Category: Brands

Ferrari has selected Bridgestone as one of its original equipment suppliers of tyres for the FF four-wheel drive sports car. Supplies of the Potenza S001 sport tyres to the Maranello manufacturer started at the end of 2011.

With difficult and unpredictable weather conditions throughout, Kumho tyres played a pivotal role in Garry Jennings’s dominant victory on the Topaz Donegal International Rally last weekend (June 15-17).

Half of motorists no longer enjoy driving, with the threat of road rage among the reasons why, according to new research from Continental Tyres.

Following more than six billion kilometres of testing involving 50,000 tyres over seven years, Michelin is taking the first steps to combine the introduction of a Tyre Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chips in tyres for large commercial vehicle fleets.

Pirelli has presented its new Cinturato P7 Blue, its first tyre to be awarded an ‘AA’ rating under the new European tyre label regulations.

Kumho is set to debut its new AA labelled tyre – Ecowing ES01 – early next year.

Continental is enhancing the efficiency of the roadside breakdown service it provides to commercial vehicle operators and hauliers.

Firestone has launched the Firehawk SZ90µ RFT for the replacement market, the brand’s first tyre with Run-Flat Technology in Europe. The tyre’s reinforced sidewall rubber construction enables the driver to continue driving safely if the tyre deflates or suffers a total loss of pressure.

The implications of new EU legislation on tyre labelling for commercial tyre end users were detailed at a press briefing hosted by Continental Tyres in London recently.

Bridgestone is advising tyre retailers that will have certain obligations at the point of sale, when the new tyre labelling regulations come into force on November 1.

Farmers and contractors can access detailed tyre information online, following the launch of a dedicated Michelin farming website for the UK and Ireland.