Autodata, the technical information publisher, has secured a contract with National Tyres and Autocare, to supply its network with vehicle maintenance data through its Online 3 product. The contract will enable National Tyres’ staff to access Autodata’s database of technical information online from any of its 220+ branches.
Saloon car owners here in the UK have long drawn pleasure from deriding the “Chelsea tractor”, and giving drivers of off-roaders ample guff about their vehicles’ environmental hostility and shyness to leave the tarmac is a firmly entrenched part of our motoring culture. But it seems that over in India the 4×4 has yet to be tarred with this brush. Recognising their widespread appeal, Apollo Tyres has released a 4×4 coffee table book in conjunction with Autocar India.
Independent garage network, Bosch Car Service, has today launched a new online booking service in the UK. The company says the system, which has been in development over the past year, was launched to provide customers with a simple-to-use facility through which to book their vehicles in for a number of different services. Customers can book their appointments through the boschcarservice.co.uk website.
Toyo is currently in the High Court answering a claim for damages by siblings Dharmendra Joshi and Joshi Divya, who were passengers in a car whose tyre blew out on the M4 in Wales on 25 June, 2006. One of their fellow passengers, 26 year-old Neha Bhatt, was killed in the accident after being thrown from the Mitsubishi Pajero jeep, which reports say “flipped at least ten times”. Mr Justice Mackay established that the “tyre tread separated from the rest of the tyre along about half of its circumference, resulting in the loss of control and causing this terrible accident”. The point of contention is whether the tyre was defective, as the six survivors of the crash claim, or whether there was an impact “that triggered some progressive rapid stripping of the tread”, as Toyo contends. The hearing is set to run well into next week.
Derbyshire based Eden Tyre Sales (ETS) reports that it has maintained “progressive momentum” during the past 12 months. Commenting on the company's encouraging tyre sales performance, managing director, Matt Eden stated: “Perhaps one of the reasons we have managed to keep on track in terms of sales and growth is our ongoing and successful business liaison with Team Systems, our IT partners who have provided us with a bespoke and completely customised system for many years now.”
Tyres & Accessories' rankings of the leading tyre manufactures in the world according to tyre turnover, pre-tax profits and operating profit has now published online. First published in our June 2011 print edition, subscribers can view the details of this year's table by clicking more.
The June issue of Tyres & Accessories is now available to subscribers online in our virtual magazine format. This edition contains complete coverage of Michelin's recent Challange Bibendum summit plus features on high performance tyres and the exhaust market. All you have to do is click "more" to flick through the e-paper pages or click "signup" in the top right-hand corner of this screen to register for a free trial account.
Senior figures from across the automotive industry are meeting for the annual SMMT International Automotive Summit in Westminster today, which is being broadcast live across the Internet. The industry has had a major boost in recent weeks with huge investments announced by BMW and Nissan, but is the wider industry able to secure similar funding? For our part, Tyres & Accessories has lodged a question about the effect of the Longbridge revival and the UK’s relationship with China on the tyre trade, which we will report on as and when this is answered.
While the products sold in the tyre industry are undoubtedly high-tech, those working in the business are amongst the first to admit they are anything but computer technicians. So when people start talking about computational protocols such as EDIWheel, and waxing lyrical about how this evolution of the commonly know EDI standard, people’s eyes tend to glaze over. However with many of us still wondering how the tyre retail and distribution sectors are going to handle the administrative nightmare that 2012’s labelling law could bring with it, Tyres & Accessories asks if the EDIWheel standard can help solve the problem.
Although TecDoc has historically focussed on replacement parts providers and garages, the system has now been adapted to serve the tyre industry. Whilst individual tyre manufacturers provide tyre centres with catalogues for their particular brands, the problem for the fitter is to efficiently identify the original equipment (OE) tyre fitment for a specific vehicle, irrespective of the brand that will ultimately be selected and fitted.
The winners of the 22nd bfa (British Franchise Association) HSBC Franchisor of the Year Awards, supported by Express Newspapers, have been revealed in front of nearly 300 of the UK's franchise businesses and experts.
Five winners across three categories were selected following 15 finalist presentations to the expert judging panel in May. The winners, revealed at the Heritage Motor Centre, Warwickshire, were felt to bring to life the most entrepreneurial, ethical franchising in the UK today, regardless of business sector, size or geography.
It’s only been eleven months since PneusNews.it published its first article on the Italian tyre and wheel market. Since then the dedicated online site, which belongs to the same publishing group as Tyres & Accessories, has built up a leading Italian-language news platform that is visited by some 10,000 industry professionals every month – and this number continues to grow. Our Italian sister site also publishes its free ‘PneusNewsletter’ at least twice a week; this is currently e-mailed to almost 4,000 subscribers in Italy and around the world.
In a statement following up on the June 11 theft of the Team Japspeed 1JZ Subaru Impreza from Santa Pod Raceway, Maxxis shares it has begun an investigation into security issues arising from the incident. The tyre maker also took the opportunity to thank the many performance car fans who assisted in the search for the stolen vehicle.
After a meeting with the Independent Garage Association (IGA), the European Commission plan to review the way vehicle manufacturers make security information available to independent garages. At a recent meeting with Maria Rehbinder, Head of Unit, from the European Commission, the IGA, CECRA (European Council for Motor Trades and Repairs) and BOVAG (Independent Dutch Trade Body) presented a detailed report on the problems independent garages are currently experiencing when trying to access security information from vehicle manufacturers. Car manufacturers have an obligation to provide technical service bulletins, recall information, online diagnosis and software updates for new cars.
York Tyre Sales has become the first independent tyre retailer to join the ranks of TyreSafe as an associate member, and the safety organisation hopes the recently-opened business will be just the first of many to come on board and participate in the wide range of campaigns TyreSafe operates.
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