Treadsetters markets Hifly tyre as ‘the competitive option’
Treadsetters is promoting its Hifly HF 805 UHP pattern as “the competitive option”, while at the same time highlighting its production in “an international, technologically advanced production facility which incorporates all the very latest tyre building and design developments”.
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Yokohama to run US national rebate programme
Yokohama Tire Corporation (YTC) will run its latest USA national rebate promotion between 22 and 25 May. Consumers purchasing a set of four select Yokohama tyres, including the Advan Sport A/S, and Geolandar G055 and H/T G056, will receive a $60 prepaid Visa card.
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High performance tyre segment growing across Europe
As we have seen, the high performance tyre market is a complex and competitive environment. The fact that most manufacturers define and therefore calculate the market in a slightly different way adds to the complexity. With this in mind, Tyres & Accessories asked GfK automotive account director Kevin Glynn for some outside insights into what is going on in the world of high performance tyres.
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Falken Tyres team secures podium on Nürburgring 24 Hours
Falken Tyres has achieved its aim of a first podium at the Nürburgring 24 Hours. The team of Peter Dumbreck, Martin Ragginger, Alex Imperatori and Wolf Henzler guided Falken’s Porsche 997 GT3 R from 19th on the grid to a podium slot, improving on its fourth place finish in 2014. The team’s number 44 Porsche – the only car on the grid to use Falken tyres – rose gradually through the field overnight, dealing with typically varied Eifel region weather, including showers during the night.
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Avon launches new TrailRider adventure sport touring motorcycle tyre
Avon has launched its new TrailRider motorcycle tyre, a product it calls its “most advanced tyre yet”. Making the point that the large trailbike segment has not been a big priority in markets more focused on sportsbikes, tourers, and naked bikes, Avon says that 600cc-plus dirt-styled bikes have become more important over the last decade. Bikes like the BMW R1200 GS and Triumph Adventure are amongst the best sellers in many markets, Avon adds.
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Alutec supplies Poison alloy wheels to Smart Fortwo and Forfour
Allutec is to supply the new Smart Fortwo and Forfour with the 16-inch Poison alloy wheel. The wheel manufacturer describes the Poison as a “timeless” five-double spoke design, with racing black and front polished diamond black finishes available.
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Continental and MAN strengthen cooperation
Continental AG, a major supplier to truck maker MAN, reports that it is strengthening its long-standing partnership with the truck and bus manufacturer further. Continental’s Conti EcoPlus tyres, part of its Generation 3 truck tyre range, are standard fitment on the MAN TGX EfficientLine 2 long-haul vehicle. In addition MAN has added Conti Hybrid, as well as all standard sizes of the Conti Scandinavia truck tyre range, to its original fitment portfolio.
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Firenza’s high performance offer
Singapore-based Firenza, which is distributed by wholesaler Stamford Tyres, reports that it intends to offer an “established and highly competitive” range. Taking centre-stage is the Firenza ST-05A pattern which is specifically manufactured at an “advanced production facility” in South East Asia, which includes the very latest tyre building innovations.
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Kumho supplies new Dodge Viper ACR with bespoke Ecsta V720 UHP tyre
The new Dodge Viper ACR (American Club Racer) street-legal race car is available in USA from September, and will be fitted with specially designed Kumho Ecsta V720 tyres in sizes 295/25ZR19 (front) and 355/30ZR19 (rear). Dodge claims the tyres provide the largest combined contact patch of any production car, having been designed and developed specially for the Viper ACR. The tyres, which feature unique tread patterns and compounds, have achieved lap times up to 1.5 seconds faster than benchmark race tyres used for back-to-back testing. They allow sustained cornering loads of up to 1.5g, Dodge adds.
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Size matters: The makings of a high performance tyre market
At the start of 2015 we examined the wider car tyre segment as part of Tyres & Accessories February’s “Passenger Car Tyre” feature. In short, we examined the spectrum of figures offered for the size of UK demand and found that most sources settle between 31 and 38 million units a year. Interestingly, some of the latest data points to the market being at the higher end of the spectrum – something that has not been very widely or openly acknowledged in the past.
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Tyre safety a “ticking bomb”
The manager of a tyre and vehicle maintenance centre in Waterloo Road, Manchester, is urging motorists to pay closer attention to their tyres – warning that the number of illegal tyres in circulation on local roads is posing a grave risk to safety.
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