28.12.2009 Proving its tread: BRIDGESTONE TURANZA GR-90 Tyre giant Bridgestone`s decision to pull out of Formula One from next season hasn`t slowed down its appetite for committing funds into research for developing new tyres especially for the luxury car market.

29.09.2009 When Round and Black Becomes Lean and Green It takes energy to drive a vehicle down the road and part of that energy is converted into power to overcome the vehicle`s aerodynamic drag, driveline friction and the tires` rolling resistance.

11.09.2009 Auto Express Publishes Annual Top Tyre Sellers Test Continental`s PremiumContact 2 was awarded `Best Buy` status.

14.05.2009 Kumho Tires Receives Top Honors from Grassroots Motorsports Magazine with Ecsta XS Kumho Tires is pleased to announce it has received top honors in a tire test held by Grassroots Motorsports, a leading automotive enthusiast magazine, for the June 2009 issue.

15.04.2009 Conti PremiumContact 2 Tops Which? Rankings Continental’s PremiumContact 2 was ranked best in the recent Which? tyre rankings, earning the tyremaker its seventh and eighth “Best Buy” recommendations from the consumer advice magazine’s Web site.

26.01.2009 Bridgestone Gets Adrenalin Pumping in Australian Tyre Test An evaluation of 14 tyres conducted by Australia’s Motor magazine for its annual Tyre Test has seen Bridgestone’s Potenza RE001 Adrenalin dominate proceedings.

26.09.2008 Hankook All-Season Test Success at Auto Bild Hankook’s Optimo 4S has received the best ratings in an all-season tyre test by Auto Bild, the German car magazine, with testers acknowledging “top driving performance under any weather conditions”.

04.09.2008 Pirelli Wins Auto Express 2008 Tyre Test The Pirelli P Zero (225/45 R17), achieved the highest overall score in this year’s Auto Express tyre test, coming top in a comparison test against 15 other competitor brands.

28.08.2008 Hankook Points to Tyre Tests to Confirm Rolling Resistance Qualities The latest 18-inch UHP wide-base tyre test published in Germany’s leading automotive consumer magazine “Auto Bild” shows that paying attention to rolling resistance does not necessarily have to come attached to an unacceptable sacrifice in the areas of handling or braking.

13.08.2008 Dunlop Launches a New Star in Extreme Performance Summer Tires In crowning Dunlop's Direzza Sport Z1 Star Spec tire as the overall winner of a four-tire shootout, Tire Rack -- one of America's leading high-performance products distributors -- proclaimed: «A new Extreme Performance Summer star is born».

17.07.2008 TUV Sud Shows Michelin Energy Saver as Lowest Cost Independent testing organisation TUV Sud has shown that Michelin’s Energy Saver tyres lend motorists considerable savings over competitors’ brands.

16.06.2008 Pirelli Wins Motoring Euro Press Plaudits in Summer Tests Pirelli have obtained eight overall victories and two top-three placements in 11 tests conducted by European motoring authorities and the specialist press.

27.05.2008 Continental tyres convince the motoring press Numerous products from all the corporation's brands have come away very well in the current summer tyre tests carried out by the specialist motoring press.

26.05.2008 Fast Car Commends Uniroyal Rainsport 2 The inaugural Fast Car Hit List awards have recognised the Uniroyal Rainsport 2, commending the newly launched rain tyre for its styling and handling in the wet. The Hit List awarded commendations in 14 different categories.

20.05.2008 Goodyear HydraGrip Wins Auto Express Award Auto Express Magazine’s annual Product Honours Awards report has recognised the Goodyear HydraGrip as the ‘Best Buy’ tyre in the family car tyre market.

16.05.2008 Michelin Energy Saver cited by TUV SUD Automotive for its wet-braking safety performance and fuel efficiency Tests conducted by TUV SUD Automotive in April and May 2008 show that the new Michelin Energy Saver combines one of the shortest wet-road braking distances of any tire in the market with the biggest fuel savings.

15.05.2008 ContiPremiumContact 2 Named in Auto Express Product Honours For the second consecutive year, the ContiPremiumContact 2 has received a commendation from leading consumer publication, Auto Express, as part of its feature.

05.05.2008 Bridgestone Rates Well in European Magazine Tests Bridgestone reports receiving highly favourable results in summer tyre tests conducted by German and Nordic region magazines.

22.04.2008 Continental tyres are the best for wet braking When developing its premium-brand Continental passenger and light truck tyres, Continental AG clearly focuses on safety-related properties. Without a doubt, the most important of these is the brake performance in one of the most critical, because often underestimated, road surface conditions for drivers: the wet.

14.04.2008 Uniroyal 550 Named Which? Best Buy The Uniroyal Rallye 550 tyre has been selected as a Which? Best Buy. To make the Which? Best Buys list, tyres have to be tested against a host of criteria and offer class-leading capabilities like dry and wet grip, quietness and wear rate.

26.03.2008 Hankook Ventus Prime K105 «Exceptionally Recommended» by Auto Motor und Sport Leading German motoring magazine Auto Motor und Sport has rated Hankook’s Ventus Prime K105 as its top tyre in a recent magazine summer tyre test.

24.03.2008 Kumho tyres recommended by two of Europe`s top motoring magazines Kumho products scored very high marks in independent tyre tests recently conducted by two of Europe's top motoring magazines - Germany's ADAC motorwelt and the Russian publication Za Rulem.

21.03.2008 Continental tyres achieve success in trade magazines AutoBild and auto motor und sport test new summer tyres.

14.03.2008 Pirelli P6 & Cinturato P4 Fare Well in UK, European Tests Pirelli’s Cinturato P4, launched in January, and the Pirelli P6, has gained favourable attention from experts in the UK. The consumer magazine Which?, in the tyre test featured in its edition released February 28, has defined the two Pirelli products as the best in their respective categories.

07.03.2008 Fulda Fairs Well in «Which?» Test The new Fulda EcoControl has been declared one of ‘Which? Magazines’ Best Buy tyres, ranking in the top three in the Supermini tyre test.

22.01.2008 Goodyear’s New Eagle F1 Asymmetric Wins Independent Test With the best-known high- performance tire brand in the industry, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company also continues to grab top ratings for many of its tires in this segment, which serves sports, exotic and luxury touring automobiles.

17.01.2008 Pirelli Claims Top Spot in Tire Rack Tests Pirelli Tire North America said its P Zero topped a recent Tire Rack test of «max performance» tires, besting two other unnamed UHP tires.