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Car Registrations Down 2.7 per cent?

Western European car registrations for February could be down by as much as 2.7 per cent, according to a Deutsche Bank report. Preliminary figures from Polk Marketing Systems suggest a decline of 3.7 per cent year-on-year (-1.3 per cent year-to-date). The report singles out Renault (-12 per cent) and Fiat (-13 per cent) as having particularly bad months, while VW brand (-8 per cent) stayed inline with the average and Mercedes (-15 per cent) failed to improve from a weak January. On a brighter note, the analysts point new model releases for the from BMW brand (+36 per cent) and Porsche (+15 per cent) as examples of European names that are doing well.

10th March 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin Teams Dominate Opening F1 Race

Michelin supplied teams took all but one of the top eight places at Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix. The opening race of the season saw Giancarlo Fisichella’s Renault win at the chequered flag, followed by Rubens Barichello’s Bridgestone equipped Ferrari. Fisichella’s teammate, Fernando Alonso took the final podium position. In a further development, the Red Bull team’s drivers (David Coulthard and Christian Klein) took fourth and seventh place respectively.

During the official press conference that followed the race, racewinner Giancarlo Fisichella told journalists: “Honestly because of the first part of the race I was a bit conservative on the tyres. I never pushed to the limit, only at the end when Rubens was catching me.”

“It’s going to be a lot closer this year, but I do feel we’re going to be in with a shout all year,” Renault’s technical boss Pat Symonds also commented.

7th March 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin Supports Worldwide Road Safety Campaign

Michelin has become involved with a project that aims to reduce the number of road deaths in developing countries. The scheme, implemented by the Global Road Safety Partnership will see the tyre manufacturer working together with Shell, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Renault and Toyota to focus on the issue of road safety.

According to the World Health Organisation’s statistics, if present trends continue, road accidents will have increased by 65 per cent in 15 years time.

17th January 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Renault To Sponsor New Tyre Industry Awards

The NTDA has announced that Renault Vans will be supporting its Tyre and Fast Fit (TAFF) awards in 2005. The TAFF awards are due to be launched at the NTDA’s Annual Dinner in April. The awards will feature Tyre Manufacturer, National and Regional Wholesaler, Tyre and Aftermarket Equipment Supplier, Product Innovation and a special award for Industry Advertising Campaigns.

10th January 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Car of the Year 2005

The Toyota Prius has been awarded the European title of ‘Car of The Year 2005.’

The car was chosen from a group of finalists including the Citroen C4, Ford Focus, Vauxhall Astra, Renault Modus, Peugeot 407 and the BMW 1-series.

Steve Cropley, editor-in-chief, Autocar magazine, was one of the six UK members of the Car of the Year Jury, he said: “Toyota’s Prius is the most successful hybrid car available today and is being used as everyday transport by 120,000 drivers worldwide. Toyota has clearly demonstrated the way forward.”

16th November 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

Renault’s F1 Boss Questions Michelin

Renault’s Formula 1 team boss, Flavio Briatore has put pressure on his team’s tyre supplier, Michelin. In a statement the French car manufacturer said that in 2005 the team would have a competitive team of drivers and that the only question mark would be over the tyres. Mr Briatore said that he likes the Michelin guys, but they still lag behind their Bridgestone rivals and must work harder.

21st September 2004/by Tyrepress Editors

Villeneuve to Drive for Renault

Renault is lining up former world champion Jacques Villeneuve to replace Jarno Trulli. Italian driver Trulli left Renault three races earlier than originally planned amid accusations that the team was undermining him and supplying inferior equipment.

15th September 2004/by Tyrepress Editors

Continental and Renault Share Prices Boom

Continental’s shares prices reached historically high levels last week. The influential automotive supplier’s impressive share prices are attributed to the company’s strong first half earnings, which have increased 46 per cent at the operating level.

At the same time French car manufacturer, Renault, has achieved a similarly impressive share price. According to analysts, the results are due to the car manufacturer’s Megane II and the recently launched Modus model.

6th September 2004/by Tyrepress Editors

Paris Motor Show Set to be Biggest Yet

Organisers of the 2004 Mondial de l’automobile, or Paris Motor Show, are expecting this year’s exhibition to be the biggest yet.

3rd September 2004/by Tyrepress Editors

German Cars are Least Reliable Says Study

German cars are among the least reliable and some luxury vehicles are particularly bad, says a survey conducted by The Consumers’ Association.

25th August 2004/by Tyrepress Editors

Western European Car Market Performs as Predicted

The western European car market has moved in line with estimates from automotive market analysts Polk, to 5.6 per cent.

The Japanese and Korean manufacturers were way ahead of the rest, having now captured a 16.1 per cent market share. Ford also fared well with 10.5 per cent yoy, thanks to good sales volumes of its C Max.

14th July 2004/by Tyrepress Editors

Renault completed Formula 1 tyre tests

Renault’s F1 test driver Franck Montagny accomplished Michelin tyre tests this week in Barcelona. At first the Michelin tyres were only tested regarding compounds, later different tyre constructions were added to the programme. According to chief test engineer, Christian Silk, a few improvements were found in the tyres.

25th June 2004/by Tyrepress Editors

New Renault Concept Car uses PAX

Renault has produced a concept car, which could be seen as precursor to a Laguna Coupé. The “Fluence” uses 22 inch (245-710 R560) Michelin PAX tyres. The tyres fit to wheels produced by aluminium cast wheel producer, Montupet that feature spokes designed to reduce air resistance.

24th June 2004/by Tyrepress Editors

Britain Outperformed European Markets

The UK continues to lead the way in car sales as dealers throughout Western Europe enjoyed a mild recovery in March. Early sales trends show Britain outperformed other European markets with new registrations for the UK up by 11 % this year. A total of 466, 955 cars were sold in Britain during March. The German car market enjoyed a recovery with sales figures up 8 % to 345,000 units sold while France also saw an improvement of 5.6 % on the previous twelve months. Renault and Ford made the most significant gains within the UK market during March while Volkswagen topped the European market with an increase of 13 % as predicted by market watchers following discounts offered on the new Golf.

21st April 2004/by Tyrepress Editors