It looked like Latvala had the race in the bag until an incident left him with a flat car tyre. He had powered through the stages and was around half a minute ahead of his rival Mikko Hirvonen. Mikko had been working hard to make up the difference but had lost confidence in his own tyre setup designed […]
Published: | in Bridgestone Tyres, Tyre News | Comments Off on Bridgestone is to Help to Support Acorns Children’s Hospice 2012
Bridgestone, the manufacture of premium car tyres has agreed to support Acorn. The Midlands based child hospice which was established in 1988 is an important support to families. This support is for children that have life limiting or life threatening illness and sadly are not expected to reach adulthood. However sad the situation is, Acorn is there […]
Published: | in Tyre News | Comments Off on A Street Is Left Feeling A Bit Deflated
A Dunedin street was left feeling the pinch after all the cars parked in the street had their car tyres vandalised. The whole street was hit with all the tyres of each vehicle attacked. One resident had his expensive 4×4 tyres punctured and he thought his insurance bill would be something in the region of $2,000 […]
Published: | in Tyre News | Comments Off on Two Stars of the Detroit Motorshow
The new Ford Mondeo has been launched at the Detroit motor show. The stylish new Mondeo is going to be packed full of technology. Even the engine range has the latest technologies, with Ecoboost to give the all new Mondeo the low CO2 emissions and importantly higher fuel economy. Delivering all this without a loss […]
The Top Gear presenters have definitely got the best job in the world! They have driven the rarest and fastest cars in the world. This week’s Top Gear saw Richard Hammond driving a race car around a NASCAR track. NASCAR is the most watched sport in America but is it easier or harder than F1? Richard […]
Italian based Pirelli, the official Formula 1 car tyres supplier, have created a new collection of tyres for the up and coming racing season. They have altered the dynamics of the four dry weather tyres, making them softer and reducing the differences between each of them. It was only last year that Pirelli took over […]
Unlike standard car tyres which feature a symmetrical pattern over the entire width of the tyre which is the same, the pattern of the tread on a car tyre that is asymmetric differs with the various parts adapting to suit certain functions. These consist of smaller inner tread blocks which assist in pushing and shifting water […]
Recent research has found that 11% of younger drivers were under the influence of illegal substances during the past year whilst they were behind the wheel of a car. With more youngsters taking drugs on a regular basis it was discovered that 18% of crash fatalities have drugs in their blood system, prompting the Government […]
Published: | in Tyre News | Comments Off on Top Gear’s Italian Supercar Race
BBC 2’s motoring show Top Gear returned to our screens this week for its 18th series. The first episode of the new series featured the three musketeers, Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond in Italy driving supercars. The McLaren MP4 was driven by May, Hammond got the Noble M600 whilst Clarkson squeezed himself into a Lamborghini Aventador. […]
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 […]