Looked for a good, road bias all season for my old 2007 Defender and went against the grain and chose these. 3 winters down and I can say they are the best performance to price tire I have ever fitted. Seems like they were designed for this vehicle and they perform really well off-road too.
General Tires
Mid-Range brand
Part of Continental Group
45 current General tires, ranked using 39 independent tire tests and 256 owner reviews covering 5,612,261 miles of driving.
- 45current tires
- 39professional tests
- 3test wins
- 256owner reviews
- 5,612,261 milescovered on them
The quick answer
| Pick | Tire | The evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Summer | General Grabber UHP 8.3 | TR Score 8.3 / 10 limited data so far |
| All Season | General Grabber HT 8.6 | TR Score 8.6 / 10 high confidence score |
| All Weather | General Altimax 365AW 7.6 | TR Score 7.6 / 10 limited data so far |
| Winter | General Altimax Winter 3 7.2 | TR Score 7.2 / 10 medium confidence score |
| Owners' favorite | General Grabber HTS60 7.8 Current version: General Grabber HT | 92% from 5 owner reviews |
| Latest test result | General Grabber HT | #14 / 30 2026 Tire Rack All Terrain Tire Snow Test |
| Newest arrival | General Grabber AT3 Plus | On the market since 2026 |
Each season pick is the highest TR Score among the brand's current tires; the owners' favorite is the highest rated by the drivers who run them. The full rankings and the evidence behind every pick are below.
The General test record
General has entered 39 independent comparison tests indexed on Tire Reviews, winning 3 of them and finishing on the podium in 6 (15%).
Most recent test appearances
Positions are each test's overall ranking, with the brand represented by its best placed tire. Tests that rank tires within groups count towards the totals above but are not listed, because a position inside a group is not a position in the test. All tests featuring General →
The current General range, ranked
The highest scoring General you can buy today is the General Grabber HT, with a TR Score of 8.6 out of 10. 20 of the 45 current tires have earned a score.
Summer Tires 9
| # | Tire | Category | TR Score | Owner rating | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
General Altimax Sport
Replaced by General Altimax One S
|
Ultra High Performance | 7.6 | 81% | 32 |
| 2 |
General Altimax One S
|
Ultra High Performance | 6.7 | 78% | 17 |
| 3 |
General AltiMAX HP
|
Touring | 6.5 | 59% | 11 |
| 4 |
General Altimax Comfort
Replaced by General Altimax One
|
Touring | 6.1 | 73% | 8 |
| 5 |
General AltiMAX RT
|
Touring | - | 77% | 3 |
| 6 |
General Exclaim UHP
|
High Performance | - | 86% | 2 |
| 7 |
General Altimax UHP
|
High Performance | - | 84% | 2 |
| 8 |
General G Max RS
|
Trackday and Competition | - | 64% | 2 |
| 9 |
General Altimax One
|
Touring | - | 90% | 1 |
All Season Tires 5
| # | Tire | Category | TR Score | Owner rating | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
General G Max AS 07
|
Ultra High Performance | 8.5 | 83% | 3 |
| 2 |
General Altimax RT43
|
Premium Touring | 6.9 | 67% | 11 |
| 3 |
General G Max AS 05
Replaced by General G Max AS 07
|
Ultra High Performance | 6.2 | 72% | 7 |
| 4 |
General G Max AS03
|
Ultra High Performance | - | 76% | 1 |
| 5 |
General G MAX AS 03
|
Ultra High Performance | - | 96% | 1 |
All Weather Tires 1
| # | Tire | Category | TR Score | Owner rating | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
General Altimax 365AW
|
Premium Touring | 7.6 | 75% | 5 |
Winter Tires 5
| # | Tire | Category | TR Score | Owner rating | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
General Altimax Winter 3
|
Premium Touring | 7.2 | 85% | 3 |
| 2 |
General Altimax Arctic 12
|
Premium Touring | 6.5 | 82% | 3 |
| 3 |
General AltiMAX Arctic
|
Touring | - | 50% | 3 |
| 4 |
General Altimax Winter Plus
Replaced by General Altimax Winter 3
|
Touring | - | 94% | 1 |
| 5 |
General Altimax Nordic 12
|
Premium Touring | - | - | - |
SUV and 4x4 Summer Tires 6
| # | Tire | Category | TR Score | Owner rating | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
General Grabber UHP
|
High Performance | 8.3 | 84% | 19 |
| 2 |
General Grabber GT
|
High Performance | 8 | 82% | 19 |
| 3 |
General Grabber GT Plus
|
Touring | 7.3 | 81% | 11 |
| 4 |
General GRABBER HTS
|
Touring | - | 89% | 1 |
| 5 |
General Grabber TR
|
Premium Touring | - | - | - |
| 6 |
General Super All Grip
|
Touring | - | - | - |
SUV and 4x4 All Season Tires 15
| # | Tire | Category | TR Score | Owner rating | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
General Grabber HT
|
Touring | 8.6 | 86% | 2 |
| 2 |
General Grabber X3
|
Mud Terrain | 8.1 | 84% | 2 |
| 3 |
General Grabber HTS60
Replaced by General Grabber HT
|
Premium Touring | 7.8 | 92% | 5 |
| 4 |
General Grabber ATx
|
Off-Road All-Terrain | 7.8 | 72% | 5 |
| 5 |
General Grabber APT
|
On-Road All-Terrain | 7.4 | 74% | 4 |
| 6 |
General Grabber AT3
Replaced by General Grabber AT3 Plus
|
Off-Road All-Terrain | 7.2 | 80% | 30 |
| 7 |
General GRABBER AT2
Replaced by General Grabber AT3 Plus
|
Off-Road All-Terrain | 6.7 | 67% | 9 |
| 8 |
General Grabber Cross AS
|
On-Road All-Terrain | - | 89% | 2 |
| 9 |
General Grabber AS 365
|
Premium Touring | - | - | - |
| 10 |
General Ameritrac
|
Touring | - | - | - |
| 11 |
General Grabber HD
|
Touring | - | - | - |
| 12 |
General Grabber AT Sport
|
On-Road All-Terrain | - | - | - |
| 13 |
General Grabber AT Sport W
|
On-Road All-Terrain | - | - | - |
| 14 |
General Grabber AT3 Plus
|
Off-Road All-Terrain | - | - | - |
| 15 | General Grabber AT5 | Off-Road All-Terrain | - | - | - |
SUV and 4x4 Winter Tires 3
| # | Tire | Category | TR Score | Owner rating | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
General GRABBER SNOW
|
Touring | - | 79% | 3 |
| 2 |
General Snow Grabber Plus
|
Premium Touring | - | 89% | 3 |
| 3 |
General Grabber Arctic
|
Premium Touring | - | 66% | 3 |
Van Winter Tires 1
| # | Tire | Category | TR Score | Owner rating | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
General Eurovan Winter 2
|
Premium Touring | - | 64% | 4 |
Tables are ranked by TR Score, which rates each tire out of 10 using independent test results and owner reviews weighted by how much evidence backs them. Unscored tires link to their pages, where a review counts towards a score.
General EU label data
22 of the 47 tires on record carry EU label data. These are the range's label headliners, using each tire's best available size figures.
A Best wet grip
3 tires reach EU wet grip class A. The highest scoring:
A Lowest rolling resistance
The most fuel efficient choice: 1 tires reach rolling resistance class A. The highest scoring:
70dB Quietest tires
The quietest tires in the range are labelled from 70 dB external noise:
Label values come from the EU EPREL database and vary by size - the figures here are each tire's best declared size. Wet grip and rolling resistance run from class A (best) to E; noise is the measured drive-by figure. A good label is a floor, not a verdict: the tests and rankings above tell you far more.
New General tires
The newest arrival in the range is the General Grabber AT3 Plus. 1 tires have joined in the last two years:
| Tire | Season | On the market since | TR Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Grabber AT3 Plus | All Season | 2026 | not yet scored |
New tires take time to earn a TR Score - tests have to be run and owner reviews have to arrive. A missing score is a data gap, not a verdict.
What drivers say about General tires
Across 256 owner reviews and 5,612,261 miles of driving, General tires average 77% overall. The scores below show where owners rate the brand strongest.
- Dry Grip 8.2/10
- Wet Grip 7.7/10
- Road Feedback 7.5/10
- Handling 7.3/10
- Wear 8.3/10
- Comfort 7.9/10
- Buy again 7.8/10
- Snow Grip 7.5/10
- Ice Grip 6.5/10
Question averages are weighted by review count across every tire of the brand. Snow and ice scores come only from the drivers of the brand's winter-capable tires.
The most recent reviews, in their own words
Replaced 2 tires in the first 6 months. Side walls are supper soft. Pulled the car off the road on a sidewalk and i had a thorn pierce the sidewall. Good tires… but id rather get something else
As a hydraulic man and commercial/agricultural tire fitter my van spends its life in quarries, farms, forests and fields, and these tires have got me there and back every time! Top of Snowdon TWICE! Ploughed fields, snow up to the sills pulling cars out, bogs and beaches where never a problem, in my mind there not a winter tire, there the best AT2 tire you can put on a work van, and it’s not even close and I’ve tried most.
The first couple of years the tires were wonderful. Low noise, good traction, comfortable ride. After 5 years and 50.000km I hit a bad pothole and had a blowout 5 minutes later. Not fault of the tire, the pothole was just atrocious. I replaced them with Laufenn G Fit 2 and the 5 year old Grabber GT were just better than the brand new Laufenn.
Fitted on a Dacia Duster Dci with a lift kit used on daily commute to work and weekend activities.
Very good on dry and not noisy at all as the cooper's already have.
Average to poor on mud terrain (worst than Maxxis Wormdrive for sure) that is why i am going on MT's
Very good on dirt roads, also rocks and everything, never punned or teared apart.
Good tires i will keep them as second set, will buy them again.
Very happy with my Grabbers good grip and wear, being an AT tire. I was worried about road noise but pleasantly surprised on how quiet they were
Running them on my VWT5 on now on my New Crafter
Definitely recommend them
The General comparisons readers look up most
General news and guides
- General Tire launches the Grabber AT3 Plus, a 3PMSF all-terrain tire for SUVs and 4x4s June 17, 2026
- General G-Max AS07 - Launched August 2, 2023
- General Grabber AT3 and X3 - Tested October 23, 2017
Every General tire on Tire Reviews
The complete record, including discontinued tires and tires with too little evidence to rank, ordered by the amount of evidence. The most researched this month: General Altimax Arctic 12, General Grabber HTS60, General Grabber AT3.
| Tire | Season | TR Score | Owner rating | Reviews | Distance reviewed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Altimax Sport Replaced by General Altimax One S | Summer | 7.6 | 81% | 32 | 318,917 miles |
| General Grabber AT3 Replaced by General Grabber AT3 Plus | All Season | 7.2 | 80% | 30 | 1,143,000 miles |
| General Grabber UHP | Summer | 8.3 | 84% | 19 | 607,810 miles |
| General Grabber GT | Summer | 8 | 82% | 19 | 263,211 miles |
| General Grabber AT Discontinued Replaced by General Grabber AT3 Plus | All Season | 6.8 | 72% | 17 | 214,924 miles |
| General Altimax One S | Summer | 6.7 | 78% | 17 | 427,510 miles |
| General Grabber GT Plus | Summer | 7.3 | 81% | 11 | 160,429 miles |
| General Altimax RT43 | All Season | 6.9 | 67% | 11 | 154,580 miles |
| General AltiMAX HP | Summer | 6.5 | 59% | 11 | 127,905 miles |
| General GRABBER AT2 Replaced by General Grabber AT3 Plus | All Season | 6.7 | 67% | 9 | 599,050 miles |
| General Altimax Comfort Replaced by General Altimax One | Summer | 6.1 | 73% | 8 | 60,785 miles |
| General G Max AS 05 Replaced by General G Max AS 07 | All Season | 6.2 | 72% | 7 | 145,500 miles |
| General Grabber HTS60 Replaced by General Grabber HT | All Season | 7.8 | 92% | 5 | 575,135 miles |
| General Grabber ATx | All Season | 7.8 | 72% | 5 | 24,560 miles |
| General Altimax 365AW | All Weather | 7.6 | 75% | 5 | 63,250 miles |
| General Grabber APT | All Season | 7.4 | 74% | 4 | 20,070 miles |
| General Eurovan Winter 2 | Winter | - | 64% | 4 | 310,030 miles |
| General G Max AS 07 | All Season | 8.5 | 83% | 3 | 1,700 miles |
| General Altimax Winter 3 | Winter | 7.2 | 85% | 3 | 9,200 miles |
| General Altimax Arctic 12 | Winter | 6.5 | 82% | 3 | 62,500 miles |
| General AltiMAX RT | Summer | - | 77% | 3 | 20,000 miles |
| General AltiMAX Arctic | Winter | - | 50% | 3 | 10,000 miles |
| General GRABBER SNOW | Winter | - | 79% | 3 | 34,000 miles |
| General Snow Grabber Plus | Winter | - | 89% | 3 | 22,500 miles |
| General Grabber Arctic | Winter | - | 66% | 3 | 34,000 miles |
| General Grabber HT | All Season | 8.6 | 86% | 2 | 1,010 miles |
| General Grabber X3 | All Season | 8.1 | 84% | 2 | 15,000 miles |
| General Exclaim UHP | Summer | - | 86% | 2 | 20,065 miles |
| General Altimax UHP | Summer | - | 84% | 2 | 55,000 miles |
| General G Max RS | Summer | - | 64% | 2 | 12,000 miles |
| General Grabber Cross AS | All Season | - | 89% | 2 | 11,620 miles |
| General G Max AS03 | All Season | - | 76% | 1 | 15,000 miles |
| General G MAX AS 03 | All Season | - | 96% | 1 | 10,000 miles |
| General Grabber MT Discontinued | All Season | - | 89% | 1 | 50,000 miles |
| General GRABBER HTS | Summer | - | 89% | 1 | 7,000 miles |
| General Altimax Winter Plus Replaced by General Altimax Winter 3 | Winter | - | 94% | 1 | 5,000 miles |
| General Altimax One | Summer | - | 90% | 1 | - |
10 more General tires have no reviews yet
Altimax Nordic 12, Ameritrac, Grabber AS 365, Grabber AT Sport, Grabber AT Sport W, Grabber AT3 Plus, Grabber AT5, Grabber HD, Grabber TR, Super All Grip
About General
Founded in 1915, General Tire based in Fort Mill, South Carolina, can look back on a proud heritage spanning more than a century. Since the early days, the brand has been making tires for all kinds of motor vehicles. The company was acquired by Continental in 1987. Today, operating worldwide, General Tire manufactures tires for cars, trucks and industrial applications, as well as specialty tires for 4x4 vehicles.
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