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Marangoni Goes Green with 2011 Show Car

It has become annual tradition at Marangoni to unveil a tuned demo car sporting its tyres. This year the tyre maker showed off the ‘Z-Hydro’, a modified Nissan 370Z, but for 2011 Marangoni has selected a vehicle from its homeland to ‘give the business’. Next year’s car is being introduced to the world at December’s Bologna Motor Show; visitors to Marangoni’s stand will meet the Giulietta G430 iMove Marangoni, sitting resplendent on glow-in-the-dark green tyres.

6th December 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

ATS Euromaster Launches Payment Card

News

ATS Euromaster has launched a new payment card named ‘ATS Assist’, offering a single payment option for all motoring needs, regardless of vehicle type, covering drivers for everything from tyres to fuel and windscreen replacement to vehicle rental. Individual cards available for every car, van, truck and trailer. A single weekly or monthly invoice is sent to managers detailing all transactions, vehicle by vehicle, eliminating the need for drivers to collect receipts and claim expenses, thus reducing administration. The collective online information also provides a clear fleet cost analysis, enabling businesses to identify purchasing trends and potential cost savings more readily.

1st December 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

ATS Euromaster Hosts Road Safety Demos for Birmingham Pupils

News

Over 500 children in Birmingham gained valuable experience in road safety last week, when Aston-based tyre specialist ATS Euromaster organised a series of practical demonstrations at Anderton Park School in Balsall Heath (24 November) and Coleshill Heath Junior & Infants School in Chelmsley Wood (25 November). The special lessons were arranged to support National Road Safety Week (22-28 November) and saw a Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) squeeze into the playgrounds at both schools to help highlight a series of key safety messages involving stopping distances, driver reaction times and vehicle blind spots.

1st December 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Get Checked Out for Winter, Advises Kwik-Fit

News

Almost a fifth of drivers surveyed by Kwik-Fit admitted to never checking the condition of their cars between annual MoT tests, and this high rate of vehicular laissez faire has prompted the fast-fitter to wonder whether British motorists have already forgotten the lessons learned last winter. By applying the behaviour of its sample group to the wider UK motoring population, Kwik-Fit estimates that up to six million drivers could be heading into the cold season completely unprepared.

26th November 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Kwik-Fit Pledges Additional Training Funds Following Watchdog Attack

News

Kwik-Fit has promised to direct an additional million pounds into staff training and double its mystery shopper programme after the BBC One show ‘Watchdog’ aired both its own experience with the fast fit chain and those of several unsatisfied customers. The September 16 edition of Watchdog outlined cases in which Kwik-Fit quoted for repair work that wasn’t required and performed vehicle inspections that didn’t deliver all that was promised.

17th September 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Brembo Plans Brake Plant in Czech Republic

News

Italian brake product maker Brembo has announced plans to build a new production plant in the Czech Republic. The three-year, 35 million euro project will start operations in 2011. The project included rehabilitating an existing industrial building in the city of Ostrava, Brembo said.

14th September 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Ferrari One-Two Marred by Fine following Tame German Grand Prix

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Ferrari’s second first and second place finish and general domination over the weekend at the German Grand Prix was marred by a maximum $100,000 fine for breaching sporting regulations, after Felipe Massa appeared to allow Fernando Alonso to pass him and win the race after a less-than-coded message from his engineer. While Ferrari officials and Massa himself denied any instructions effectively to hand the race to Alonso were issued, the constructor decided to accept the fine without appeal “in the interests of the sport,” according to team boss Stefano Domenicali. Bridgestone’s attempts to inject interest with the widest possible gap between tyre compounds were foiled by low track temperature allowing the super soft tyre to run longer than had been anticipated.

26th July 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

GP3 Debut for Soft Compound PZero Tyre

Motorsport

Pirelli’s new 13-inch PZero soft compound GP3 tyre made its debut at last weekend’s Valencia street circuit for round three of the all-new series. The tyre, designed to deliberately degrade and slide, remained on the shelf during the first two rounds in Barcelona and Istanbul Park, as the medium compound tyre instead saw action at these venues.

1st July 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone Expects “Relatively Severe” Treatment of Tyres in Malaysia

News

The first back-to-back Grand Prix of the 2010 Formula One season takes place at the Sepang Circuit in Malaysia this weekend; tyre supplier Bridgestone will be taking 2,000 hard, soft and intermediate compound Potenzas. The company’s director of Motorsport Tyre Development, Hirohide Hamashima believes the circuit, with two long straights leading into tight, slow speed corners which require heavy braking, will be putting high energy levels through the tyres. In addition to the range of corners and the circuit’s general layout the hot weather will also provide a harsh test for the drivers’ management of their tyres. There is also a poetically cyclical aspect to Bridgestone’s visit; “much of our natural rubber comes from this region,” states Bridgestone Motorsport director, Hiroshi Yasukawa.

1st April 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

US Michelin Adverts Challenged by Bridgestone – Again

News, Premium

Tire Review reports that, while finding no fault, the National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus has asked Michelin North America to “modify or discontinue, among other claims, certain advertising claims for the Hydro-Edge tyre.” The move comes in response to a complaint filed by Bridgestone Americas challenging certain claims made by Michelin in its advertisements.

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16th March 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

British-based EBC Brakes Offers “World’s Largest Disc Pads Range”

News

EBC says it has developed and manufactured “the largest range of disc brake pads in the world, from mountain bike, motorcycle, passenger car, LCV, HGV, PSV , off highway and rail applications” using a range of specialist materials all developed in house at its R&D facility in Bristol. The company also announced the opening of a new distribution centre in Poland recently. The 500sqm facility is located near Krakow and carries “over 200,000 euro in EBC Brakes product inventory”.

2nd March 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Veco Brand Sales “Growing Steadily” for Universal Automotive

News

Sales of the Veco brand, available from automotive parts distributor Universal Automotive, are reportedly “growing steadily”, with year-on-year sales predicted to increase by 10 per cent in 2010. According to the distributor, this growth is to come from garages looking to their suppliers to provide “reliable products with matching OE quality, but at competitive prices” – the company says that the Veco range “ticks all of these boxes”.

2nd March 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Titan Gains ISO 9001:2008

News

Titan Tire Corporation has attained the new ISO 9001:2008 certification with Design Standards for the company’s facilities in Des Moines, Iowa; Freeport, Illinois; Bryan, Ohio; Dublin and Pendergrass, Georgia. “Independent testing is an important step in fulfilling our customer satisfaction goals,” said Titan Tire president Bill Campbell. “This certification affirms the quality of the design, manufacture, assembly and distribution of Titan tyres, tyre and wheel assemblies and brakes and actuators.” The company has held ISO certification since 1994.

15th January 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

SUV Version of Nokian’s Hakkapeliitta 7 Released

News

Nokian Tyres reports that the market launch of its new Hakkapeliitta 7 SUV studded tyre has provided 4×4 drivers “who enjoy driving in varying winter conditions” a “superior alternative” in terms of grip and driving stability. This new tyre, the Finnish manufacturer states, combines unyielding grip with exceptional durability and unique driving comfort. Designed for heavy use, this latest addition to the Hakkapeliitta winter tyre range is intended to continue Nokian’s emphasis on what it identifies as a core strength: the world’s leading winter tyre expertise. Nordic winter conditions were a focus when designing the Hakkapeliitta 7 SUV, and Nokian reports the tyre can easily adjust to quick changes in weather and temperature, from frost to snow storm to rain. The technical solutions incorporated into the passenger car version of the Hakkapeliitta 7 have also been adapted for use in this 4×4 tyre.

11th January 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

A Third of Motorists Drive Off With Snowed Up Windscreens

News

One in three motorists admits they will drive this winter without being able to see out of their windscreen properly, according to research by Continental Tyres. This will mean 6 million close calls on our roads this winter, as nearly two million drivers were close to crashing at least three times in the last year because their windscreen wasn’t clear before setting off. Researchers found most motorists think they are 'in too much of a rush' to fully defrost their windows and mirrors before heading off to work. It also emerged men are far worse than women at pulling off the driveway while peering through a tiny spot of clear glass at the road ahead.

5th January 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

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