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Peterhansel Retains Dakar Title

Mitsubishi driver, Stephane Peterhansel, has won the Dakar rally for the second consecutive year. The Frenchman finished in an overall time of 52 hours, 31 minutes and 39 seconds – 27 minutes and 14 seconds ahead of compatriot Luc Alphand. Third place was taken by Vokswagen’s Jutta Kleinschmidt, with Giniel de Villiers of Nissan and Volkwagen’s Bruno Saby taking fourth and fifth places.

At the finish, Stephane Peterhansel told BBC news it was a huge relief just to have finally finished. “We were very stressed this morning and everything went well so it’s really a big, big relief,” he said.

This year BF Goodrich supplied all of the main manufacturers’ and some private teams. The teams tackled the notoriously difficult desert terrain with the company’s Baja T/A Rock tyres in 235/85 R16.

17th January 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Alcoa Launches Eight New Cast Aluminium Wheels

Alcoa Automotive has announced that it has launched eight new cast aluminium wheels for Nissan and Chrysler Group.

6th October 2004/by Tyrepress Editors

Schrader Awarded TPMS Contract

Schrader Electronics Ltd, part of Tomkins Industrial and Automotive Division, has been awarded the contract to supply remote tyre pressure monitoring systems (“RTPMS”) to Mercedes starting in 2006.

24th September 2004/by Tyrepress Editors

ACEA figures good news for the Far East

ACEA figures for 2003 passenger car sales hardly make good reading for European car manufacturers. The only country to show significant sales increases in 2003 was Finland, with an increase of around 30,000 units. Portugal’s drop in sales though of almost 27,000 almost wipes out that gain. Despite claims in the UK of a good year for car sales, the actual figure shows only a 0.6 per cent increase. Overall the market in Western Europe shows a fall of 1.3 per. Looking at vehicle manufacturer sales the only western manufacturer to make any gains has been BMW with a meagre 1.4 per cent increase in sales, largely generated by sales of the Mini. For all the other groups it is bad news, with sales down between 1.3 and 10.2 per cent (the latter at the long ailing Fiat Group). Japanese and Korean manufacturers though can smile as sales for all bar Suzuki and Mitsubishi are all on the increase, with Nissan and Mazda performing particularly well, and Korean manufacturer Kia making an incredible comeback from the brink of extinction.
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15th January 2004/by Tyrepress Editors

Honda and Nissan want the PAX system for the American market

The Japanese car makers Honda and Nissan have decided to bring new models onto the American market that are to be equipped with Michelin’s PAX system, writes Modern Tire Dealer referring to an announcement made earlier this week at the Detroit Auto Show. The French tyre manufacturer hopes to achieve a bigger share on the market. The PAX system itself will be produced in the United States.

12th January 2004/by Tyrepress Editors

Nissan refuse talks with union

A ballot for strike action at the Nissan car plant in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, is under way after Nissan management refused to hold talks with the Amicus Trade union over compulsory re-location of the company’s purchasing department. Balloting of workers in the purchasing department could mean that Nissan are faced with the threat of strike action for the first time in the plant’s history. The result of the strike ballot is expected on 8th December.

25th November 2003/by Tyrepress Editors

Marketing appointment for Goodyear Dunlop UK

Neil Burrows (44) has been appointed to the newly-created role of Marketing Director for Goodyear Dunlop UK. He joins the company from Nissan Europe,
where he was responsible for advertising and brand management across Europe. Before this he was Marketing Director of Nissan (GB).

9th October 2003/by Tyrepress Editors

Car-makers’ Productivity Gap Narrows

European and US car manufacturers are catching up with their Japanese counterparts in Europe in terms of productivity. Toyota, Honda and Nissan averaged 87.5 cars per worker, in a report issued by the World Markets Research Centre – the European average is 58.6 cars/worker. But the gap is narrowing; Europe-based Japanese companies improved productivity by 5.4 per cent last year, while the improvement average for non-Japanese European manufacturers was 7 per cent.

8th July 2003/by Tyrepress Editors

Nissan Clears Debts – Operating Margin Best In Industry

Three years ago, Nissan had debts of 2,100 billion Yen ($17.4 billion) but the company has recently announced a cash surplus of 8 billion Yen. Last year’s operating profit was a record 737 billion Yen (5.5 bn Euros); an increase of over 50 per cent. Net profit was up 33 per cent, at 495 billion Yen (3.7 bn Euros). In addition, Nissan’s operating margin of 10.8 per cent is the highest in the industry. Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn forecast higher operating profits and increased unit sales for the year ahead.

24th April 2003/by Tyrepress Editors

Nissan Suppliers Rebel Over Price Cuts

In 1999, Nissan told its suppliers that they had to reduce prices if they wanted to keep the car manufacturer’s business. Since then Nissan has achieved a turnaround, achieving its 20 per cent cost cutting target a year earlier than planned. Despite this, Nissan has asked suppliers for a further 15 per cent cost cut and some have reacted angrily, pointing out that Nissan made a record net profit of $3.2 billion last year.

17th July 2002/by Tyrepress Editors

Renault Increases Stake In Nissan

Car manufacturers Renault and Nissan strengthened their ties with the announcement that the French car maker is to raise its equity stake in Nissan from the present 36.8 per cent to 44.4 per cent, at a cost of 215.9 billion Yen (1.84 billion Euro). Nissan will take a 15 per cent in Renault later on this year.

4th March 2002/by Tyrepress Editors

Motor Manufacturers Step Back From Firestone

General Motors, which currently uses Firestone tyres as OE equipment on some 14 different models will be changing some cars and trucks to other Bridgestone brands this summer. Nissan will be dropping Firestone from its US Altima saloon when it relaunches in September. Both manufacturers stressed that the tyres they use were not connected with the Ford/Firestone recall troubles. However, GM’s Terry Rhadigan says,” We want our customers to have peace of mind.”

30th November 2001/by Tyrepress Editors

Now It’s Official: Carlos Ghosn Is CEO Of Nissan

The former high-ranking Michelin manager Carlos Ghosn has been officially appointed CEO of Nissan. De facto Ghosn has already been playing this role for months. The move is seen as an attempt to bind Ghosn to Nissan.

30th November 2001/by Tyrepress Editors

Contract Between Nissan and Hayes Lemmerz

Hayes Lemmerz International has been awarded a contract from Nissan Japan for cast aluminum wheels. The wheels are currently being produced at the Hayes Lemmerz’ Antwerp, Belgium manufacturing facility for export shipment to Nissan Motor, in Japan. The contract is valued at an estimated $11 million.

30th November 2001/by Tyrepress Editors

Recall For Nissan Too

Nissan has recalled 24,000 Japanese produced four-door Almeras which may be subject to a tyre mounting fault. During the mounting of the tyres on the wheels there may have been insufficient mounting paste used, resulting in damage to the tyre bead. The cars were produced between March and December 2000. In Germany the tyres will be tested and replaced on up to 1,470 Almeras.

30th November 2001/by Tyrepress Editors