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New Passat Features Self-Sealing Conti Tyres

The new four-door Passat CC, premiered at the Detroit Motor Show, will roll off the production line equipped with self-sealing Continental tyres. Using a technology known as ‘ContiSeal’, the German tyre major’s sealing system enables a vehicle to continue travelling even after a tyre has been punctured with a screw or nail. It is not hampered by the limitations of run-flats; a protective layer on the inside of the tread immediately seals any hole that develops when a screw or nail puncture the tyre, preventing air from escaping.

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Toyo Commits to British International Motor Show

Toyo Tires reports that it has taken “the prime spot” at this year’s British International Motor Show. It is also said to have been the first tyre manufacturer to do so. In a statement Toyo Tires said that it hopes to capitalise on its highly visible presence and prime time location at this year’s event. Toyo Tires has previously maintained a presence at Goodwood Festival of Speed and other motorsport and motoring enthusiast events. So what prompted the move to this more mainstream audience?

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Apollo Launches Winter Tyre Range

India’s Auto Expo 2008 motor show in New Delhi has been the venue for another first from Apollo Tyres – the company’s chairman and managing director, Onkar S Kanwar, unveiled Apollo Tyres’ – and India’s – first winter tyre ranges. Called the Acelere Ice and Hawkz Ice, the new tyres will be produced in sizes to fit passenger cars and 4x4s.

The Ice range of winter tyres have been designed for European and North American markets, and utilise the compounds (100 per cent silica), siping and tread patterns traditionally associated with this market segment. Apollo reports that both the Acelere Ice and the Hawkz Ice underwent extensive testing at the Ivalo Test Track in Finland prior to their unveiling, and will become available for purchase in the autumn of 2008.

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Maywood to Exhibit at CV Show

Maywood Equipment Group have taken another large stand at The Commercial Motor Show which takes place at The NEC between 15 and 17 April inclusive. Maywood have now supported this show for eight consecutive years. Trevor Homewood, managing director explains: “This exhibition gives us the opportunity to actually show the customer our products rather than trying to convince them from a brochure or from our web site. Whilst both these ways are fine this does give us that one chance in the year to install large commercial lifts for fleet operators to examine and see the true quality for themselves. Any operator considering a new lift or building a new workshop should come to this show and definitely visit our stand!”

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Hankook Reaffirms Commitment to Vehicle Modification Group

As part of its commitment to motoring that is both enjoyable and responsible, Hankook Tire recently signed a contract at the Essen Motor Show confirming its ongoing partnership with the German tuning organisation VDAT. Vehicle tuning and modification enjoys a very strong following in this country and Hankook’s third consecutive year of support for the VDAT ‘Tune it! Safe!’ campaign sends a clear message that the manufacturer is fully behind those involved in the tuning scene – so long as the modifications made to vehicles are safe and legal.

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Pirelli Prepares for Significant Presence at Bologna Motor Show

The Bologna Motor Show begins on December 7 and Pirelli intends to be at the heart of the action. Rubber produced by the Italian tyremaker will be on track at all the most significant races that form part of the Motor Show programme.

The 32nd Bologna show gets underway with the Pirelli Champions Cup, which this year is being run for the second time. Pirelli will adopt the tried and trusted and formula used last year, pitting racing and motorbike stars in competition to decide who will earn the title of “Pirelli Champion of Champions.” These drivers will go against each other in racing cars – the Maserati GranSport Trofeo – as well as Group N Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IXs prepared by Mauro Rally Tuning.

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Dunlop Falken Unveil Low Petroleum Tyre

Sumitomo subsidiary Dunlop Falken Tyres Ltd has lifted the lid on a new, almost entirely non-petroleum tyre at the Tokyo Motor Show. Known as the “Enasave 97”, the new tyre is 97 per cent comprised of non-petroleum natural materials.

The proportion of petroleum materials used in the new tyre was able to be significantly cut through the use of materials other than synthetic rubber for its sidewall and airtight inner liner. Owing to the molecular structure of natural rubber, creating an airtight skin using this product is more difficult than with synthetic rubber, therefore a change in its structural composition was required before being deemed suitable for use.

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Bridgestone to Attend 40th Tokyo Motor Show

The Tokyo Motor Show, acknowledged as one of the motoring world’s “big five” shows (along with Detroit, Geneva, Frankfurt and Paris) gets underway on October 24. The 2007 exhibition, the 40th Tokyo Show, runs until November 11 and has attracted numerous top name exhibitors, including Japan’s – and the world’s – largest producer of tyres.

Bridgestone will present a stand focusing on the theme of “The Environment and Safety”, and will introduce tyres and related activities supporting these concepts. The environmental emphasis will include a display of various eco-products, beginning with ECOPIA, an environmentally friendly fuel saving tyre, and NanoPro-Tech, a material technology that boosts environmental performance in tyres by reducing rolling resistance. NanoPro-Tech was first seen in the Blizzak Rev02 pcr studless tyre released in 2006, and is now one of Bridgestone’s core technologies. The company will also introduce a variety of its environmental activities using display panels.

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Bridgestone Presents Interior Motives Award

For a second successive year, Bridgestone has sponsored the ‘Best Safety Innovation’ category in an annual competition organised by Interior Motives magazine for automotive design students from around the world. Short-listed entries were unveiled at the Interior Motives Design Awards 2007 ceremony in Frankfurt’s Cocoon Club on 12 September, held in conjunction with the IAA 2007 international motor show.

The event began with an exhibition, where an audience of design industry VIPs and the press were able to view student designs and prototypes for the first time and meet the finalists themselves. The winners, selected by an international panel of industrial design judges, were then announced under ten design categories.

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Siemens VDO Brings Piezo TPMS Technology to IAA

While many attended the IAA in Frankfurt to admire the crisp styling of the latest vehicle models and concept cars, for others the technology lying beneath the skin of a car is every bit as beautiful. To satisfy the cravings of these technophiles, a number of companies chose the motor show as a venue for showing off tomorrow’s standard features.

Amongst these was Siemens VDO, who brought its next generation, battery free piezo element tyre pressure monitoring system to Frankfurt. Integrating the sensor, communications system, identification electronics and processing in a single module located directly in the tyre, the Intelligent Tire System (ITS) automatically detects tyre data and transfers the data to the system controls. When necessary, the driver receives critical tyre information, such as the tyre pressure and the vehicle’s load status. To support the optimised functioning of these systems, important tyre status information also can be transmitted to other electronic vehicle systems, such as the braking assistant, stability control, or the drive control system.

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Conti: Siemens VDO Consolidation “Ensures Top Position”

By purchasing Siemens VDO, Continental AG, Hanover, will profit from key automotive industry trends to a greater degree in the future, the company said in a recent statement. “The perspectives for the industry as shown at the IAA 2007 clearly confirm our view that the prevailing topics in the years to come will be safety, climate protection, and infotainment. With the consolidated innovative prowess and the extensive product portfolio of Continental and Siemens VDO, we feel we are excellently positioned as a systems specialist,” said Manfred Wennemer, chairman of the Continental Executive Board, at the International Motor Show on Wednesday in Frankfurt/Main.

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Conti OE for Low CO2 VW Golf

Volkswagen’s new Golf Blue Motion, part of the German manufacturer’s special range of high fuel efficiency and reduced CO2 emission vehicles, is making its debut at the Frankfurt show. The car’s low-resistance tyres from Continental – alongside a host of other technical features – play a big hand in making for earth-friendly motoring. Conti supplies the Volkswagen assembly line with both the ContiEcoContact 3 and the ContiPremiumContact 2 for this vehicle model.

The designers of the Golf Blue Motion decided ultra-low-resistance tyres were an essential component, and approached Continental for supply of the key 195/65 R 15 T and 205/55 R 16 H sizes. And Conti is confident that, in the ContiEcoContact 3 and the ContiPremiumContact 2, Volkswagen is fitting more than just a tyre that reduces fuel consumption. “Volkswagen was looking not only for low rolling resistance. It was just as much interested in a high measure of safety in the form of short braking distances on wet and dry roads, excellent handling features and good riding comfort,” explains Nikolai Setzer, head of the car original equipment business unit, underscoring the main components of the performance specification. “Both products, which we are delivering to VW as sole supplier for the Golf Blue Motion, have been able to completely satisfy these high expectations.”

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Toyo Commits to 2008 Motor Show

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Toyo Tyre UK has become the first tyre manufacturer to confirm its presence at next year’s British International Motor Show. The company has secured what it calls a ‘highly visible’ 120 square metre location at London’s dockside ExCeL complex, and plans to use the July 2008 event as an opportunity to pursue a wider target market.

“We’ve worked hard with events and print media for the last five years to become the tyre of choice for driving enthusiasts and racers, but now we need to expand our output to attract the important ‘middle’ market,” explained Toyo’s European strategy and planning manager, Mike Rignall. “The Motor Show is a valuable platform to showcase our entire product range and to help us develop a relationship with new customers who may not know what the Toyo brand stands for.” The tyremaker is planning an impressively featured stand complete with VIP area, interactive displays and show cars.

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GTI Pirelli Makes a Long-Awaited Comeback

Almost a quarter century after its hugely popular predecessor first saw light of day, Pirelli is once again lending its name to Volkswagen’s high performance hatchback. Differentiated from its lesser brethren by its unique aesthetics and mechanical specifications, the Golf GTI Pirelli will make its debut several weeks after September’s Frankfurt Motor Show. Media and aficionados were treated to an advance showing of the new Volkswagen at its world premiere at the international GTI Meeting in Wörthersee, Austria on May 16.

The rubber chosen for the Golf GTI Pirelli is from the P Zero range, in 225/40 size, fitted to 18-inch 5P Pirelli light alloy wheels. The P Zero theme extends into the GTI Pirelli’s insides, with interior styling inspired by the tyre’s tread pattern. But while they may add to the car’s appearance, the P Zero tyres are not there simply for show – lurking under the Golf GTI Pirelli’s bonnet is a 230hp direct injection turbocharged engine capable of delivering a maximum speed of 245 km/h and acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h in 6.8 seconds.

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New SUV Tyre Lasts 35 per cent Longer Than Any Competitor

Just over a year ago Michelin raised a few eyebrows when it claimed that its Primacy HP tyre lasted 25 per cent longer than any competitor. This year the French manufacturer has gone even further claiming that its latest 4×4/SUV orientated tyre lasts an average 35 per cent longer than any of its direct competitors in the premium range. Michelin also recently launched the latest Porsche Cayenne reference tyre, the Latitude Sport. The official launch of the tyres follows previews of both at the Geneva Motor Show at the beginning of March.

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