General Tyre News
So the F1 season is over for another year. The Pirelli tyres used on the cars this year helped create a thrilling and certainly an unpredictable season. A whopping 23,500 were used throughout the duration of the year – 21,400 dry tyres and 2,100 wet tyres – thats an awful lot of rubber! Read on to […]
At a first glance it appears to look like a grate on the road but it is in fact a highly sophisticated scanner that has the facility to detect a vehicle’s tyre tread depth as it passes through it. Monitoring whether the tyres are in fact legal to be on the road this new device could […]
Brrr…. it sure is cold outside and its set to get colder! If you’ve been considering whether you should swap your standard tyres over to winter tyres then we’d suggest doing so at your earliest possible convenience. As we head into December you may think its a bit too late into the season to change […]
2011 was a pretty good year for European tyre manufacturers; a massive 4.8 million tonnes of tyres were manufactured in Europe which was almost a quarter of the total worldwide. Production was 6.6% higher than the previous year, a level of growth which is reassuring in the current economic climate. Replacement market sales in Europe […]
Bridgestone tyres know that many 4×4 drivers want a rugged look for their 4×4 tyres, even when they are driving on-road. That is why they have designed the Dueler A/T 694 with its rugged, all-terrain, aggressive tread pattern. Of course, as a Bridgestone tyre it’s not just about the look – these tyres deliver outstanding […]
We have spoken here previously about how dangerous part worn tyres can be – in particular because they are frequently illegal when they are sold to you. However, hearing stories such as the recent one uncovered by TyreSafe about the driver who ended up being partially paralysed really bring home the reality of the risk […]
One of the two biggest months for car dealerships is here, and I expect sales teams across the country are rushed off their feet. September accounts for almost a fifth of the year’s total car sales, only behind March. A good strong month for car sales has wider implications for the economy as a whole as […]
The soon to be launched electric Audi R8 e-tron has recently set the world record for a production vehicle featuring an electric drive system on the Nordschliefe at the Nurburgring. Widely considered the toughest test track in the world, the Nurburgring Nordschleife is an exceptionally challenging 12.92 mile track. The Audi R8 e-tron was driven […]
Even though the new EU tyre labelling laws don’t come into play until November, there are already people in the industry worried that it isn’t going to work out quite as it was intended. The levels for each grade boundary were intentionally set to push the industry to reach new highs; it wasn’t supposed to […]
It’s probably not a topic that many of us spend much time thinking about, but somebody has to keep an eye on the white lines on our roads and make sure they aren’t fading away. That responsibility falls to the Road Safety Markings Association. White lines are just one aspect of road maintenance, which also […]