General Tire is a Continental tire brand, supplied through Continental Tire the Americas and the wider Continental manufacturing network. [1][2]

Who makes General Tires?

Owner
Continental; the October 2025 General Tire announcement explicitly names that brand relationship. [1]
Made by
Continental’s tire business; Continental Tire the Americas issues the General Tire product data book. [2]
Made in
Continental documents US tire plants, but the sources here do not allocate each General Tire model or size to a country. [3][2]

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General Tires

General Tire is a Continental tire brand, supplied through Continental Tire the Americas and the wider Continental manufacturing network.

Evidence: [1][2]

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  • General Tires (Brand): General Tire is a Continental tire brand, supplied through Continental Tire the Americas and the wider Continental manufacturing network. [1][2]
  • General Tires → Continental (Owner): Continental; the October 2025 General Tire announcement explicitly names that brand relationship. [1]
  • Continental → General Tires manufacturing (Manufacturer): Continental’s tire business; Continental Tire the Americas issues the General Tire product data book. [2]

Who owns General Tires?

The October 2025 General Tire market-launch release identifies it as a Continental brand. This is more precise than treating General as a separate independent tire manufacturer. [1]

Ownership guides: Continental Tires

Who actually makes General Tires products?

The January 2025 General Tire data book is published by Continental Tire the Americas. It identifies the product organization, but is not a complete factory-to-size sourcing directory. [2]

Where are General Tires products made?

Continental’s 2024 US plant release names Mount Vernon, Illinois; Sumter, South Carolina; and Clinton, Mississippi. Their product scopes differ: the group’s commercial-truck plant should not be assigned to a passenger tire just because the brand shares an owner. [3]

Is General Tires made in China or the USA?

Continental has US tire manufacturing. Whether a particular General tire was made in the USA or China is Unconfirmed in this guide without its model/size and plant identification; the group plant list alone does not settle that question. [3][2]

Same factory, different label

General and Continental are related tire brands. Shared ownership and distribution do not establish identical tread designs, compounds or factory allocations for particular tires. [1][2]

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Ownership timeline

  1. 1974: Continental’s Mount Vernon plant began production, according to its anniversary release. [3]
  2. 2025-01: Continental Tire the Americas issued the General Tire data book. [2]
  3. 2025-10-01: Continental announced General Tire’s Malaysian market launch. [1]

Frequently asked questions

4 questions about this supply chain, answered from the records above.

Who owns general tires?

Continental; the October 2025 General Tire announcement explicitly names that brand relationship.[1]

Where are general tires made?

Continental documents US tire plants, but the sources here do not allocate each General Tire model or size to a country.[3][2]

Who makes general tires?

Continental’s tire business; Continental Tire the Americas issues the General Tire product data book.[2]

Are General tires made in the USA?

Continental has US tire manufacturing. Whether a particular General tire was made in the USA or China is Unconfirmed in this guide without its model/size and plant identification; the group plant list alone does not settle that question.[3][2]

Sources and scope

Year-only source dates denote the report’s coverage year. Dated disclosures establish the facts described at that time. Plant output, contracts and ownership can change; this is a selected map, not a complete supplier census.

  1. [1] Continental launches General Tire in Malaysia — 2025-10-01 · Primary source · Reviewed 2026-10-21.

    Dated October 2025 release explicitly identifies General Tire as a Continental brand.

  2. [2] General Tire data book — 2025-01 · Primary source · Reviewed 2026-10-21.

    January 2025 General Tire product data book is issued by Continental Tire the Americas.

  3. [3] Continental US plant anniversaries — 2024-04-16 · Primary source · Reviewed 2026-10-21.

    April 2024 Continental release describes US tire plants at Mount Vernon, Sumter and Clinton and their different product scopes.

Unconfirmed

  • General Tire model-and-size-specific countries, plant codes and factory assignments.
  • Any claim that every General tire is US-made or shares specifications with a Continental-labeled tire.