New EuroFlo website
EuroFlo has launched a new website, which can be found at www.euroflo.co.uk. New features include: access to the brand new and unique Stock Profiling Tool feature for Stockists; expanded Online EuroFlo Catalogue; online DPF validation form – No longer any need to email or fax; and a stockist map showing the firm’s UK stockist network.
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European motoring clubs publish winter tyre test results
Every autumn the largest motoring associations in Germany (ADAC), Austria, (ÖAMTC) and Switzerland (TCS) publish the largely-identical results of their combined winter tyre test. The information presented here is drawn from the ÖAMTC’s reportage and covers the comparative test of 16 size 165/70 R 14T tyres on a VW Polo and 19 size 205/55 R16H tyres on a VW Golf. The results of the two tests show frugality in bestowing the ‘outstanding’ rating – no tyre in either test received this – yet four tyres effectively failed the test with a rating of ‘not recommended’.
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Pirelli and Lamborghini launch clothing collection
In 1963, Ferruccio Lamborghini turned to Pirelli to supply the tyres for the 350 GTV, the first sports car produced by his brand-new company. This was the start of a more than half-century partnership that has seen Pirelli tyres fitted as original equipment on a host of Lamborghini creations, including the Miura, Countach, Diablo, Gallardo and the Aventador. Now Pirelli and Lamborghini have partnered once again, and this time created something you can wear rather than drive.
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Hankook launches new winter tyre ranges
The new generation of Hankook’s winter high performance tyre is now out, and this time the tyre maker has developed two versions – the Winter i*cept evo² for passenger cars and the Winter i*cept evo2 SUV for the popular sports utility vehicle category. Hankook says the Winter i*cept evo² features a new nano-sized, high dispersible […]
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Goodyear winter tyres OE on Krone trailers
Krone has become the first trailer manufacturer to offer Goodyear’s latest winter trailer tyre as original equipment. It has approved the Goodyear Ultra Grip Max T in sizes 385/65R22.5 160 K 158 L and 385/55R22.5 160 K 158 L for trailers destined for severe winter operations.
Continue ReadingTyre sensors to become an important part of Continental’s in-car network
Prior to the start of the IAA show, which is currently taking place in Frankfurt, Continental’s Dr Elmar Degenhart announced the introduction of new tyre-based technology. The Executive Board chairman stated: “In future we’ll build sensors into tyres that are capable of immediately sensing the texture of a road surface. In this way we will turn the tyre into an important component in our in-car sensor network.”
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Large but light – Brembo releases high-end brake caliper line
Braking systems designer and manufacturer Brembo has presented a new family of aluminium calipers for high-end cars at the IAA show in Frankfurt. The new fixed caliper range, available in 17-inch (5.9 kilogrammes), 18-inch (7.7 kilogrammes) and 19-inch (8 kilogrammes) versions, is particularly aimed cars with a high braking disc surface. Such discs usually require generously-sized, but heavy calipers – however Brembo says its new caliper, which only recently went into production, combines a size optimised for discs with high braking surfaces with remarkable lightness.
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Brake Engineering expands product range
Brake Engineering is building on its Original Aftermarket approach by adding a number of new products to its entire braking range, focusing not just on first to market parts, but on developing “aftermarket” ranges that are relevant to the vehicles in independent garages.
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Nokian a double winner in Finnish tyre test
Victory has gone to Nokian Tyres in both the studded and non-studded categories of the winter tyre test conducted by Finnish publication Tekniikan Maailma (World of Technology). The test of 12 studded size 205/55 R16 tyres and eight non-studded 205/55 R16 tyres appeared in issue (17/2015) and saw the Nokian tyres pitted against a range of premium, mid-range and budget tyres.
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Dunlop, Vredestein films honoured at AutoVision Awards
Dunlop walked away with a gold OttoCar at yesterday’s AutoVision Awards ceremony in Frankfurt, and Vredestein landed a silver accolade. The biennial awards ceremony took place during the IAA show and saw Goodyear Dunlop Tires honoured for its ‘One Second’ commercial. One Second also won a black award for best direction and best editing. A silver OttoCar award came Apollo Vredestein’s way in recognition of its Vredestein Snowtrac and Quattrac 5 product launch films.
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Yokohama OE on Morgan ARP4
The latest addition to the Morgan range, the ARP4, is to roll on Yokohama tyres. This very exclusive product from Morgan motorsport arm AR Motorsport will be fitted with the Yokohama Advan Neova AD08R tyres as standard.
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Shoes and tyres – Hankook presents first fruit from Vibram collaboration
The Frankfurt motor show has been a hotbed of announcement activity for Hankook Tire. In addition to an IAA launch of its Laufenn brand in Europe, news of original equipment tyre supply for the latest generation Audi A4 and the Volkswagen Touran, and the release of a lower rolling resistance Ventus S1 evo² and its fitment on the Mercedes-Benz C350e plug-in hybrid, the tyre maker has discussed its strategic partnership with shoe outsole company Vibram.
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19 finalists chosen for 2015 AutoBild winter tyre test
In its annual winter tyre performance survey, German motoring publication AutoBild narrows a wide field of 49 winter tyres and two all-season tyres with wet and snow braking measurements before conducting a full test of a range of characteristics. 19 tyres made it through to the 2015/16 season test, conducted using the tyre size 185/60 R15.
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Blue light support for CrossClimate tyre, Michelin adding SUV version & new sizes
Michelin states that the CrossClimate, its new winter-certified summer tyre, is the company’s “most important innovation for a decade.” Earlier today we reported that several fleet operators have chosen the CrossClimate for their vehicles. Michelin now shares that ‘blue light’ fleet managers across the UK have participated in a CrossClimate demonstration at the MIRA proving ground in Warwickshire, and it says the emergency service operators’ reactions were positive.
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Hankook enlarges Ventus S1 evo² range with low rolling resistance sizes, announces Mercedes-Benz fitment
It appears that Hankook Tire has introduced a low rolling resistance version of its flagship Ventus S1 evo² tyre. A statement released following the company’s Frankfurt motor show press conference refers to the addition of “very low rolling resistance versions in several sizes” and states that two of these dimensions have been selected as original equipment tyres for the Mercedes-Benz C350e plug-in hybrid.
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