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Looking forward to recovery – be it L, U or V-shaped

Anna; Pexels

Last month this column considered the range of 2020 market projections that existed. In short, as the column concluded, the consensus is that tyre demand will decline somewhere between 15 and 26 per cent during the course of this year. However, such a conclusion may also be on the conservative side. Certainly, when you talk with tyre wholesalers and distributors on the ground, some of those that didn’t opt to close their doors for a few weeks experienced even more marked declines in the short-term. Reports of tyre shops running on demand 70 to 75 per cent less than pre-lockdown levels are not uncommon. And yet, as lockdown eases across various UK and European markets – as well as beyond – the focus is quite rightly shifting to recovery.

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Geneva Motor Show 2021 “very uncertain”

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A 2021 edition of the Geneva International Motor Show (GIMS) is “very uncertain” and therefore the next edition is not likely to take place until 2022. The news emerged on 26 May after the Foundation behind GIMS declined financial support from the Canton of Geneva because the rescue package stipulated that the even should plan for a 2021 event.

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Pirelli pitching its tyres as ‘the perfect fit for fleets’

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The extremely wide-ranging PZero production line is just one example of how Pirelli is pitching its perfect fit strategy into the fleet marketPirelli

Bearing in mind that Pirelli’s high-performance leading product portfolio is based on an OE-homologation heavy “perfect fit” strategy, it is no surprise to learn that the Italian-based manufacturer is pitching it tyres as “the perfect fit for fleets” as well.

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UK truck market down -22.5% in Q1 2020

1Q 2020 UK truck registrations chartSMMT

Heavy goods vehicle (HGV) registrations fell -22.5 per cent in the first quarter of 2020, with 9,193 units registered, according to Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) figures. Fluctuations in the sector’s naturally long fleet renewal cycle, together with lockdown measures introduced partway through March affected HGV registrations, rounding off the first three months of the year down some 2,666 units.

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Equipe Auto considers ‘change in positioning’

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Equipe Auto is considering "repositioning"Equipe Auto

With coronavirus having hit mass-gatherings most of all, trade shows and exhibitions have felt negative pressure more than most segments. Following a run of cancellations and postponements the organisers of the Paris motor show, Equipe Auto, are hinting that they are considering a “change in positioning”. Details, however, were elusive. The next Equipe Auto is schedule for 12-16 October 2021.

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Horiba MIRA reopens, becomes ‘Covid-Secure’

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Horiba MIRA has fully converted its facilities into ‘COVID-Secure’HORIBA MIRA

Test centre Horiba MIRA has fully converted its facilities into ‘COVID-Secure’ operations in three weeks. On 13 April the company suspended most physical operations at its expansive 850-acre site in Nuneaton and a further facility in Basildon, but safely welcomed the first wave of furloughed employees back to both sites by 4 May, well ahead of the UK government guidelines issued this week.

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Ferrari and Lamborghini back in production

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The Ferrari F8 TributoFerrari

Italian supercar marques Ferrari and Lamborghini announced that their top-end vehicles went back into production during the first week of May.

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Avon Tyres supplies slick tyres for Rodin FZED single-seater

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The Rodin FZED features Avon radial slick tyresAvon

Rodin Cars has enlisted Avon Tyres to supply its radial slick tyres for its new FZED single-seater, which is on sale for £500,000.

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Massive drop in trailer production projected in 2020

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Three white commercial vehicle trailersElevate; Pexels.

In April 2020 many European countries reached the peak of new infections resulting from the coronavirus, something that is likely to lead to a massive fall in trailer production in the second and third quarters of 2020, according to analysts Clear. During April many trailer manufacturers closed their business in April in order to comply with government recommendations on social distancing but also because there was little or no business to be done. Now manufacturers are having to consider how they can resume production to at least meet the low level of demand that will exist in Q2 2020.

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SMMT March numbers do not reflect extent of lockdown damage – KPMG

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SMMT

Analysts have warned that the dire effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on car production are not fully reflected in the March figures, released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. Andrew Burn, partner and head of automotive at KPMG UK said that while the March data shows that conditions were difficult, April’s numbers will show the full extent of the effects of the UK lockdown on the sector.

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Brembo Italian brake manufacturing operations reopen

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Brembo has reopened its Italy brake manufacturing operationsBrembo

Effective Tuesday 28 April 2020, Brembo has reopened its Curno, Mapello and Sellero (Italy) Italian brake manufacturing operations, product at which was temporarily suspended on 16 March 2020 due to the emergency Covid-19 situation.

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UK car production fell 37% in March 2020 – SMMT

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SMMT car production figures, March 2020SMMT

UK car manufacturing fell -37.6 per cent in March, according to figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). 78,767 vehicles left factory gates in the month, some 47,428 fewer than the previous year, as the coronavirus crisis caused UK car plants to close. 140 days-worth of lost production have been lost as a result.

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Tyre demand declining 15 to 26 per cent in 2020

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Tyre demand decline predictionsenergepic.com; Pexels

Things are changing so quickly at the moment that most analyses end up little more than speculation two weeks later. That’s why Tyrepress contains both the latest news and seeks to set such developments into their medium- and long-term contexts. Take our Tyre Retail coverage for example (see “2020 UK tyre retail ranking” and “Which garages are open during lockdown“) where we list both the current proportions of open tyre retailers and analyse the overall UK tyre retail landscape in its seven-year context.

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New Geneva Motor Show CEO appointed

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Sandro MesquitaGeneva Motors Show

Sandro Mesquita has been appointed as Geneva International Motor Show (GIMS) CEO effective 1 May 2020. He succeeds Olivier Rihs, who has left GIMS at the end of March.

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Italian auto suppliers ‘at risk’ if supply chain remains closed – Brembo chairman

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Italian auto suppliers ‘at riskAssero Gear via Flickr; CC BY-ND 2.0

Italian automotive suppliers are at risk if measures that have shut down the supply chain aren’t lifted next week, Brembo chairman Alberto Bombassei has said.

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