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Marangoni Aims to Take Tuning Market by Storm

Marangoni has announced major sponsorship deals with Santa Pod Raceway at Autosport International 2008. This begins with Marangoni being title sponsor of the first major tuning show of 2008, The Fast Show on 9 March, then associate sponsor of Jap Show on 22 June. Marangoni will then be title sponsor of 3-day USC tuning show between 1 – 3 August 2008. Marangoni is making its debut appearance at Autosport International in association with Santa Pod Raceway on Stand 12790 in the ‘Piston Head Halls’ (11 and 12). Highlighting the Marangoni presence will be the sensational headline-grabbing Progetto Marangoni Toyota Yaris that has uniquely linked the go-faster, tuning and enthusiast markets directly with a leading European tyre manufacturer.

11th January 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

EnovaPremier Buys T&WA

Goodyear has announced that Louisville-based wheel mounting business, T&WA Inc., has sold all of its assets to newly formed EnovaPremier LLC. No details relating to the price of the sale have been released. Louisville-based T&WA provides mounted and balanced wheel assemblies destined for auto manufacturers including Honda Motor Co., Mercedes-Benz and Toyota Motor Corp. EnovaPremier is a Cincinnati-based company run by Ed Rigaud, a former executive at Procter & Gamble Co. It plans to maintain T&WA’s Louisville headquarters. Formned in 1995, T&WA also has operations in Paris, Kentucky., as well as in Alabama, Indiana and Michigan. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has held a minority stake in T&WA since 1999 and will record a $30 – $35 million charge in its fourth quarter as a result of the sale.

3rd January 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Tyremen Distributes CMS, Seeks New Trade Partners

As we enter 2008, Tyremen’s is seeking new trade partners to distribute CMS light alloy wheels. Having traded as tyre and wheel specialists for more than 40 years, Tyremen has been importing quality wheels since 1998. “Our European supplier is a company called CMS, which is based in Germany,” explained Phill Carlin of Tyremen. “As firm believers in the quality of these products, we’re very excited to be able to promote CMS wheels to potential trade partners.”

A leading manufacturer of light alloy wheels, CMS develops and exports more than 3 million wheels every year. As well as supplying companies such as Tyremen with high quality wheels for the aftermarket, CMS manufactures original equipment for top motoring names including Bentley, Peugeot, Renault, Seat, Toyota and Volkswagen.

3rd January 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin on China Air ‘Black List’

Forty multinationals, including Michelin, are among some 4,000 firms on an air pollution blacklist, according to China Daily. Michelin has the dubious pleasure of being listed alongside the Chinese joint ventures of major carmakers Toyota and Ford. The list (available at http://air.ipe.org.cn) was compiled by the Beijing-based non-governmental Institute of Public and Environment Affairs (IPEA).

17th December 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Car Manufacturers Must Now Share Info With Independent Garages

The European Commission has moved to ensure that car manufacturers will provide technical information about car repairs to all independent garages in the European Union. According to a Dow Jones report, the decision will legally bind DaimlerChrysler, Toyota, General Motors and Fiat to change their business practices and share technical repair information equally with branded and independent garages.

17th September 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear OE for New Toyota and Mercedes

Goodyear has added another two feathers to its OE cap following the selection of its Excellence tyre range as standard equipment on two new UK vehicle launches. Toyota and Mercedes have both approved the tyre on their respective highest-volume models, the Auris and the C-Class.

The Toyota Auris replaces the Corolla, for many years the world’s best selling car, and Goodyear Excellence will be fitted as standard on models delivered with 15-inch wheels. The latest Mercedes C-Class, new for Summer 2007, will wear Goodyear Excellence in 225/45R17 and 245/40R17 sizes on those cars fitted with its popular 17-inch alloy wheel option.

The Goodyear Excellence was launched two years ago, and its asymmetric tread design combines sure footed wet weather grip with high levels of comfort. Goodyear says that the Excellence is particularly popular with OEMs seeking to reduce vehicle road noise, a reported strong point for the tyre.

22nd August 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Micheldever Releases First H-Rated 18-inch All Terrain 4×4 Tyres

In line with the company’s UK-focused product development, Micheldever/Southam Tyres have just released a number of new General Tire 4×4 sizes, including what the company describes as the first all-terrain 4×4 tyre in the world capable of H-rated performance with an 18-inch diameter. The new sizes are as follows:

255/60hr18 Grabber AT2 – According to Southam, this is the first all-terrain tyre available in this extremely important size for Land Rover Discovery, Range Rover, Isuzu Rodeo and Mitsubishi L200. Drivers and end users have “widely requested an upgrade product over the standard road pattern OE fitments,” according to company representatives. The only 18” ‘H’ rated All-Terrain tyre in the world, the 255/600r18 joins its hugely successful 255/55hr18 stablemate.

8th August 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Damaged Riken Factory Not a Tyre Plant

The Riken factory in Japan knocked out of production by the July 16 earthquake is not, despite the name, in any way affiliated with tyres produced by the Michelin Group. The automotive parts plant, owned by the Riken Corporation and located in the Kashiwazaki region of Japan, suffered minor damage and a number of employees were injured. Due to the severance gas and water supplies and the necessity to check plant equipment, supply of auto parts to a number of major Japanese carmakers including Toyota, Mitsubishi and Suzuki has been severed, causing disruptions to their production schedule.

Part of Michelin’s Riken tyre line, sold in the UK through Kwik-Fit, is produced in Japan, however production at Michelin’s Japanese facilities was not affected by the earthquake. Riken tyres are also produced in Romania by Michelin Silvania.

20th July 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Continental Commended in Product Honours

Continental’s PremiumContact 2 tyre has been awarded a commendation by Auto Express, describing it as: “Among the best in the wet, particularly curved aquaplaning, and managed unlike most rain masters, to match that in the dry and in rolling resistance tests.”

Peter Robb, product manager at Continental said; “We are delighted to have been commended by Auto Express. The ContiPremiumContact 2 is a popular choice with car manufacturers as an original equipment fitting to their latest generation cars. This test result is proof of its outstanding performance. ”

The tyre is approved for the Mercedes-Benz C Class, the Audi A5, the Fiat Bravo, and Toyota Auris among many others. There is also a self supporting runflat version that has just been approved for the BMW 1 and 3 series.

The ContiPremiumContact 2 was a “best buy” recommendation for Which?’s 205/55 R16 V test in the leading magazines February issue. And this is not the first time that Continental has been commended in the Auto Express product honours after 2006 success with the ContiEcoContact 3 for supermini and city cars.

24th May 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin Primacy Hits the OE Teens

Michelin has disclosed that, in the year following its introduction, its Primacy high performance tyre has been approved as OE on no less than 13 new cars. These OE agreements cover everything from saloons to minivans to sports coupes, and every vehicle category in the 2007 car market features at least one model equipped with the tyre.

The Michelin Primacy HP is fitted as original equipment on the Audi A3, A4 and TT, the Citroën Picasso, the Ford Mondeo and Galaxy, the Kia Cee’d and Opirus, the Lexus GS, the Peugeot 607, the Renault Laguna, the Toyota Auris and the Volvo S80.

The tyre has received a fair amount of press due to the claim it provides at least 25 per cent longer tread life than any competitor in the same premium range, according to the findings of a test conducted in the third quarter of 2005 by German technical services firm TÜV SÜD Automotive.

16th April 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Uniroyal Expands Laredo Cross Country Line

(Akron/Tire Review) Michelin North America is launching four new sizes of the Uniroyal Laredo Cross Country tyre for light trucks and SUVs. Considered a “powerline” tyre, the four new sizes give the line 36 total sizes, covering 90 per cent of the most popular SUVs and pickup trucks, MNA said. The tyre comes with a 60,000-mile limited treadwear warranty.

The new sizes include P255/65R16 106 S, LT235/85R16 LRE, P255/65R17 108 S, and P265/65R17 110 S, and target such light duty vehicles as Dodge Dakota, Durango and Ram 3500; Nissan Frontier, Pathfinder and XTerra; Toyota 4Runner, Sequoia, Tacoma and Tundra; Ford F-250 and F-350; and Lexus GX470, according to MNA.

2nd April 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Top Marks for Conti Automotive in “Auto Motor und Sport” Brake Test

The top six vehicles in Auto Motor und Sport magazine’s 2006 brake test (published January 1/2007) are equipped with brake components and systems supplied by Continental Automotive Systems. Ten passenger cars and SUVs took part in the tests. Six of them were assessed overall as “good”.

29th March 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Report: Hankook Boosting Shipments to Ford

(Akron/Tire Review) Yonhap news service reported that Hankook Tire Co. plans to increase tyre shipments to Ford Motor Co. next year. The report said Hankook will boost OE shipments to Ford by about 150,000 units.

8th March 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone a Contender for India OE Deal

Bridgestone India is in discussions with Toyota regarding the possibility of supplying OE tyres to its upcoming Indian market small car. According to Hisao Ikawa, Bridgestone India’s managing director, the Madhya Pradesh based tyremaker is “most likely to bag the order for supplying radials to Toyota’s proposed small car, which should roll out in 2009-10.”

7th March 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

BFGoodrich Launches New AT Sizes

BFGoodrich has announced that its award winning All-Terrain (AT) tyre will now be available in a wider range of sizes. The additional sizes will begin to become available from March 2007 and have been designed to meet the demand to fit a wider range of 4×4 vehicles.

23rd February 2007/by Tyrepress Editors