The Irish Tyre Wholesalers & Retailers Association (ITWRA) is holding an important meeting in the Killeshin Hotel, Portlaoise, on Thursday...
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04 Dec 2012
ContiSportContact 5 has sporty ambitions

Continental’s new ContiSportContact 5 is suitable for high performance sport cars and for SUVs with sporty ambitions. When compared with its popular predecessor, this new product reflects the substantial progress made by the tyre engineers – thanks to extensive research and tests carried out during the development period, braking distances on both wet and dry
03 Dec 2012
Telegraph tests winter tyres against summer counterparts
The Telegraph newspaper in Britain has tested a set of winter tyres against their summer counterparts on two and four-wheel drive cars.
03 Dec 2012
Pirelli wants early F1 decision

Pirelli is eager to establish whether or not it will continue as the sole tyre supplier to Formula One ahead of next June’s deadline. The Italian tyres manufacturer signed a three year contract with the teams and the sport’s chiefs back in 2010 to become F1’s exclusive tyre partner.
30 Nov 2012
Goodyear LEGO truck raises €6,050 for Charity
The Goodyear 1:1 scale LEGO truck built for the IAA Commercial Vehicle show in Hanover, Germany was sold on eBay for €6,050. All the money will go to Doc Stop for Europeans eV, the charity set up to provide medical assistance to commercial vehicle drivers.
30 Nov 2012
Walsall College students rejuvenate vintage fire engine
Over the course of 18 months, 37 automotive engineering students from Walsall College will take on a project of renovating a vintage fire engine from the 1950’s.
30 Nov 2012
Mazda6 gets Dunlop SP Sport 5000 tyres
Dunlop tyres has announced that Mazda’s newly-redesigned 2014 Mazda6 sport saloon will be riding on Dunlop SP Sport 5000 tyres when the vehicle goes on sale early next year.
29 Nov 2012
Dealers and Goodyear sales team attend test event
A group of dealers and members of the Goodyear sales team in Ireland attended a test event at the MIRA circuit, near Birmingham recently, which dramatically illustrated why the right tyre choice can have a significant impact on road safety.
29 Nov 2012
2013 Pirelli UK Star Driver to focus on Rally Two and Juniors

Pirelli Star Driver selections from each round of next year’s MSA British Rally Championship will come exclusively from the new BRC Rally Two and Junior Rally Championships.
29 Nov 2012
Sailun unveils new Light Truck and SUV Tyre
Sailun has unveiled a new Light Truck and Sport Utility Vehicle tyre – the Terramax CVR.
28 Nov 2012
ATA Accreditation programme key to regulation – ITIA

The Irish Tyre Industry Association (ITIA) in its drive to regulate the sector believes its ATA Accreditation programme has a central role to play.
28 Nov 2012
Bridgestone looks back on a successful 2012 MotoGP™ season

The 2012 MotoGP™ World Championship was one of the most exciting and closely-contested campaigns in recent years in which Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jorge Lorenzo emerged as the worthy champion.










