New General Grabber AT3 and X3 tyres released!

While wandering through the Internet, I have just stumbled upon two new tyre models from General.

General Grabber AT3:
www.generaltire-tyres.com/car/tyres/summ...mmer/suv/grabber-at3

General Grabber X3:
www.generaltire-tyres.com/car/tyres/summ...ummer/suv/grabber-x3

Here is a 3rd party "press release":
www.tyrepress.com/2016/09/general-tire-l...nd-grabber-x3-tyres/


It appears that both models were released very recently - middle of September 2016.

The best thing about both models is that they come in "Samurai/Jimny friendly" sizes.

The Grabber AT3 comes in 195/80 R15, 205/70 R15, 205/75 R15, 215/75 R15, and possibly more to come.
The Grabber X3 comes in LT215/75 R15, and possibly more to come.

This is great news for Jimnys, as there are not many brand name AT and MT tyres that are made in "Samurai/Jimny friendly" sizes.

Anybody willing to be an early tester? I bought my new set of tyres in winter of 2016, so I won't be the one.

I quite like the look of the X3.

they look good.

should soon be some bargain AT2's as stocks are cleared

Can you buy them in the uk??

General now has four AT class tyres in its selling catalogue:

General Grabber AT
General Grabber AT2
General Grabber AT3
General Grabber TR

The unusual case, which rarely anybody knows, is that Grabber AT2 is the oldest model, which has for a long time been superseded by the model AT!

The story goes like this:
Once upon a time (in the 90s), General had a tyre model named Grabber AT. You will hardly ever see it in real life, or find pictures of it on the Internet.
They then, in the early 2000s, invented a model Grabber AT2 and discontinued the first model Grabber AT.
Several years after that, they invented a completely new model to replace AT2 because the new model has much better noise characteristics and wet performance (required by EU market), while allegedly having the same off road performance.
However, instead of naming that new model AT3 or whatever, the marketing idiots decided to name it AT again!
So, the currently named General Grabber AT tyre model is actually newer than AT2 and SUPERSEDES it.

The newest AT3 model supersedes both the AT2 and AT tyres.

So, the oldest and most outdated model (which you can still see around and possibly buy) is AT2.
The model AT was the current state-of-the-art model until a few days ago.
Now the "bestest" of them all is the brand new AT3.


Regarding the model X3, its tread appears to be very similar to General's long existing Grabber MT tyre, only with smaller thread elements. However, the manufacturer claims that X3 contains many new technologies and stronger construction.

P..S.: Grabber TR is a niche AT tyre model allegedly specifically designed for gravel and rocky roads commonly encountered in the regions like the Mediterranean, northern Africa, West Asia, Texas, etc.

Halford wrote: they look good.

should soon be some bargain AT2's as stocks are cleared

Good point Hal.
Thinking of changing my boots so will keep an eye on the prices.