Yokohama Rubber’s U.S. tire sales company, Yokohama Tire Corporation (YTC), will be the sole supplier of Advan racing tires for the 2024 series of the Porsche Sprint Challenge North America and USA West, two Porsche races to be held in the U.S. The tires to be supplied will be Advan A005 (dry) and Advan A006 (wet). The races are held...
Yokohama Rubber has begun deliveries of Advan Sport V107 tires for new vehicle installation (OE) on the facelift model of the new Cayenne from Porsche of Germany. The tires are available in 285/40R22 110Y for the front and 315/35R22 111Y for the rear. The Advan Sport V107 is an ultra high-performance tire from Yokohama Rubber’s global flagship tire brand, the...
U.S.-based Yokohama Tire Corp. (YTC) is supplying Advan-branded tires for use in three racing series that Porsche AG is holding in the U.S. over the second half of this year. These will be used as control tires in the Porsche Sprint Trophy USA West, the Porsche Sprint Trophy USA West Invitational and the Porsche Air-Cooled Cup USA. Specifically, the Yokohama...
Nihon Michelin Tire Co. Ltd. recently revealed that Porsche AG’s 2018 911 GT2 RS sports car, equipped with Michelin’s new Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires, set a new lap record for street-legal sports cars at Germany’s Nurburgring-Nordschleife racetrack. With an average speed of 184.11 kilometers per hour, the car managed to complete a lap of the 20.6 kilometer track in...
Nexen Tire Corp. is gearing up to make a full-scale push into the Japanese market. South Korea’s third-largest tire manufacturer has established a joint venture with Toyota Tsusho Corp. (TYO:8015), the trading arm of the Toyota Group. Registered as Nexen Tire Japan Inc., the new subsidiary will serve as a trading company in automotive tires and is set to commence...
