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Michelin Launches Defender 2 Tires for CUVs and Passenger Cars

Michelin is launching the Defender 2 tire for CUVs and passenger vehicles, featuring an 80,000-mile warranty with an expansion into 19” and 20” rim sizes. The Defender 2 tire is designed to handle the extra weight and torque of small SUVs, minivans and electric vehicles. “As the market evolves toward electrification and small SUVs, we

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Bridgestone Launches Firestone Firehawk AS V2 UHP Tire

Bridgestone has launched the new Firestone Firehawk AS V2 all-season ultra-high performance tire. Inspired by the Indycar Firestone Firehawk rain race tire, Bridgestone says the Firestone Firehawk AS V2 tire also delivers tenacious performance in inclement weather, delivering faster lap times than the tire’s predecessor. Bridgestone says performance advancements offered by the Firestone Firehawk AS

Falken Tires Introduces All-Season Azenis FK460 A/S Tire

Falken Tires has introduced the Azenis FK460, the company’s latest all-season tire. Falken says the new FK460 was developed from the company’s 4D nanotechnology. Falken says the nanotech produces a rubber compound that achieves four-season traction and long tread life. The tire’s tread pattern features emerging grooves and interlocking sipes which Falken says ensures that

Goodyear Expands its Electric Vehicle Tire Portfolio

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company announced the launch of the all-new Goodyear ElectricDrive all-season tire and two new sizes for its ultra-high performance tire, the Goodyear ElectricDrive GT. With the addition of four new sizes to its EV tire lineup, Goodyear says the ElectricDrive is now a fit for 44% more battery electric vehicles

General Tire’s AltiMAX RT45 Ready to Order

General Tire recently launched its new all-season touring tire for passenger cars and crossovers. Developed for year-round driving with confident handling in all conditions, this tire comes complete with the Replacement Tire Monitor and Visual Alignment Indicators, which aid in detecting tire wear, the company says. The AltiMAX RT45 ranges in size from 14-20-in. rim diameter, and

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Sailun Tire Americas Looks to Prove Quality in Tier 4 Segment

Can a Tier 4 tire really meet or exceed the performance of a Tier 1 tire? That was the question posed to dealers during a two-day tire testing event with Sailun Tire Americas at the Homestead-Miami Speedway. This week, the Chinese tiremaker’s North American team invited its dealers and the media out to blind test

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Goodyear Adds All-Season Tires for Mastercraft Courser Line

Goodyear Tire & Rubber expanded its Mastercraft Courser portfolio by introducing the Courser Trail and Trail HD, as well as the Courser Quest and Quest Plus. Goodyear says the four new all-season tires are now available. According to Goodyear, the Courser Trail and Trail HD are reliable tires for everyday use, while also giving drivers

UHP A/S Tires: Q&A with Hankook Tire America President

The world may never run short on drivers looking to improve their car’s performance, but these drivers have yet to fully congregate in areas of the world where it stays warm and sunny year-round. Sometimes sporty driving has to wait until it stops raining or, God forbid, snowing. Thankfully, the UHP tire market hasn’t limited

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Goodyear Introduces New Sizes for Eagle Exhilarate UHP Tire

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company debuted 16 new sizes for the Goodyear Eagle Exhilarate, its ultra-high-performance all-season tire. Goodyear says that with excellent performance in wet and dry cornering grip, as well as wet and dry handling, the Eagle Exhilarate helps consumers unleash their drive with features, including: ActiveGrip Technology that offers exceptional handling

Hankook Tire Launches High-Performance All-Season Ventus S1 AS

Hankook Tire has launched the Ultra High-Performance (UHP) all-season Ventus S1 AS tire. The new Ventus S1 AS is optimized for sport driving on dry, wet and snow-covered roads. Available in 75 sizes, the Ventus S1 AS supports rim diameters of 16 to 22 in. and tread sections up to 305 millimeters. Engineered with a

Continental Supplies OE Tires for the New Kia EV6

Kia is relying on Continental tires specifically designed to meet the needs of electric vehicles for their new all-electric Kia EV6, according to Continental Tires. As a result, the tiremaker supplies two types of tires to Kia plants: the PremiumContact 6 and the CrossContact RX. In numerous countries, owners of the Kia EV6 can also

The Difference Between Tire Tread Patterns

Tires in the market today are mainly designed with one of three tread patterns: directional, asymmetrical or symmetrical. Each pattern lends itself to specific performance characteristics that help the tire, basically, do what engineers want it to. Tire Review’s Maddie Winer takes a look at each from the Tire Review Continental Tire Garage Studio at Babcox