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Giti Tire truck racing: BTRC positions brand centre-stage with Top Gear

Motorsport, UK News
Team Oliver’s bonneted Volvo VNL race-prepared truck leads the pack at DoningtonPS Images/Giti Tire

The British Truck Racing Championship put Giti Tire on centre-stage as a special feature on the premier British motoring show Top Gear became one of the company’s 2022 highlights. The manufacturer is the Official Partner and Exclusive Tyre Supplier to the BTRC, while Team Oliver, of which it is a sponsor, provided competitive success, finishing third overall. Giti’s involvement with the series went up a notch in 2022; all competition trucks were fitted with Giti Race-Tuned v1 global competition truck tyres in size 315/70R22.5 for the first time. Giti said that feedback from the teams had been “overwhelmingly positive”.

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  1. BTRC 2022 will run exclusively on Giti Race-Tuned v1 tyres
  2. Four European podiums for new Giti Tire racing truck
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12th December 2022/by Andrew

GSR Combi Road brings Giti’s latest technology to small & medium CVs

Product News

Available now in 215/75R17.5, the all-new Giti GSR236 Combi Road is the first steer tyre to bring the manufacturer’s latest regional and long-haul technology to small and medium commercial vehicles. Giti Tire considers the new range “superior in every aspect” when compared against its popular all-position Giti GAR820, with 30 per cent increases in mileage and wet braking performance, a 20 per cent reduction in noise and single digit improvements in crack, chipping and sidewall protection, enhanced rolling resistance and snow performance.

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  1. Giti GSR237 Combi Road launches in size 355/50R22.5
  2. Giti extends trailer tyre range with new key sizes for GTL919
  3. Giti CombiRoad technology introduced into 17.5” truck and bus market
  4. Giti Tire introduces first European off-road tyre for high mobility vehicles
26th September 2022/by Stephen

Giti GSR237 Combi Road launches in size 355/50R22.5

Product News

A completely new size for Giti Tire in Europe, the freshly-released Giti GSR237 Combi Road steer tyre in 355/50R22.5 offers a further fitment option for vehicles used in high load, low platform transportation. Giti Tire says it designed the GSR237 Combi Road to compete with premium brands – which up until now have been the only manufacturers producing this size.

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  1. Giti CombiRoad technology introduced into 17.5” truck and bus market
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  3. Giti launches key trailer tyre size for growing volume transport segment
  4. New compound adds 30% mileage to Giti Combi Road drive tyres
29th June 2022/by Stephen

Giti, BTRC featured on Top Gear

Company News, UK News
Giti Tire

Giti Tire appeared on the 19 June episode of Top Gear, supporting the presenting trio’s participation in a round of the British Truck Racing Championship (BTRC). The episode focused on commercial vehicles – an HGV special – as presenters Chris Harris, Freddie Flintoff and Paddy McGuinness passed their lorry driving tests before driving across the UK in new DAF, Mercedes and Scania pulling units. Their journey ended at Pembrey Race Circuit, where McGuinness then competed in a BTRC round in a fully liveried Giti truck.

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  4. Giti Tire’s Martin Gibson dominates at Donington in BTRC
20th June 2022/by Andrew

Giti Tire introduces first European off-road tyre for high mobility vehicles

Product News

Giti Tire has launched its first European off-road truck tyre for high mobility vehicles operating under the most extreme terrains – the Giti GAO897. Available in size 14.00R20, Giti says it designed the tyre to provide outstanding traction on unpaved surfaces, mud, sand, gravel and ice, as well as on the road.

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19th August 2021/by Stephen

Giti launches next-generation GAM831 mixed service tyre

Product News
Giti

Giti has launched the next generation Giti GAM831 mixed service all-position tyre in Europe. The tyre has been designed to deliver significant mileage improvements and improved robustness in severe applications. To achieve this, the manufacturer designed a new belt construction concept, which helps to optimise the tyre’s footprint and a new tread compound with improved abrasion resistance. The tyre is available in 13R22.5 156/150 (154/150) K (L) and 315/80R22.5 158/150 (154/150) K(L).

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  4. TBR tariffs: Giti displays two commercial tyres ‘Made in Indonesia’ at The Tire Cologne
31st March 2021/by Andrew

Giti CombiRoad technology introduced into 17.5” truck and bus market

Product News
Giti

The Giti GTR955 Combi Road tyre is being launched in three new 17.5” sizes. The development marks the first time Giti Tire’s latest truck and bus tyre technology has been available in smaller rims. Initially available in 215/75R17.5, it will be followed by the 235/75R17.5 and 245/70R17.5 in quarter four.

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  4. Giti upgrades GDM686 mixed service truck tyre, increasing mileage 20%
7th August 2020/by Andrew

Giti upgrades GDM686 mixed service truck tyre, increasing mileage 20%

Product News
Giti Tire

Giti Tire has introduced a new generation of its Giti GDM686 mixed service drive axle tyre. The new model increases mileage potential by 20 per cent, the manufacturer tells Tyres & Accessories. The manufacturer describes the tyre as one of its most popular products for on/off road vehicles.

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  4. Giti CombiRoad technology introduced into 17.5” truck and bus market
9th June 2020/by Andrew

New compound adds 30% mileage to Giti Combi Road drive tyres

Product News

Giti Tire has continued to roll out its Combi Road compound technology with next generation Giti GDR655+ and GDR665+ drive patterns. Both tyres improve mileage by 30 per cent, and improved fuel efficiency by approximately 10 per cent versus the original tyres, Giti states.

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  4. Giti upgrades GDM686 mixed service truck tyre, increasing mileage 20%
4th October 2019/by Andrew

Giti launches all-position urban-bus tyre

Product News
Giti Tire

Giti Tire has launched its next generation, three-peak mountain snowflake (3PMSF) certified, all-position urban-bus tyre, the Giti GAU867v1. Replacing the popular Giti GAU861 and Giti GT867 patterns, initial key sizes include 275/70R22.5, 295/80R22.5 and 11R22.5, all of which possess market standard load and speed indices. The manufacturer states that the tyre is designed for hard urban use, and utilises the manufacturer’s latest casing construction, enhancing mileage and handling and retreadability, a key market stipulator due to a short original lifespan.

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26th July 2019/by Andrew

Giti Fleet SMART TPMS launched at CV Show 2019

Company News, Product News, UK News

Giti Tire has launched Giti Fleet SMART, its first ever tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS) at CV Show 2019. The acronym SMART stands for Smart, Monitoring, Air pressure, Real time, Technology. The system, created in partnership with TyreWatch.com, delivers continuous monitoring and analysis of a fleets’ tyres. Fully connected to the web and Giti’s own GitiAssist network, it is designed to inform workshop technicians and fleet managers of maintenance requirements, while predicting and preventing potential tyre failures.

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9th May 2019/by Andrew

Next-gen Giti GTR955 Combi Road trailer tyre ‘delivers 30% mileage increase’

Product News, UK News

Giti’s new generation trailer tyre, the Giti GTR955 Combi Road, delivers around 30 per cent more mileage versus previous comparable products, the manufacturer states. This result was achieved by enhancing the tyre profile, advanced belt construction, and a newly developed tread compound, Giti adds. The tyre went through a four-year design and test period on several different fleet types, across various diverse sectors.

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  4. GT Radial extends REE Tread range with drive tyre fitments
29th January 2019/by Andrew

Giti Tire sponsored Team Oliver Racing secures 3 one-two finishes at Zolder

Company News, Motorsport

Giti Tire sponsored Team Oliver Racing secured three one-two finishes in four races at the Truck Grand Prix at the Zolder Race Circuit, Belgium. In race one British and European Truck Racing Champion Stuart Oliver finished first with Martin Gibson, manager EU Testing Centre & Motorsport UK for Giti Tire, securing his inaugural podium finish in second. In the following race the team achieved the same result having started from the back of a reverse grid on the narrow and twisty four kilometre circuit. The third saw Oliver victorious again before race four when Gibson went on to win his first-ever truck race, this time with his teammate just behind.

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  4. Four European podiums for new Giti Tire racing truck
8th October 2018/by Andrew

Giti launches key commercial tyre sizes one year since rebranding at CV Show 2018

Company News, Premium, Product News, UK News

Giti Tire launched its planned transition from the GT Radial brand to the eponymous Giti commercial vehicle tyre range at the CV Show in 2017. One year on, Tyres & Accessories travelled to the Birmingham NEC to meet Tony McHugh, TBR sales and marketing director UK at Giti Tire, to ask how the transition has progressed in the intervening year, catch up on the latest range developments, and find out the story behind the Team Oliver racing truck on its stand.

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8th May 2018/by Andrew

Giti high cube trailer pattern to make debut at CV Show

Product News, UK News

Giti Tire will display its new Giti GTL925 high cube trailer pattern in size 445/45R19.5 at the CV Show 2018 (National Exhibition Centre (NEC), Birmingham; 24-26 April, 2017; Stand 4G60). The tyre makes its event debut at the show, where the global manufacturer will also unveil an exclusive tyre for a whole new application.

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  4. Giti launches key commercial tyre sizes one year since rebranding at CV Show 2018
9th March 2018/by Andrew
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