Tire Dealers Speak: Firestone Takes Top Honor inFirst Commercial Brands Study
Firestone Takes Top Honor inFirst Commercial Brands Study
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Gone In Name Only‘New’ BFAH Gets $1.3 Billion Infusion
Power of Momentum: Challenges Lay Ahead, "But We Will Overcome Them," Says Disney
Challenges Lay Ahead, "But We Will Overcome Them," Says Disney
Treadwear Tales
Tires always tell a story. The danger is misreading the story and coming to the wrong conclusion about what might be causing the tread to wear prematurely or unevenly. All tires wear as miles accumulate, and all treads eventually wear down to the point where replacement becomes necessary to maintain safe driving, traction and handling.
Hot Tires and Cool Wheels
Hot Tires and Cool Wheels The tire and the wheel. Each is similar in that they’re round and are a major component of any vehicle. But while one is made of rubber, the other is metal – steel, aluminum or an alloy. One costs more than the other, and one may never need replacing. One
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Responding to TerrorIndustry Quick With Assistance, Donations
How They See It
For the past nine years, Tire Review has asked its readers one very important question: How well do the tire brands you offer perform for you?
Mere Coincidences?
You don’t have to be deaf, dumb, blind or even nasally challenged to know there’s something really smelly about the Ford Explorer. Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. (BFS) has taken the brunt of the negative publicity, and suffered significant financial and perception damage, because of concerns that a "high" number of its tires failed on one particular vehicle.
Door To Door: Gamauf Stumps Dealers, BFS Team
In this new semi-regular feature, we’ll interview key individuals on important issues facing the tire market. For this first installment, we sat down with John Gamauf, vice president of consumer tire sales for Bridgestone/Firestone Inc., to discuss the impact last year’s recall and the current Ford-Firestone situation has had on BFS’s business. There’s been a
Progress and Conservatism
Eighty years ago, a fledgling industry organization held its very first trade show. Every tire dealer in the country was invited to Cleveland, Ohio, to partake in what was being hailed as the first exhibit of its kind.