With a stellar all-round performance and strong wet and dry handling, Goodyear’s EfficientGrip has won the coveted Auto Express Best Summer Tyre Product Award.
The 41st ADAC Zurich Nuerburgring 24-hour race was one of the most eventful editions of the long distance classic. The weather changed from bright sunshine to torrential rain in the first four hours – and the race even had to be stopped for several hours due to poor visibility.
Dunlop’s high performing Sport Maxx Race tyres have been selected for use on the new Porsche 911 GT3. The Sport Maxx Race was approved as the first tyre for the new 911 GT3 due to its ability to deliver a balanced and sporty performance at a high level.
The Irish Tyre Industy Association (ITIA) is set to hold three regional meetings next week. The main focus of the meetings is to bring more of the legitimate trade into the association to boost the ITIA’s drive for licensing.
Falken’s new all-year-round tyre offers improved traction on dry, wet and even snowy roads without compromising on comfort. The EuroAll Season AS200 also features significantly reduced tyre rolling noise and shorter braking distances. The tyre will be available at specialist tyre dealers from July 2013 in a total range of 27 dimensions.
Abbey Farm Contractors Limited, a Lincolnshire-based agricultural contractor, has reduced the track width of its John Deere combine harvester by 600mm after retrofitting a set of Michelin CerexBib tyres featuring patented Ultraflex technology.
Bridgestone Europe has expanded its new website for drivers of cars, SUVs, 4x4s and vans into four new languages – French, German, Italian and Spanish – opening up to the five major European markets.
Toyo Tires has launched its biggest ever TV advertising campaign in Europe on Eurosport TV. The campaign will see Toyo Tires’ advertisement broadcast alongside the top three cycling events in the World – the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia and la Vuelta a España.
Raffaele Marciello (Prema Powerteam) continues to dominate the Hankook sponsored, FIA Formula 3 European Championship The Italian, a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy, scored his sixth season victory at Brands Hatch in the UK.
Goodyear is gearing up for its ninth year supplying race tyres to the European Truck Racing Championship. The ten-round championship got underway at the weekend at Misano, Italy and Goodyear is supplying all teams throughout the season with its specially produced Goodyear Truck Racing tyres.
Yokohama will again partner with the in-house Aston Martin Test Centre team as it competes in this weekend’s Nürburgring 24 Hour race. The British marque will be breaking new ground as one of the four Aston Martin sports cars in action is powered by a radical new Hybrid Hydrogen engine, making it the first Hybrid
