Category: Yokohama

Yokohama has announced that it will consolidate its various off-highway businesses into one single entity.

A car equipped with Yokohama’s Advan racing tyres came in first in the SP8T class at the 48th Nürburgring 24-Hour Endurance Race (ADAC TOTAL 24h-Rennen) held last month.

Yokohama is to build a new $165m plant in India. It says the purpose of the plant is to expand production capacity of Alliance Tire Group’s (ATG) off-highway tyres.

Mercedes-AMG has selected Yokohama’s Advan Sport V107 tyres as original equipment for two of its new GLE 63 models.

Yokohama announced today that Mercedes-AMG has selected its “ADVAN Sport V107” tyres as original equipment for two models in the automaker’s new GLE 63-series—the GLE 63 4MATIC+ and the GLE 63 4MATIC+ Coupe, which were launched in Europe in March 2020. The new models come equipped with 285/40ZR22 110Y size front tyres and 325/35ZR22 114Y size rear tyres

The Yokohama Bluearth-XT AE61 tyre is now available in the European market, with 27 sizes, ranging from 235/55R20 102V to 215/70R16 100H, on offer.

Yokohama-sponsored Chelsea FC, have been named champions of the 2019/20 Barclays FA Women’s Super League.

Yokohama has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate with the Rubber Authority of Thailand (RAOT) to provide economic support for Thai natural rubber farmers and to improve traceability to ensure transparency and soundness of the supply chain.

Although this year’s Geneva motor show was cancelled due to coronavirus, Yokohama still presented a virtual press conference where it launched five new tyres.

Yokohama has announced that two of its tyres received design awards in Chicago last December.

It was an encouraging start to the season for the Yokohama-backed Harper Adams Motorsport team at last weekend’s Cambrian Rally, the opening round of the 2020 BRC and BTRDA Rally Series.