Published: | in Dunlop Tyres, Goodyear tyres | Comments Off on Tyre Testing To Prepare For the EU Tyre Labelling
Yes, it’s another post about tyre labelling! As the tyre manufacturers will very shortly be producing and delivering tyres with the labels affixed, there has been a lot of tyre testing going on behind the scenes. Part of the new regulation requires each tyre manufacturer to test their own tyres for the new gradings, following […]
Auto Express magazine have announced their 2012 product awards and the prizes for best summer tyre and best winter tyre have been awarded to a Goodyear tyre and a Continental tyre respectively. The Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 from Goodyear won the summer category with the reviewers commenting on its great all round performance. The car […]
Published: | in Tyre News | Comments Off on First Stage Of Tyre Labelling Introduction
We know we have mentioned the upcoming tyre labelling changes before, but it’s all starting to get very real now. The tyre labelling regulation from the European Union doesn’t require any changes from retailers until 1st November 2012, but as far as tyre manufacturer’s are concerned, D-day is much earlier on the 1st July 2012. […]
Published: | in Tyre safety | Comments Off on Lack Of Driver Knowledge About Spare Tyres
There was a time when practically all cars had a spare wheel and tyre as standard. These days you are just as likely to have a puncture repair kit, a space saver spare, or have a car fitted with run flat tyres. Unfortunately the variety of possibilities seems to have caused some confusion amongst British […]
Published: | in Avon tyres | Comments Off on Avon Tyres – Ice Touring ST
Since we mentioned this week that tyre dealers are starting to order their winter tyres already, here is a winter tyre offering from Avon Tyres. The Ice Touring ST tyre is for those of you who still want some va va voom from your winter tyres. This tyre is available sized to fit high performance […]
Published: | in Tyre News | Comments Off on Two Thirds of Drivers Avoiding Driving!
At first sight, the statistic that almost two thirds of British drivers are choosing to leave their cars behind in favour of alternative transport is fairly surprising. Looking a little deeper, however, and it is easy to see that they are doing this in an attempt to save their pennies. The current economic climate has […]
Published: | in F1, Pirelli Tyres | Comments Off on More On Pirelli’s Formula One Tyres
You may wonder what the big deal is about Pirelli’s Formula One tyres – surely it is easy for the teams and their drivers to learn how the tyres behave? Well, no. It really is much more complicated than that. Not only will the tyres behave differently in different conditions – hot, dry, wet, cold […]
Published: | in Tyre Tips | Comments Off on Do You Know How To Deal With A Flat Tyre?
Well? Do you? If your response is ‘call a tyre fitter’, it may be time to do some swotting up as not only is waiting around for an emergency tyre fitter not much fun, you may find yourself somewhere out of the way waiting days rather than hours! And what if you are in a […]
Published: | in Tyre News | Comments Off on China Focusing On Green Tyre Output
The chairman of the China Rubber Industry Association has announced China’s new plans around so called ‘green tyres’. They aim for at least half of the tyre makers in China to be able to manufacturer fuel-efficient tyres by the end of December 2015. Not only that, the hope is that by then the output of […]
Published: | in tyre technology | Comments Off on Prototype Adaptable tyre
A Germany-based research group has unveiled the prototype of what it calls an ‘adaptive tyre’. According to the group, the tyre can adapt itself to different weather and road conditions. Whether you are driving on a smooth motorway, or a rough gravel road, in hot weather, snow, or rain, the tyre can recognise the conditions […]