Entries Being Accepted for Tire Review Top Shop Award Contest
(Akron/Tire Review) Entries are now being accepted for the 2007 Tire Review Top Shop Award presented by Hennessy Industries, a new program that seeks to honor the “best of the best” independent tire dealers in the U.S. and Canada.
Got What It Takes?: New Top Shop Award to Recognize Outstanding Tire Dealer Business
Think your comments and suggestions fall into some black hole here at Tire Review HQ? No, they don’t. A great example can be found on page 24 of this issue: the kickoff of our first Tire Review Top Shop Award. The Top Shop Award concept came by way of a simple reader comment a few
Tire Review Managing Editor to Join Expert Automotive Advisory Panel for Women
(Akron/Tire Review) AskPatty.com Inc. and Tire Review magazine announced that Mary Aichlmayr, managing editor of Tire Review, will join the automotive advisory panel of industry-expert women for the new woman’s portal, Ask Patty.
Conti Launches New General Winter Tire
(Akron/Tire Review) Continental Tire North America formally launched what it termed the “first true winter tire for the General Tire brand” – the Altimax Arctic – to enthusiast and trade media and dealers this week.
Conti Launches General Brand Winter Tyre
(Staffordshire, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) Continental Tire North America Inc. has released the first of an all-new winter tyre range under its General Tire brand.
Automotive, Tire Editor Stuart Marshall Dies
(Akron/Tire Review – The Guardian) Stuart Marshall, one of the best informed and farsighted motoring correspondents of his generation, has died at age 82.
Aftermarket Foundation Set To Provide More Than $250,000 in 2007
(Akron/Tire Review) The Aftermarket Foundation, which is dedicated to helping those in need who are part of the automotive aftermarket industry, has set a goal to provide more than $250,000 in 2007 to individuals and families in need.
NAPA Manager Wins Reliable Fabulous 50 Top Prize
(Akron/Tire Review) Reliable Tire Distributors ended its yearlong Fabulous 50 Bridgestone/Firestone promotion with the presentation of the grand prize – a 2007 GMC Yukon Denali with 20-inch Bridgestone Dueler tires – to Philip Tortorich, district manager of NAPA Auto Parts, Houston.
Stocking Stuffers: Catching Up and Clearing the Desk Before the New Year
As you’d expect, I get a lot of questions about the USW contract talks and the future of North America’s tire manufacturing base. And, as you’d expect, my responses are neutral. Anything else is a pure lose-lose proposition. But I will say this: The USW’s effort to negotiate in the media with Goodyear shows that
IMI Develops Self-Adjusting Weight
(Clacton, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) Last year, IMI, the maker of truck balancing powder, Equal, launched a product aimed at the passenger car market.