Goodyear Again Named America's Most Respected Automotive Company

AKRON, Ohio, April 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Company (NYSE: GT) has - for the second year in a row - been recognized as
America's most respected automotive company by the Reputation Institute (RI)
and Forbes magazine.

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The list, which was released today on www.forbes.com, is based on the results
RI's Global Pulse consumer opinion survey, which measures the overall respect,
trust, esteem, admiration and good feelings consumers hold toward the world's
largest companies.

Scores are based on RI's seven dimensions of reputation: products/services,
innovation, workplace, citizenship, governance, leadership and performance.
RI said the 2009 survey indicates that consumers are most influenced by a
company's high-quality products and services.

"This recognition is particularly meaningful as it is based on surveys with
the general public - the consumers who buy our tires and put their trust in
Goodyear every day," said Richard J. Kramer, president of Goodyear's North
American Tire business. "Our strategies are clearly working."

In addition to being ranked highest among automotive companies, Goodyear
ranked No. 32 overall and is only tire company rated in the top 150.

Goodyear is North America's largest tire company. Goodyear employs about
30,000 people in North America and manufactures its products in more than 20
facilities. For more information about Goodyear, go to
www.goodyear.com/corporate.

SOURCE The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Keith Price of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, +1-330-796-1863