Goodyear MT/R for HSE 19" available soon in U.S.

snwbrdn · Jun 14, 2006

At last some hope for 19" HSE wheels for a decent Off-Road tire. I just received this email from Goodyear HQ regarding the availability of the 255/55/19 Goodyear MT/R in the U.S. (Currently avialable in U.K. as on the G4 edition LR3):

Sent by: Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Consumer Relations 728 1144 East Market Street Akron, OH 44316 Voice #: 800.321.2136 Fax #:
330.796.6829

Thank you fro your email and your interest in Goodyear tires. We have added this tire to the line and it will begin shipping from
Europe soon. The earliest we could expect units available for sale would be August of this year.
Barbara Hummel
Consumer Relations

Yahooooo!

davez26 · Jun 14, 2006

About time, I've been working on those guys for over a year. If you can't wait, I believe Land Rover Dallas had some imported. 1-800-655-8479.

jimbiram · Jun 15, 2006

Nuts...Just put on a set of Michelin Synchrones on my HSE. They are ok, but really want more offroad tire....

toddjb122 · Jun 16, 2006

Anyone have pictures of the Goodyears?

Would they affect the road drive/handeling much?

thanx

JohnKel · Jun 16, 2006

toddjb122 said:
Anyone have pictures of the Goodyears?

Would they affect the road drive/handeling much?

thanx

toddjb122 here's a link that may help and I've also heard that Pirrelli is comming out with a new tire for LR called Scorpion ATR so it looks like folks w/19's will have better choices :biggrin:

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Goodyear&tireModel=Wrangler+MT%2FR

Cheers
John

snwbrdn · Jun 16, 2006

No, here is the photo you need to see of the MT/R on the LR3:

http://i5.tinypic.com/14lnja9.jpg

Yeah BABY!

Will the tires affect handling/performance? I sure hope so.

toddjb122 · Jun 16, 2006

Thanks. They look great!!!

Yeah, my handeling question (as you probably guessed) is will they handle the other 95% of my driving which is roads & highways! (how noticeable do you think the effect, if any, on pavement handeling, high speed, road noise, or mileage?)

JohnKel · Jun 16, 2006

toddjb122 said:
Thanks. They look great!!!

Yeah, my handeling question (as you probably guessed) is will they handle the other 95% of my driving which is roads & highways! (how noticeable do you think the effect, if any, on pavement handeling, high speed, road noise, or mileage?)

The reviews on the site I posted indicate that they're an above average road tire :smile:

a google search also turned up many positive reviews , however non LR3.......time will tell, but I will be seriously considering them HTH

Cheers
John

roverdawg · Jun 22, 2006

There's a bloke over on the UK RRS site that says he's had 19" MTRs on order since March with the supplier telling him that Goodyear UK has halted them in order to have them re-certified for a speed rating. Seems that there is a problem with the MTRs related to the LR3/RRS's weight. Wonder if that will delay the rollout here in the US?

thinkingdog · Jul 24, 2006

Just got this email from Pirelli CS:

There are currently no plans in this production.

-----Original Message-----
From: Pirelli Webmaster, IT
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 1:06 PM
To: PTNA - Consumer Affairs, US
Subject: Request information

Topic of interest: Car_SUV_VAN
Country of interest: United States
Subject: Request information
state:
city:
Message: Will Scorpion ATRs be available in 255/55/19s anytime soon?

This is for Land Rover LR3.

Thanks

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