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Michelin’s Pilot Road 2 Tops European Tyre Tests

The Michelin Pilot Road 2 has for a second year come first place in tests conducted by European motorcycle publications. This year, Germany’s Motorrad magazine and France’s Moto Revue have awarded top honours to the Michelin products.

The Pilot Road 2 2CT received an impressive average total of 8.83 points out of a maximum possible 10 points in Moto Revue’s test, obtaining its best individual result, 9.5, in the roadholding category. Motorrad also declared the Michelin product its test winner, with its strongest individual result being in the wet handling category, describing the Pilot Road 2 as “virtually unbeatable” in the wet.

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Pirelli Wins Motoring Euro Press Plaudits in Summer Tests

Pirelli have obtained eight overall victories and two top-three placements in 11 tests conducted by European motoring authorities and the specialist press.

The Cinturato P4, designed for medium displacement and city cars (with its ecocompatibility and safety-conscious characteristics) and the P Zero, the high technology tyre developed for the most sporting cars, have been singled out for the highest praise in their categories.

In Germany, the P Zero won four overall victories in four tests conducted by Auto Zeitung, Sport Auto, Sport Auto Tuning Spezial and Power Car, which unanimously voted it the top tyre in the reference segment.

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Michelin Lifestyle Wins Brand Extension Award

The successful introduction of the Michelin range of motoring accessories has been recognised with the Award for Excellence in Brand Extension presented recently by the Marketing Society in association with Marketing magazine. The Award for Excellence 2008, described by Michelin as the Oscars of the marketing world, recognises the creative skills Michelin Lifestyle Ltd used “to expand consumers’ awareness and accessibility to the Michelin brand by introducing new products for motorists, in addition to the traditional tyre products.” By developing and establishing the Michelin range of premium quality motoring and leisure accessories, the company’s brand recognition is enhanced.

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Kumho, BFGoodrich Joint Winners of 4×4 Magazine Ultimate Tyre Test

The Kumho Road Venture MT KL71 and BFGoodrich Mud-Terrain T/A have been named joint winners of 4×4 Magazine’s ‘ultimate tyre test’. In conducting the test, in which 4×4 Magazine aimed to discover the UK’s best mud terrain tyre, the tyres were reportedly subjected to the key obstacles and conditions encountered throughout the country. Size 235/85 R16 tyres from eight manufacturers were in turn fitted to a 2007 Land Rover Defender 110 and subjected to six challenging real world tests – mud climb, bog run, side slope, rock crawl, gravel and tarmac braking – at a venue in South Wales.

The Kumho and BFGoodrich products finished the test eight points ahead of their nearest rivals, the Goodyear Wrangler M/T and Maxxis Mudder Buckshot. The magazine found the Kumho KL71 radically different in appearance from all its competitors and, in fact, to be the best looking as well as the joint best performer. The Kumho was awarded top marks on the rock crawl and gravel braking tests and performed with credit on the mud climb and bog run. The BFGoodrich tyre, said 4×4 Magazine, is an item considered by some to be the original and best mud terrain tyre. “Slippery mud and dangerous grass were its key strengths, with both obstacles proving no problem for the traditional American,” reported the magazine.

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Pirelli Wins Motoring Euro Press Plaudits in Summer Tests

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Continental Tyres Increases Australia Commitment

Continental is increasing its position in the Australian commercial vehicle tyre market. Following Continental AG’s acquisition of Siemens VDO the companies’ Australian wings will now amalgamate into a new office complex in Melbourne’s northern suburb of Bundoora, Supply Chain Review reports. According to the magazine, Continental Tyres has significantly increased its commitment to the Australian market with the appointment of key marketing, sales and technical positions, all based locally.

“By the establishment of local offices and appointment of an Australian team Continental has shown its high level of commitment to the Australian market,” General Manager Sales and Marketing, Peter Miglic is quoted as saying. “One thing that keeps Continental at the forefront of the global tyre industry is our significant commitment to research and development. Last year we spent the equivalent of $72 million on developing and making better tyres, this equates to around 3% of our total sales. Conti is at the fore front of global tyre development.”

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Goodyear HydraGrip Wins Auto Express Product Honours

Auto Express Magazine’s annual Product Honours Awards report has recognised the Goodyear HydraGrip as the ‘Best Buy’ tyre in the family car tyre market. The Product Honours Award follows testing by Auto Express, Britain’s biggest selling motoring weekly magazine, of 16 tyre brands. The test compared stopping distances, handling, grip, fuel consumption, in car-noise levels and prices to determine the champion in the highly competitive family car tyre market.

The magazine found the Goodyear tyre excelled in the wet, particularly in the curved aquaplaning test, but was strong across the board. In terms of curved aquaplaning, the Goodyear HydraGrip had 15 per cent more grip than any other tyre tested, and 49 per cent more grip than one other brand.

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ContiPremiumContact 2 Named in Auto Express Product Honours

For the second consecutive year, the ContiPremiumContact 2 has received a commendation from leading consumer publication, Auto Express, as part of its Product Honours 2008 feature. Auto Express said: “The PremiumContact 2 is a great all rounder that delivers top performance across all types of driving and was an easy choice for our commendation.”

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New Products Ready to Join Growing Kumho UHP Range

Europe is currently a market of much activity for Kumho, and the manufacturer reports that its OE business here is growing, the latest addition to the company’s original equipment portfolio being the high performance Ecsta KU19 in size 245/45R18 for the new Mercedes-Benz Viano X-Clusive. Supply of this particular KU19 size has been added to the company’s global OE business, which includes as customers Chevrolet, Chrysler, Hyundai, Kia, Mitsubishi, Smart, SsangYong, VW and Daimler AG, to whom Kumho has supplied tyres for the A-Class model since last year. In the replacement market Kumho’s profile has also grown rapidly, thanks to the support of national distribution partner Micheldever Tyre Services, Northern Ireland distributor Modern Tyres and the ECSTA Performance Centre network, arguably one of the most successful retailing programmes of its kind.

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Michelin Wins 2 TAFF Awards

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For the second year running, Michelin has scooped two NTDA Tyre And Fast Fit (TAFF) awards in one night. Michelin Tyre Plc won both the Tyre Manufacturer of the Year and Industry Advertising Awards. The success follows a strong showing at the 2007 awards when the French-manufacturer received the Product Innovation and Industry Advertising awards. The 2008 TAFF awards also saw a return to winning ways for BITS who won Wholesaler of the Year for a record eighth time, including comparable prizes from before the TAFF awards began three years ago.

TAFF Winners:
Tyre Manufacturer of the Year and Industry Advertising Awards – Michelin
Wholesaler of the Year – BITS
Production Innovation Award – Goodyear (Eagle F1 Asymmetric)
Environment Award – Kingpin Tyres
Tyre & Aftermarket Equipment Supplier of the Year – Apaseal

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Bridgestone Rates Well in European Magazine Tests

Bridgestone reports receiving highly favourable results in summer tyre tests conducted by German and Nordic region magazines. Europe’s largest motoring magazine, ADAC Motorwelt rated the Japanese manufacturer’s Turanza ER300 in the top group of “highly recommendable” tyres in its 2008 summer tyre tests. Singling it out from 18 major brand competitors, the magazine described Turanza ER300 as a “very well balanced summer tyre with best grade on dry and also good on wet”.

The VW Golf 2.0 FSI test vehicle fitted with 195/65 R15 tyres completed the full range of performance tests with weightings of 20 per cent for dry, 40 per cent for wet, 10 per cent for noise, 10 per cent for rolling resistance and 20 per cent for wear rate. ADAC awarded its final rating based on the overall weighted score, after downgrading for any individual result judged to be unacceptably weak. ADAC also rated the ER300 “highly recommendable” in 2007.

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MA-Z4S Joins Growing Maxxis Performance Range

The recently unveiled Maxxis MA-Z4S is now available in the UK, exclusively supplied by Group Tyre. The unidirectional UHP tyre is sold in sizes from 195/50 R15 to 255/35 ZR20, and brings the Maxxis performance tyre range to a total of 200 sizes with solutions for every application – from, general motoring to the demands of professional motorsport.

Tread design is intended to maximise the all-season characteristics of the MA-Z4S. Its V-shaped tread pattern features four high-void circumferential main grooves for effective water dispersal on wet roads, plus multiple grooves and siping for snow conditions. Underneath the all-season tread is a solid centre rib, reinforced casing and body ply structure designed with improved handling and high-speed stability in mind, while the hard bead filler compound is intended to deliver better cornering.

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Keegan: Goodyear Well Positioned Despite Economic Uncertainty

In his address at Goodyear’s 2008 annual shareholders’ meeting on April 5, chairman and CEO Robert J. Keegan said the company is well positioned for future success despite economic uncertainty in 2008. This, he said, is the result of the determination and innovative thinking exhibited by thousands of Goodyear associates around the world that helped turn the company around.

“Our company’s product, brand and customer mix has become considerably richer,” said Keegan. “We are more focused on the premium segments of the global tire markets, which have relatively inelastic pricing dynamics. Our ability to generate top-line growth is underpinned by our product leadership strategy. We focus our industry-leading new product engine on increasing our mix of high-value-added tyres. The introduction of impactful new products to our portfolio globally raised the bar again in 2007.”

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Goodyear One of America’s Most Trustworthy Companies

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has been recognized as one of America’s most trustworthy companies by Audit Integrity Inc. and Forbes magazine. Goodyear ranked sixth on the magazine’s second annual listing of companies with market capitalization of $5 billion or more, which was released at www.forbes.com on March 27. The list is based on Audit Integrity’s independent research and evaluation of the transparency, reliability and risks of corporate accounting and governance practices.

“This recognition is very meaningful,” said Robert J. Keegan, Goodyear chairman and chief executive officer. “We have worked hard over the past few years to build a world-class organization with a focus on both corporate accounting and governance,” he added.

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Goodyear – The One To Trust

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has been recognized as one of America’s most trustworthy companies by Audit Integrity Inc. and Forbes magazine.
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