On 15th November a team of gym members from East Sussex smashed two Guinness World Records for the number of people inside both a classic Mini and a 2012 MINI.
28 flexible ladies crammed their way into the MINI Hatch at Potters Fields Park, London as part of the eighth annual Guinness World Records day. The team broke their own previous record of 27 people, which they set in Eastbourne last year.
Consumers are being urged to fight back against 'clockers' by HPI, as it launches an e-Petition to DirectGov to close down mileage correction firms. Across the UK, these companies are turning back the miles on used cars, helping certain sellers push up the price of vehicles. 1 in 20 cars checked with HPI show a discrepant mileage, and this figure has risen by 10 per cent in the last five years.
Writing in the UK newspaper The Times, Robert Lea says "One of the great names of the British motor industry, renowned for building high performance engines for racing teams and sports cars, has been put up for sale.
A late addition to the Tyre Talk series of seminars held at Brityrex was Jane Whitelaw, senior adviser on Enforcement at the Environment Agency, whose subject was tyre disposal. Her talk, she said, would be based on two messages – are you clear about your responsibilities and how can you help the EA in its enforcement efforts?
Have you been put off buying snow chains for your car because you cannot face the hassle of fitting them to the wheels? Thule, the global manufacturer of car accessories came up with a spectacular demonstration of just how easy it is to fit their snow chains – and grabbed themselves a Guinness World Record into the bargain. In early October, the Lecco Ice Sports Complex in Italy played host to the record-breaking demonstration, with 24 Citroen C4 Aircross cars positioned on the ice in three rows of eight. Thule Easy-fit snow chains were positioned one metre from each wheel and, on the starting signal from Guinness World Record judge Lorenzo Veltri, a team of 12 people tried to fit as many snow chains as possible in 60 seconds.
Terry Gibson has been appointed as the Independent Garage Association's (IGA) Operations Manager to reinforce its member offer with effect from 15 October 2012.
Gibson has worked within the motor industry for most of his working life and will bring these skills and experience to the independents. He has achieved success with the AA as the Head of Technical Support and more recently working with the market-leading supplier of security marking and registration systems for deterring thefts of vehicles.
Team Nexen Tire Europe has won the 2012 Drift Allstars European Series, with its Irish Driver, Alan Sinnot in first place and Spanish champion, Lluis Lopez in fourth. The title-clinching meeting took place on the island of Malta on what is the biggest professional drift event in southern Europe. Team Nexen’s position as one of the leading professional drifting teams in Europe was confirmed at the ex-Sandhurst School Sports Arena in Pembroke, when its two drivers competed in the final.
Trevor Willis won the Avon Tyres MSA British Hillclimb Championship at Loton Park on 28-29 September to take his first ever national hillclimb title. Speaking after Sunday’s run-offs, Willis said he was glad to have secured the title: “That was a huge relief! I was so glad to take the title in the first run-off as I just couldn’t take the pressure anymore – it was getting too much,” he laughed.
Team Falken’s strong tyre performance and experience in last year’s victory allowed it to score a repeat performance at the Baltimore stage of the American Le Mans Series in the GT class. Having spent limited time on the track during practice, including some “light contact with the wall”, Team manager Derrick Walker chose Falken’s 2011 Baltimore tyres over the “new generation” tyres. “We relied on our track record at Baltimore, and the rest was indeed history,” stated Kevin Jones, Falken’s ALMS supervisor.
Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa won an exciting last lap battle with Factory Yamaha Racing’s Jorge Lorenzo to win MotoGP’s Czech Grand Prix for his second successive victory. Lorenzo led Pedrosa for the first half of the race, with the two riders setting new circuit lap record on six consecutive laps; Lorenzo’s eighth lap time of 1:56:274 being the quickest. After Pedrosa made his way past Lorenzo on lap eleven the two riders held position until the last lap where Lorenzo squeezed past Pedrosa, leading to a close final bend where the Repsol Honda rider hit back, getting the better drive to the line to win the race by 0.178 seconds. Monster Yamaha Tech3’s Cal Crutchlow claimed his first ever MotoGP podium by taking third place, while Power Electronics Aspar’s Randy de Puniet made the most of his good qualifying performance to cross the finish line in eighth position to be the highest placed CRT rider. Bridgestone stayed in the Czech Republic after the race weekend, using Brno as the venue for its group test, where the company was due to unveil a new compound.
Goodyear Tire & Rubber’s directors have declared a quarterly dividend of 73.44 cents per share of mandatory convertible preferred stock. The dividend is payable 1 October 2012 to shareholders of record on 14 September 2012. The payout represents an annual rate of $2.9375 per share.
When Rhys Millen finished his journey through the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb course in a record time of 9:46, he ran on Hankook tyres – and these tyres were wrapped around HRE Performance Wheels. In congratulating Millen on his win, the German wheel manufacturer notes that he and his team have ”been relying upon HRE Performance Wheels as their trusted partner of choice for years.”
Yokohama Tire has taken part in a uniquely American promotion that ended up in the Guinness Book of World Records. The tyre maker sponsors the Los Angeles Angels baseball team, and at a game against a team from Texas in early June the team handed out Yokohama-branded cowboy hats to fans. During the fifth inning, the 39,013 fans in attendance were certified as the “largest gathering of people wearing cowboy hats,” topping the old Guinness record of 500.
On 8 August Cooper Tire & Rubber announced a quarterly dividend of 10.5 cents per share on common stock, payable 28 September 2012 to stockholders of record at the close of business 4 September 2012. This will mark the 162nd consecutive quarterly dividend the company has paid.
Continental AG may have delivered 948 million euros of adjusted pre-tax profits (EBIT) in the second quarter of 2012, compared with consensus expectations of 865 million euros, but the biggest surprise for analysts was said to have been the group margin figure. At 11.5 per cent this was nearly a percentage point (and therefore on the way to 10 per cent) higher than 10.6 per cent that was expected.
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