As of June 2025, the Yokohama Advan Sport V107 is original equipment tyre for the Mercedes-AMG CLE 53 4MATIC+ Coupé in the front axle size 265/35ZR20 (99Y) and rear axle fitment 295/30ZR20 (101Y). Yokohama Rubber has supplied the Advan Sport V107 in 19-inch dimensions for this model since 2024.
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., is supplying its Geolandar A/T G31 and Geolandar X-CV tyres as original equipment (OE) for Toyota Motor Corporation’s new 4Runner SUV in certain markets. The Geolandar A/T G31 245/70R18 110H tyres are being fitted for Latin America, and the GEOLANDAR X-CV 245/70R17 110T and 265/55R20 113V tyres are being fitted for North America.
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., has once again been included in the FTSE4Good Index Series of global ESG stock indexes. This time its for the 21st consecutive year. The Company has also been included in the FTSE Blossom Japan Index for a ninth straight year and the FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index for a fourth straight year.
Seven cars on Urban Automotive’s largest stand ever at the Goodwood Festival of Speed feature Yokohama tyres, including the Advan Sport V107 and Parada Spec-X. At the event, which started Thursday 10 July, the bespoke luxury vehicle modifier’s display includes three global debuts: the Rolls-Royce Cullinan Series II redefined by Urban Automotive, the Range Rover Sport redefined by Urban’s XRS (Extreme Road Series), and the Urban Widetrack Heritage Series Soft-Top.
Team Upgarage’s No 18 Upgarage AMG GT3 running on Yokohama Advan tyres won the GT300 class in Round 3 of Japanese touring car series Autobacs Super GT. Held at Malaysia’s Sepang International Circuit for the first time in 12 years, the 55 lap/300km race on 26-28 June, this was the second podium-topping finish for Yokohama tyres in the GT300 class in two consecutive rounds. Yokohama said it was confident that its tyres would support a second consecutive series championship in the GT300 class this year as part of its Advan Challenge – a company initiative to support increasing sales of its Advan-branded performance tyres.
While numbers might still be below those outlined in the government’s Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate, latest figures suggest there are already more than 1.5 million fully electric cars on the UK’s roads. Indeed, just under half (47 per cent) of all new cars sold in the UK so far in 2025 were either fully electric, or electric hybrid.
Effective 1 July 2025, Adeel Tariq becomes vice president, Global Talent Acquisition and Talent Development for the Yokohama OHT Division. In this role, Tariq will report to Vladka Kozakova, CHRO of OHT.
Across the Atlantic, Tire Group International (TGI) recently became an authorized distributor for Yokohama Tire, in the US states of Florida, Oregon and Washington. In conjunction with this partnership, TGI will offer the Yokohama Advantage Program — an program designed to reward and engage dedicated Yokohama Tire retailers.
Yokohama will supply Advan racing tyres to more than 20 cars competing in five divisions of the 103rd Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (22 June, Colorado, USA). Yokohama’s participation in this gruelling event forms part of its Advan Challenge that seeks to maximise sales of Advan tyres. Advan tyres had a significant presence last year, with five runners finishing in the top 10 in the overall results, including first-place finishes in four divisions. More broadly, Yokohama wants to increase sales of its high-value Advan performance tyre lines through its participation in all levels of motorsports around the world in line with its corporate strategy.
Yokohama is taking inspiration from its racetrack activities for its road range, as a supplier to many national championships around the world. The manufacturer’s tyres are selected as the control tyre by some of the UK’s most exciting motorsport series, including for the first time ever, the 2025 Time Attack Championship.
The Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. has reported the successful completion of its efforts to eliminate counterfeit versions of the company’s aluminium wheels in China. In order to remove such products from the market, Yokohama Rubber filed an administrative complaint and submitted information to the Municipal Administration for Market Regulation in Anlu City, Hubei Province, China.
The Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. has formally announced that on 22 May 2025 it acquired “the fixed assets (land, building, and OTR tire production machinery) of a closed plant located in Romania” through its off-highway tyre (OHT) subsidiary Yokohama TWS Romania S.R.L. Although the acquired business is not mentioned by name in Yokohama’s official statement, the Mehedinți County location is the same as the Euro Tyres operation we have repeatedly linked with acquisition by Yokohama.
On 16 May 2025, Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. announced that it had given addition responsibility to a member of its senior management. The change became effective on 15 May 2025.
Effective 15 May 2025, Takeshi Masatomo is heading the Tire Overseas Business Planning department at Yokohama Rubber. He will perform this role alongside his existing remit as head of the company’s Tire Overseas Sales & Marketing division.
In March we posed the question “is Yokohama considering Romania for its new European tyre factory?” The short answer is yes – a spokesperson for Yokohama OHT has confirmed that parent company Yokohama Rubber (YRC) will acquire insolvent Romanian off-highway tyre manufacturing business Euro Tyres Manufacturing SRL.
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