The Firestone Tyre Pressure Calculator app is on track to hit 10,000 downloads by this year’s harvest. The free app, which is already available for iPhones, was launched for android devices at the 2012 Cereals Show in Lincolnshire.
During preparations for its production debut in late 2012, the all-electric Audi R8 e-tron has just set a world record for a production vehicle with an electric drive system on the Nürburgring Nordschleife – the toughest test track in the world. Racing driver Markus Winkelhock piloted the high-performance, all-electric sports car around the demanding 12.92-mile track in 8:09.099 minutes.
Kumho Tire USA Inc. has released the KMD41 medium truck and bus radial for on- and off-road applications, reports Tire Review. Designed for applications such as refuse, construction and mining and logging, the Kumho KMD41 shows improved traction against the previous offering, and “removes the 55 miles per hour speed restriction of the previous product, increasing the speed certification to 65-miles per hour for normal highway driving,” the tyre-maker said.
It starts on Thursday. The Goodwood Festival of Speed, that is, and Michelin will be easy to find there. The tyre maker, who has signed on the dotted line to sponsor the Goodwood Festival of Speed Supercar Paddock, is running three exhibition spaces at the show. In addition to Michelin’s stand in the abovementioned ‘paddock’, the company says it will bring its motorsport heritage to life for visitors in the main area and within the FoS Tech Pavilion.
The actions by Lancashire Police in fining drivers for flashing their headlights to warn of a speed trap are in direct contravention of a landmark legal decision in 2006, says the Association of Briitish Drivers (ABD).
Michelin will use the occasion of Cereals 2012 to exhibit its largest ever farm tyre; a new dimension in the AxioBib range designed for high horsepower tractors. The Michelin AxioBib IF 900/60 R 42 has a diameter of 2.15 metres and will be launched onto the UK replacement tyre market in July 2012. The flotation tyre, using the French manufacturer’s Improved Flexion technology, is suited to demanding crop farming operations such as ploughing, where farmers and contractors are increasingly utilising larger machines to plough fields faster.
Delticom is now offering Mickey Thompson branded 4×4 tyres through its mytyres.co.uk consumer and professional yourtyres.co.uk websites.
The flagship ultra-high performance tyre of the Marshal range, the Matrac FX MU11, is now firmly established in a wide range of sizes on the UK market. The Matrac FX has been designed to offer especially high levels of wet weather performance and resistance to aquaplaning, outstanding characteristics are high resistance to uneven wear and low noise generation are two further stated characteristics of note.
The Kumho-shod cars of Team Peugeot RCZ Nokia finished first and third in SP2T, the category for 1600cc turbocharged cars) in last weekend’s Nürburgring 24 Hours. First past the flag was car 100, shared by Paul Englert, Steven Palette, Guillaume Roman and Julien Rueflin, which covered 2,077.82 miles at an average speed of 86.58mph during the course of the race.
Pirelli has predicted fast, exciting racing and hot weather at Snetterton’s MCE British Superbike event this weekend. The new ‘300’ track layout was well received by riders and fans last in its first year in 2011. The Pirelli team returns from the North West 200 having secured four race wins, to focus on Snetterton BSB before the start of the Isle of Man TT practice week on Monday.
England's motorway network is not safe enough to have the speed limit raised to 80mph, according to Unfit for 80, a new report from the Road Safety Foundation.
Poorly-maintained and inadequate roadside protection and the rapidly rising risk of shunt crashes from the sheer volume of traffic using England's motorways are key factors of safety concern in the report, which is published while the Government continues to consider a review of the motorway speed limit.
Goodyear has announced that Mean Green, the world’s fastest hybrid truck, has broken two world speed records on its tyres. On 27 April, 2012 at Wendover Airfield in Utah, USA, the Volvo-built truck, owned and driven by Boije Ovebrink, broke records in the standing kilometre and flying kilometre international speed standards. The new world records are subject to FIA recognition, which will occur in about 30 to 60 days.
Bridgestone’s run flat tyre line-up recently expanded to include the first Firestone-branded tyre in the segment, the Firehawk SZ90μ, and the company has explained that the strategy is to open up the “value-oriented” market segment to the technology. The Firehawk SZ90μ uses the same technologies as the rest of Bridgestone’s run flat tyre range, allowing drivers to continue driving on a flat tyre for up to 50 miles at a speed of 50mph. The bead is filled with a rubber compound that acts as a filler, controlling heat build-up created during run flat driving.
Just weeks after unveiling the Ultrac Vorti to the international press and specialist traders, Dutch tyre manufacturer Vredestein will present its new high performance tyre to visitors at Top Marques Monaco. During the show, which takes place between 19 and 22 April, the Ultrac Vorti will be showcased on the Concept_One electric supercar developed by Rimac Automobili.
Stertil Koni's range of vehicle lifting equipment will be enhanced at the CV show with the introduction of a new mobile column lift.
Following the launch of Stertil Koni’s innovative, environmentally friendly Earthlift mobile column model last year, the company has introduced another new mobile column lift – the ST1075. The 7.5 tonne capacity ST1075 has been designed specifically to replace two previous mobile column models, rated at 6 tonnes and 7.25 tonnes respectively, that have been manufactured and supplied by Stertil Koni since 2005.
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