and they also don't lose their pressures.
All in all, a thoroughly recommended quality tire at a midrange price. Would definitely buy again and urge you to try a set!!!
These tires started off performing excelent, however after 6 months the noise like others have experienced has become totally unbearable!! would never buy again because of this!!
Overall, this is a pretty grippy tire for its price.
As of now, I am writing this review, I just got the tire balanced hours ago.
This tires shown very little wear, however, I guess this is due to the pretty "hard" rubber. A solid rib provides good steering feedback, as well as "tram-line", forcing me to do steering corrections when driving on uneven roads.
However, after around 15,000 KM, the tire noise is unbearable. There is a constant "drone" when speed are above 40km/h. Severe vibrations (due to noise) during stopping.
Will not buy again, because of the tire noise is even louder and more uncomfortable than semi-slicks.
Dry Grip: Exceptional for an economy tire. The only difference that you'll notice between this and a premium brand is that it seems to give a little bit more (side walls aren't as stiff) under heavy cornering or huge acceleration. Overall though, you would have to be driving like a lunatic in order to overwhelm these tires.
Wet Grip: Probably the best part of these tires. They disperse water so well that you will struggle to believe that your car isn't invincible in the wet.
Icy Roads: I've not tried them on full blown deep snow, but on what I've been able to, light snow and very icy (Black Ice) roads, these tires take them in stride. Again once your driving within a rational limit these tire's won't fail you.
Wear: I've done over 25K in these tires and the only reason it is getting changed is that my vehicle needs to the wheels aligned and the camber adjusted as i've gotten an uneven wear of 4mm-4mm-1mm. Which as you can tell would suggest that I'd have at least another 5-8K left in the tires.
Progressiveness: This is where you can tell that it's an economy tire. Unlike the Pirelli's originally supplied with the vehicle, going into a corner you get a steady predictable slip factor. To expand, you know that going into a corner of Y tightness using X speed will result in Z slipping. Depending on how you look at this, this could be a good thing or not. It's good because it is predictable, but bad because you don't have that infinite grip that you'd have gotten from the Pirelli's. That being said, the Pirelli's would give you so much grip and then just give so you weren't always sure when it was going to give, although like stated earlier, you'd have to be driving like a lunatic to reach that point.
Overall: I've purchased my 3rd pair of tire's and won't switch brands until they stop making these. Can't say anything bad about them and for around £65 - £70 per tire, a bargin since I do around 30K miles per year.
Our golf gti mk5, stage 2 re map, always had michelin tires before.These tires are just as good in the dry and just as effective in wet.Amazing performance For less than 1/2 the price.Forget premium tire hype!TRY THEM!
Purchased these GT Radial Tires via Event Tires (mobile tire fitter) who where great by the way, got 4 tires for £300. I previously purchased GoodYear tires at double the price, but this time decided to go for the Mid-Range GTRadials. I have found them to be superb, they grip superbly in the wet and dry, quieter at speed, no vibration, the steering feels very well ballanced. The only very small downside is the sightly ugly tread pattern but would definatly buy again!
Took a chance on these for the front wheels of my car. I can say that I am glad I did!
They hold the road well, even in the wet, and are reasonably quiet too. Cant comment on the comfort of them, as I have sport suspension and low profiles, so everything is bumpy! lol
Would recommend to anyone to give a go if buying to a budget!
