Hankook have a wide range of car tyres and 4×4 drive tyres. They are also now into motor sports. The great news with this is that motor sports demand the best of tyre technology. That extra technology that helps the car hold on round the corners or knocks a second of a lap all help […]
The daily grind is tough enough, but in Indonesia they have even more problems on the commute to work. Tyre repairmen have been deliberately puncturing car tyres by littering the roads with nails and other sharp objects. They then charge double the normal cost of a repair and the people have no choice but to go ahead […]
The World Rally Championship has seen its first race in Monte Carlo. Although Sebastien Loeb won the rally he was given a run for his money with Ford’s newly signed driver Petter Solberg achieving his personal best for the first race of the season. Petter has never achieved higher than fifth position in the first […]
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The Dakar Rally has been growing in popularity every year since it started back in the late seventies. Not bad considering it was started by a guy that got lost on his motorbike! Thierry Sabine was racing in the Abidjan-Nice rally through Libya when he got lost. However, he fell in love with the terrain and landscape […]
While it’s not possible to re-invent the wheel, although Michelin have re-invented the tyre. They have re-named the car tyres as tweels so maybe we will all be asking for tweel in the future! Michelin have been working on the tweel for many years, in fact they first showed the public in 2006. The tweel is […]
Uniroyal’s unique selling point for UK tyres is their dedication towards wet weather tyres.They have now been making specialist rain tyres for over thirty years. This history started with the Rallye 180 tyre which was the world’s first rain tyre! In 1987 Opel (Vauxhall) declared Uniroyal Supplier of the Year for 1986. Uniroyal introduced the RTT-1 which was the […]
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An American man who stopped to help change a flat car tyre for two stranded women had no idea that his good deed would save his life! Victor Giesbrecht pulled over to assist the two ladies who had been stranded by flat car tyres. Driving along Route 94 Victor had mentioned to wife he was not feeling […]
Yokohama has been around for the best part of 100 years. The company makes lots of different products, although they are mostly known for their car tyres. As well as car and van tyres they make various items from conveyor belts to fuel tanks for aircraft. Yokohama are responsible for many items that we all use in […]
What a year 2011 has been for Motor Sport. With Red Bull Racing stealing the headlines for most of the F1 season and then continuing their success in the constructors Championship for the second year in a row! Sebastian Vettel is the Formula One World Champion and has broken several records in the process. The youngest […]
Hankook’s production line in Hungary has produced 25 million in less than five years, with their production estimated to produce another 25 million in less than half of that time. Hankook is the seventh largest tyre manufacturer in the world. With sales of car tyres especially on the rise it is easy to see why. Hankook also produce UK […]