The Bridgestone Potenza S001 will be supplied as an original equipment tyre on two new MX-5 models within the North American market. The two higher-spec versions of the 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata, the Club and Grand Touring, will be fitted with the Potenza S001 in size 205/45R17.
DAF has become the first truck manufacturer to approve Goodyear’s brand new Ultra Grip Max winter tyres as a factory-fitted option. Operators ordering new DAF trucks built from week 41 onwards and destined for service in severe winter conditions can now specify Ultra Grip Max S steer axle tyres and Ultra Grip Max D drive axle tyres in sizes 315/70R22.5 and 315/80R22.5.
Toyota has chosen Goodyear’s Wrangler All-Terrain Adventure as original equipment tyre on the Tacoma TRD Off-Road, a pick-up sold throughout the Americas. The tyre will be fitted in size P265/70R16.
Until this year, Continental only produced run-flat tyres at its Aachen and Korbach factories in Germany. However a couple of years ago the company saw a need to expand production of original equipment run-flats in response to growing demand from vehicle manufacturers, and at the end of 2013 the decision was taken to equip the Continental Matador Rubber factory in Púchov, Slovakia to make self-supporting run-flat, or SSR tyres.
Belarus-based tyre maker Belshina JSC says its goal of producing 63-inch tyres for mining trucks should be realised by the end of next year. The company reports that modernisation of the milling facility at its Babruysk plant is currently taking place, and according to the project’s schedule further equipment for upgrading the plant will begin arriving in January 2016. A group of Belshina specialists will also complete tyre building training at a location within Europe in the coming months and will assemble prototype tyres ahead of the first Belshina 63-inch OTR tyres leaving the factory some time in 2016.
Bridgestone says it sold more original equipment truck and bus radials during June than at any other time during the last seven years. The company hasn’t released specific sales volume information, however it reports that “thousands” of Bridgestone-brand original equipment tyres were sold during the month. Sales have been driven upwards by increasing requests from fleets, adds Bridgestone.
A specifically-tuned version of the Michelin Pilot Super Sport will be fitted as original equipment on the 2016 Cadillac CTS-V. Michelin says its engineers worked closely with the Cadillac research and development team to produce the tuned tyre and held joint test sessions with the third-generation CTS-V at Michelin’s Laurens proving grounds in South Carolina, General Motors’ Milford Road Course in Michelin, the Nürburgring Nordschleife, Road Atlanta and the Virginia International Raceway. The CTS-V will be equipped with size 265/35ZR19 Pilot Super Sport tyres on the front and 295/30ZR19 on the rear.
The Pirelli Diablo Supercorsa SP has been approved as the original equipment tyre for the new Yamaha YZF-R1. The 200 horsepower, 998cc sport bike was developed using YZR-M1 MotoGP technology and is equipped with the Diablo Supercorsa SP in size 120/70 ZR17 at the front and 190/55 ZR17 on the rear wheel.
Four Hankook tyre patterns will be shipped to Ford in North America as original equipment fitments for the new 2016 F-650 and F-750 medium duty trucks. The tyre maker will supply its AH11 and DH07 patterns in sizes 245/70R19.5 and 265/70R19.5, while the AH22 and DH15 will be available in size 275/80R22.5.
Jaguar Land Rover has chosen the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric SUV as an original equipment fitment on the Range Rover Sport. This latest homologation builds on a series of original equipment tyre supply deals that include fitments for the Range Rover Evoque and Land Rover Discovery Sport.
Toyo tyres have been selected for two models Toyota is releasing in North America under the Scion vehicle brand name. The Mazda 2-based 2016 Scion iA will be fitted with a 16-inch version of the Toyo Proxes A27 tyre, while the Toyota Auris-based Scion iM will ride on 17-inch Toyo Proxes 4 Plus B all-season tyres.
The most northerly haulage company on the UK mainland is continuing to fit Michelin tyres as original equipment and replacements across its 30-strong heavy truck fleet, nearly 100 years after its Michelin policy began. Scrabster-based D Steven & Son, which also has depots in Wick, Aberdeen and Glasgow, specifies Michelin’s latest generation 315/80 R 22.5 X MultiWay 3D tyres on its prime movers – all of which are under three years old – claiming the fitments ensure mobility in extreme wet weather and snowy conditions.
Even though some 55 per cent of the more than RMB 9 billion (£943 million) it earned last year came from sales outside of China, Triangle Tyre Co. Ltd. doesn’t yet consider itself a global company. But this is something China’s largest privately-owned tyre business intends to change. While it continues to invest in domestic R&D and manufacturing facilities, Triangle says it is also ready to expand its footprint beyond China. The company has appointed a new chief executive officer to facilitate this step, and during one of his first appearances in this new role he shared that we don’t have long to wait until we see the emergence of a more global Triangle Tyre.
Towards the end of last year, ‘Tractor Girl’ Manon Ossevoort drove a Trelleborg-shod Massey Ferguson MF 5610 tractor across Antarctica to the South Pole. The agricultural equipment manufacturer is celebrating this chilly 3,000 mile round trip with the release of a new limited release product – the MF 5610 Antarctica2 Special Edition tractor. And Trelleborg is once again on board, this time as exclusive fitment for the ‘Antarctica2 Special Edition’ line.
Depending on specification, models of the new Audi Q7 fitted with size 255/60 R18 108Y or 285/45 R20 112Y tyres will be fitted with the Toyo Proxes T1 Sport SUV A as original equipment. Toyo Tires already supplies original equipment tyres to several Audi models, including the new A3 and the RS 4 and RS 5 sport models, and also supplied winter tyres for the previous-generation Audi Q7.
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