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Continental has secured an original equipment supply deal with Hyundai for the fully-electric Ioniq 9 SUV.

Frank Cullen, founder of Cullen Communications, has received the ‘Outstanding Service to the Industry’ award, which was presented at last week’s 2026 Irish Car of the Year in association with Continental Tyres.

The 2026 edition of Tractor of the Year (TOTY) took place at the recent Agritechnica trade show in Hanover, Germany, where BKT was once again the awards partner.

Continental has partnered with the Technical University of Braunschweig in Germany to develop an innovative method for analysing tyre wear. This method uses a specially adapted vacuum device mounted behind a drive wheel, which – together with advanced particle sensors – enables the detection of even the finest airborne particles behind the wheels and at

Peugeot has unveiled its Polygon concept car featuring Goodyear’s proprietary ‘SightLine’, an advanced suite of intelligent tyre technologies integrated directly into the cockpit for the first time alongside three bespoke Goodyear tyres tailored to the car’s versatile configurations.

At a gala awards ceremony this afternoon in the Conrad Hotel in Dublin, the Renault 5 was named as the 2026 Irish Car of the Year in association with Continental Tyres.

New for 2025, Hankook Tyre will showcase its portfolio of Hankook and Laufenn commercial vehicle tyres on stand B20 at the debut RTX Scotland trade show taking place at the SEC in Glasgow on 19th-20th November.

Bridgestone has unveiled its latest ultra-high-performance tyre: the Bridgestone Potenza Sport EVO with Enliten Technology. Building on the multi-award-winning Potenza Sport, Bridgestone says the new tyre offers enhanced sports performance, wet control, longevity and fuel/energy efficiency, alongside expanded size range.

Bridgestone Ireland has pledged to continue to support the DCU Solar Racing team, at Dublin City University, that are aiming to compete in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge in 2027.

With misinformation and misconceptions about retread tyres prevalent across the commercial vehicle sector, Continental Tyres UK has today launched ‘Respect for Retreads’ – a new education and awareness campaign that seeks to confront operators’ remanufactured rubber concerns.

The all-season tyres from the Hankook Kinergy 4S series scored top marks in the comparison tests by Auto Bild sportscars, Auto Bild Allrad and Auto Bild, with the Kinergy 4S 2 achieving the rating “exemplary” and “very good” for the sizes 225/45 R18 and 215/55 R17, and the Kinergy 4S 2 X achieving the mark