Goodyear Japan is pursuing a premium strategy that includes higher-inch tires and tires for SUVs. Since last year’s summer tire season, the company has been promoting its all-season tire series Vector 4Seasons to expand sales. The series is one of the company’s strengths and sales volume has been increasing every year. “In previous years, we have been promoting the series...
Tires
Strategies of Summer Tire Makers: Yokohama Rubber
This summer tire season, Yokohama Rubber is focusing on the Advan dB V553, which went on sale in February this year. The concept of this tire is a premium comfort tire that provides excellent quietness not only when new, but also when worn. In addition, the tire features handling and wet performance, and offers quietness and safety that lasts longer....
Strategies of Summer Tire Makers: Sumitomo Rubber
This summer tire season, Sumitomo Rubber will focus on expanding sales of tires for SUVs, for which it sees demand being on the rise. The company’s main products here are the Grandtrek PT5 SUV tire and the Veuro VE304 premium comfort tire. The Veuro VE304 has excellent quietness and wet performance and is recommended for city drivers, while the Grandtrek...
Strategies of Summer Tire Makers: Bridgestone
This summer tire season, Bridgestone is focusing on its flagship premium comfort tire Regno GR-XIII, which went on sale in February this year. The Regno GR-XIII is the first Japanese domestic passenger car tire to incorporate Enliten, a product design platform technology that the company positions as the new premium for the EV era. By integrating this technology with the...
Toyo Tires Launches Two New Light Truck Tires
Toyo Tires on April 24 held a technical briefing on its new truck and bus tire products and announced the Delvex M135 ribbed tire for light trucks and the Nanoenergy M151 EV ribbed tire for light EV trucks. Regarding the background to the development of both tires, the company commented, “The growth of the e-commerce market has led to an...
Toyo Tires Adds New Sizes to Open Country SUV Tire Series
Toyo Tires will add one size to two tires of its Open Country series SUV tire brand, specifically the Open Country A/T Ⅲ all-terrain tire and the Open Country M/T off-road tire lineup. Both products are priced at an open price. The Open Country A/T Ⅲ is an all-terrain type product that is well-balanced for driving in a variety of...