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Paul Smith, an apprentice mechanic with Kieran’s Motors, Drogheda has won a 2 tonne trolley jack, worth €250, sponsored by Tyre Care, in the lastest Auto Trade EXPO free competition. With the Auto Trade EXPO on the horizon, organisers Automotive Publications is cranking up its promotional activities, with yet another great free competition. To be

Bridgestone has been confirmed as the first founding partner of the Olympic Channel. The new, ground-breaking digital platform, where fans can experience the power of sport and the Olympic Movement all year round will launch worldwide on Sunday 21 August following the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games Rio 2016. The four-year partnership between Bridgestone

With the rise in popularity of SUVs and the greater use of winter tyres, Dunlop has introduced the new Winter Sport 5 SUV tyre to satisfy this specific market. Research shows that 50% of European drivers find icy and snowy roads the most challenging weather conditions to drive in, whereas over 40% of car lovers

Renault is the latest manufacturer to choose Goodyear as original equipment. The French manufacturer is fitting 195/55R20 95H XL Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance and 195/55R20 95H XL Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen-2 tyres to the new Scenic. The Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance Tall and Narrow tyre was previewed on the new Scenic on Renault’s stand at this year’s

Dunlop’s brand new truck tyre range offers better all road performance than ever before, including all-season capability endorsed by the latest EU winter tyre qualification. The new on-road range comprises the SP346 steer tyre, SP446 drive tyre and SP246 trailer tyre. The SP346 and SP446 offer up to 10% higher mileage and improved fuel economy

Co. Galway tyre retailer Tyre Aware is throwing its weight of support behind the Irish team at the Olympics in Rio Janeiro. Our eagle-eyed photographer spotted five Olympic rings, made from waste car tyres close to Tyre Aware’s premises at Ballinderreen, Kilcolgan, Co Galway. Tyre Aware is gaining a reputation for its tyre art. Last

TyreSafe, the UK tyre safety organisation, has reached another significant milestone in its tenth anniversary year having been awarded full charity status. The achievement increases the potential for TyreSafe to work with a wider range of organisations by underlining its non-commercial and not-for-profit credentials. The recognition is a major boost to the tyre safety awareness

One in four trucks are running on UK road with under inflated tyres, research by Continental Tyres has found. Research by Continental Tyres shows that as many as one in four truckm tyres may be running under inflated by 10 per cent.  This not only leads to significantly higher fuel costs but contributes to the

You’d have had to have been living under a rock for the last few years to be unaware of the Toyo Proxes, Toyo’s flagship performance focused tyre. Indeed, so successful has the Proxes been that it has gone through a number of evolutionary upgrades over the course of its existence, most recently becoming the Proxes

Yokohama’s ADVAN Sport V105 tyre has once again demonstrated its performance credentials, sealing ‘an overall victory across the wet handling tests’ in EVO magazine’s 2016 ultra-high performance tyre test, published today. The EVO test, which was carried out at a German tyre manufacturer’s proving ground in Texas, used a 247bhp Ford Focus ST. For the

Continental’s SportContact 6 has made its tyre test debut, taking top spot in this year’s summer tyre test from the UK’s monthly motoring-specialist title evo. The evo summer tyre test pitted the Continental SportContact 6 against 8 competitor summer tyres in size 235/35 R19. The test win recognised the SportContact 6 across a broad spectrum,