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Yamaha Motor has unveiled a new touring bike, the Star Venture, and Bridgestone tyres have been selected as original equipment. The Exedra G853 will be fitted as a front wheel fitment in size 130/70 R18M/C 63H and the Exedra G852 for the rear wheel in size 200/55 R16M/C 77H.
Yokohama Rubber has begun shipping its BluEarth E70 to Subaru Corporation for original equipment fitment on the all-new Subaru XV crossover. The Yokohama tyre is being supplied in size 225/60R17 99H.
Although Hankook Tire is still hiring staff for its new factory in Clarksville, Tennessee and intends to hold an official plant inauguration ceremony towards the end of this year, tyre production has reportedly already started there.
Aluminium wheel company Superior Industries International, Inc. now holds a 92.3 per cent shareholding in Uniwheels AG after concluding its tender offer for an aggregate consideration of US$714.7 million. This offer was financed through approximately $670 million of newly funded debt, as well as $150 million of Preferred Equity.
A new SUV tyre has joined the Sava range. The Eskimo SUV 2 gives the Goodyear brand a tyre that is “specifically designed to provide exceptional snow handling and optimised braking for SUVs.” Goodyear states that it offers “peace of mind for Europe’s harsher winters.” The Eskimo SUV 2 is available in five sizes for 17 and 18-inch rim diameters.
The new BMW M4 GT4 made its competitive debut in the ADAC Zurich 24-hour race at the Nürburgring late last month, running on Hankook Ventus Race tyres, and Hankook Tire has now begun supplying this tyre as original equipment for cars sold to customer racing teams around the world. BMW Motorsport has selected the Ventus Race in size 300/660 R18, on 11×18-inch rims, for the 431 hp, straight-six M4 GT4.
Prices for Bridgestone car, van and SUV tyre ranges will increase by an average of three per cent in European markets as of 1 July 2017. Bridgestone Europe states that it has adjusted prices in response to “significant raw material cost increases” in the last 12 months.
Hamaton Ltd has launched a brand new TPMS sensor for the European aftermarket. The EU-Pro Hybrid is the latest addition to Hamaton’s product range and is the next generation in universal sensor technology, with several new and upgraded features that have been adapted from their successful EU-Pro range.
Yourtyres.co.uk, the online B2B shop operated by Delticom, Europe’s largest online tyre dealer, celebrates its 15th anniversary in June. To mark the occasion and to thank partners and customers for their loyalty, Yourtyres.co.uk is giving away 15 per cent off of car tyres, motorbike tyres, truck tyres, tyre and wheel packages and rims on “Tyre Tuesdays” – every Tuesday in June. The discount will be given as subsequent credit.
Bridgestone has won a patent case against Guangzhou-based Wanli Tire. Bridgestone’s success follows another victory last September’s this time against Triangle Tyre.
According to Nikkier, Bridgestone said the Shanghai Intellectual Property Court in April reached a favourable ruling regarding a patent infringement lawsuit Bridgestone filed in October 2015. The suit alleged Wanli of manufacturing and selling tyres with tread patterns used in Bridgestone’s Dueler A/T Revo 2 tyres for sports utility vehicles.
Mycarcheck.com has busted the myth that expensive used cars are more likely to have a clear history; new data suggests the opposite!
New data from mycarcheck.com shows that, when it comes to the UK’s five most popular used car makes, a high price tag is no guarantee of a clear history. Of all the cars it checked last year, BMWs were 21 per cent more likely to have a warning against them than Fords, despite being, on average, around £10k more expensi
Brake Engineering is giving the aftermarket the chance to become a ‘Code Braker’ this summer at Automechanika Birmingham, offering customers the opportunity to win big prizes each day on stand 19E80.
Before the show, customers will be given a personalised code to enter into a safe on the stand. If the safe opens, they will win the prize inside.
In November, the UK automotive buying group, A1 Motor Stores, announced it had added 37 Tetrosyl-owned branches – almost doubling its motor factor membership from 40 – after months of talks came to a successful conclusion.
The Parts Alliance Group has been acquired from its private equity owner HgCapital by Uni-Select Inc., a Canadian publicly listed, North American Automotive aftermarket distributor.
New owners Uni-Select operate as a market-leader in the USA and Canada, distributing automotive aftermarket parts, equipment and refinish products through a network of 14 distribution centres, 270 corporate stores and over 1,100 independent wholesalers with 3,000 employees generating sales of $1.2 billion USD per annum.
To celebrate the opening of a new Academy of Automotive Skills in Runcorn, the Retail Motor Industry Federation (RMI) is offering free MOT Tester training to its members.
To support MOT businesses in the North of England, the RMI is opening its second Academy in July so MOT stations can have access to an all-encompassing cost effective MOT training solution from the UK’s largest automotive trade association.
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