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Falken Tire Releases WildPeak A/T

The latest addition to the Falken Tire family in the US is said to be all-terrain, all-season and all-purpose. These words of confidence from the California based Falken Tire Corporation refer to the company’s new WildPeak A/T for SUVs and light trucks. The tyre features a symmetric five-rib pattern and rigid block design that Falken says allows for exceptional on-road response and optimised off-road handling. Stability, Falken adds, comes courtesy of two stiff, extra-wide steel belts. In addition, the tyre’s four wide multi-angled grooves are intended to maximise water, mud and snow evacuation, while biting block edges have been included for traction and control.

5th November 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear Pleased with “Fourth Auto Express Accolade in Five Years”

Having been named the winner of the Auto Express light SUV test, Goodyear was pleased to note that it was the fourth such award that the UK weekly magazine had sent its way in the past five years. The Goodyear Excellence tyre was declared outright winner, adding to the ‘recommended’ rating awarded to the Goodyear OptiGrip in the magazine’s test of family car tyres published in September. The Excellence follows Auto Express tyre test successes for the company’s HydraGrip, OptiGrip and Eagle F1 tyre in other vehicle test categories.

22nd October 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Auto Express Tests SUV Tyres

Auto Express has published the results of its latest tyre test, an evaluation of six big-selling small sports utility vehicle products, fitted in size 235/55R17 to a Toyota RAV4 at Continental’s proving ground in Uvalde, Texas. Goodyear’s Excellence (H), Conti’s CrossContact UHP (H) and Michelin’s Latitude Diamaris (H) took the top three spots respectively in a very closely fought contest.

21st October 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Cooper Launches UK-Designed UHP 4×4/SUV Tyre

The first in Cooper’s 4×4 product portfolio to be developed outside the USA, the Zeon 4XS, says the American manufacturer, has been designed specifically to meet the demands of European 4×4 vehicles on European roads. The tyre will include fitments for the Porsche Cayenne, Volkswagen Touareg, BMW X5, Audi Q7, Volvo XC90 and Mercedes M-Class, and will be available to buy in the UK and mainland Europe from early November.

9th October 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Kirkby Tyres Sees “Mid-Range” Growth

With a five acre site close to Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport in the UK and two warehouse facilities in Ireland, Kirkby Tyres and Wheels’ business is still growing in the aftermarket. The company says that, “we are finding that more and more customers are using mid-range brands such as Double Coin, which we are seeing strong demand for.” Kirkby offers a wide range of brands within this segment, such as Alliance, Malhotra, Protector and Petlas. The growth in the market for these brands has been such that the company has been able to employ an additional two sales people to cover East Anglia and North of England. The wholesaler is ISO 9001 accredited and can, in most areas, deliver products the next day.

6th October 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Maxxis Uses Anfield Link to Reward Major Customers

Maxxis reports that it is working hard to synergise its sponsorship and advertising links with Premier League football clubs and its major fleet business customers, treating the latter to VIP hospitality with the former. Four Maxxis customers enjoyed a Yossi Benayoun hat-trick – his third in two years – courtesy of the manufacturer, when Liverpool beat Burnley 4-0 at Anfield on 12 September.

22nd September 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Grouptyre Continues “Modernising”, Increases Distribution Points

Operating as a national distributor with the ability to focus on a local level, Grouptyre has the ability to develop solid business relationships with tyre retailers and grow its share of the market. Despite the challenging trading environment, Grouptyre’s 13 member companies say they are continuing to invest in the business, making improvements in distribution and upgrading IT systems to enhance the organisation’s overall product and service offerings, improving communications, sharing best practice and developing new business models.

7th September 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin Offers Fuel Vouchers with Tyre Purchases

With a strong focus in its corporate communications on providing more fuel efficient tyres with reduced rolling resistance, Michelin clearly sees an opportunity for its premium products in the current climate by emphasising its tyres’ abilities in this area.

28th August 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone Americas Introduces Dueler A/T Revo 2

The next generation of all-terrain tyre in the Bridgestone Dueler family has been launched in North America, replacing a tyre line Bridgestone describes as having "set the standard for toughness, durability and quiet comfort." The Dueler A/T Revo 2 was first introduced to the market in July 2009 and is now available in 27 sizes from 15 through to 20-inch rim diameters.

17th August 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Cooper Supports “Rambling Rat” Child Poverty Aid Tour

Cooper Tire is supporting a charity expedition travelling across the world to highlight the plight of children living in poverty. Dubbed the “Rambling Rat”, Tim Dennis has travelled all the way across Europe, Asia and North America in a Toyota Land Cruiser equipped with Cooper’s rugged Discoverer STT tyres, which have successfully taken him some 44,000 miles across the harshest terrains on Earth.

13th August 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Maxxis Rewards Top PCR Tyre Retailers

Maxxis has completed its second Maxxis Rewards prize draw, giving 13 tyre retailers £500 worth of gift vouchers from either Marks & Spencer, Thomas Cook or High Street Gift Vouchers, which they can spend at more than 18,000 stores across the UK, including Boots, HMV, Debenhams, Waterstone’s, M&S, House of Fraser, Carphone Warehouse and Threshers. Under the terms of the Maxxis Rewards initiative, the more Maxxis car, van and 4×4 tyres that accredited retailers purchase during the promotional period, the greater their chances of winning a major prize.

The Maxxis Rewards dealer support programme has been organised in conjunction with Grouptyre, the exclusive Maxxis distributor in the UK. Dealers who sign up are automatically entered into the quarterly prize draws, which run until 11 December. Based on their purchase levels, retailers also have the opportunity to earn Argos vouchers and Maxxis-branded promotional clothing and accessories.

The winning tyre dealers and Grouptyre members who supply them are:

Auchinlea Tyres (dealer) – Cooper Bros. (Grouptyre member)
Baker Tyres – Broadway Tyres
Baldonrie Garage – Kenway Tyres
Carmarthenshire Tyre Services Ltd – King David Tyres
DIY Motorist Centre – WJ Wood & Son
Holderness Tyre Services Ltd – BAB Distribution
Hometyre Services – Car Tyrestore
Homend Tyres – ETB
K&M UK Ltd – EG Wholesale
Leeds Commercial Vehicles – NE Wholesale
Lurgan Tyre Company – MT Wholesale
Tyre Care Ltd T/A Havers Tyres – We Sell Tyres (Wholesale)
Wheels ‘n’ Tyres – Oak Tyres

14th July 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Cooper Introduces New Discoverer 4×4 Generation

Cooper Tire Europe has announced the launch of the second generation of its Discoverer Discoverer range of 4×4 tyres, the UK-built Discoverer M+S2. Replacing the existing Discoverer M+S product, the new tyre is designed to offer superior grip and braking ability, particularly in wet, snowy or icy conditions.

With nearly a third of all road accidents happening on wet, snowy or icy road surfaces – a figure provided by the DfT in its 2007 Road Casualties of Great Britain report – having a tyre that grips the road is imperative, says Cooper. The Discoverer M+S2 has a new directional tread pattern to attempt to achieve greater grip in the slippery conditions described. It is also stud-able and the optimised offset stud pattern help maximise grip on icy roads, when studs are fitted.

7th July 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Where the Rubber Hits the [Off] Road

The word unique is arguably overused in the tyre business, however in the case of Michelin’s Almeria proving ground it is certainly appropriate. Situated in the south of Spain, Almeria is the largest purpose built EM/OTR test facility in the world, which means Michelin has free reign to put products such as the new XHA2 (see textbox) through all manner of torture in the name of product development. It also provides the valuable opportunity for discrete and detailed original equipment testing, something that vehicle manufacturers will clearly appreciate.

Michelin bought the 4,500-hectares of land the Almeria off-road tyre test facility is now built on in 1977. The site was chosen because it is one of the driest places in Europe with the express purpose of developing it into a centre of excellence for earthmover/off-the-road tyre developments. More than three decades after Michelin moved in, the latest generation of OTR tyres are tested on surfaces ranging from thick mud to sharp objects designed to literally stretch the company’s tyre treads to the limit. In total there are over 100 kilometres of track where automated long term testing “robots” circle various courses ad infinitum to measure durability. Throughout the site modern testing equipment is used on some of the newest and largest machines in the business. For example you can’t miss the fact that Michelin’s Almeria centre is home to the only CAT 797 currently operating in Europe.

25th June 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Hankook Tire Continues University Robotics Project

This year Hankook Tire is again supporting the Technical University of Kaiserlautern’s Robotics Research Lab. The lab, under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Karsten Berns, has devoted itself to the development of working, autonomous un-manned robots that can be implemented, for example, by emergency services in crisis situations. In 2009 the German university’s ‘RAVON’ robot – fitted with Hankook tyres – is taking part in the ELROB (European Land-Robot Trial – Civil Version), held between June 15 and 18 in Oulu, Finnland. The purpose of the event, held every two years, is to demonstrate the current European state of the art in unmanned vehicles and the possibilities this offers.

16th June 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Kumho Breaks the Million Tyre Mark in UK

Kumho broke the one million tyre barrier in 2008. According to sole distributor Micheldever Tyre Services (MTS), it was the first time that annual sales of Kumho-branded car, van and 4×4 tyres have reached this height. Wholesale director, Alan Baldwin, said he was delighted with the news and added that MTS’s sales grew 30 per cent over its full year 2007 result:

“Throughout 2008 MTS and Kumho worked tirelessly to improve supply, and by a combination of better forecasting and supply chain management, product availability improved dramatically over 2007.” According to Baldwin things got even better for MTS and Kumho in the early stages of this year: “2009 has presented further challenges particularly, when as in March, the huge increases dealers were seeing in consumer demand resulted in a near 40 per cent increase over March 2008 sales.”

26th May 2009/by Tyrepress Editors