Handling an Issue
If you’re a car enthusiast, or at least spend some time reading the promotion- al material selling high performance passenger vehicles, it’s hard to miss the importance placed on tires and wheels in achieving outstanding cornering and crisp response. The tire contribution in what truly is a multi-faceted handling equation is further underscored weekly at
Peace and Quiet
. Tire lugs are dead giveaways. Even someone with trifocals can see the difference. You’ve also become pretty good at explaining tread life differences between tires by using the UTQG. Or at least using treadwear warranties. But what do you say to a valued customer who is complaining about noise? "I have a noise in
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Still a Long Road Ahead for Troubled TiremakerDespite posting the worst losses in the company’s 105-year history, things began to look up for the financially troubled Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. during a hectic early spring.
Time To Grow: New Home, New Products, New Focus Mannino Says Now is The Time
A year ago this month, Gaetano "Guy" Mannino, 45, became president and CEO of Pirelli Tire North America, and in a whirlwind 12 months he has reshaped Pirelli’s presence in North America. New headquarters and automated manufacturing in Rome, Ga., have given PTNA a fresh start. The end of its alliance with Cooper gave it
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Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. gained some breathing room from its short-term financial obligations by renegotiating loan agreements, but Wall Street analysts and the tire industry are keeping a close eye on Goodyear as it struggles to gain positive momentum.
UTQG: Is it the Beginning of the End for the Regs No One Wanted?
Is it the Beginning of the End for the Regs No One Wanted? Uniform Tire Quality Grading’s 35th birthday passed without fanfare last September. Given its twisted history and questionable pedigree, it’s not surprising that there were no parties. From the outset, UTQG was literally and figuratively a bastard law. Born out of misunderstood language
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Famed Calif. Dealer May Disappear
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TIRES UNDER FIRE – AGAINContis, Generals, Dunlops and Firestones Eyed
Axle-Specific Tires
Axle-Specific Tires It’s been common practice in the trucking industry to equip Class 5 and larger vehicles with different tire designs on steer, drive and tag or trailer axles. The primary reasons for this are performance and economics. No surprises there, but we need to take a closer look to understand some of the underlying
Play to Strength: Pirelli Explains New Marketing Plan, Unveils Two New Tire Lines in Milan
Pirelli Explains New Marketing Plan, Unveils Two New Tire Lines in Milan