Yokohama Rubber’s BluEarth 711L, an all-season tire for trucks that emphasizes fuel-efficient performance, has received the 2022 Good Design Award. This product is the first heavy-duty truck tire in Japan to bear the BluEarth brand name for fuel-efficient tires, and achieves the highest fuel efficiency in the company’s truck tire history. In addition, the new tire offers the same or...
Yokohama Rubber has begun deliveries of BluEarth-GT AE51 tires for new vehicle installation (OE) on the new Honda Fit e:HEV RS, which was launched in Japan in October. The tire size is 185/55R16 83V. This product adopts the basic design and material technology of Yokohama Rubber’s global tire brand BluEarth, which is based on the theme of further improvement of...
Yokohama Rubber has decided to discontinue the supply of kart tires at the end of December 2022. The company began supplying kart tires in 2001 for both the Japanese and overseas markets. With a wide range of products, from tires for kart races sanctioned by the Japan Automobile Federation (JAF) and the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) International Karting Commission...
Yokohama Rubber recently announced that it has succeeded at eliminating counterfeits of its aluminum wheel products in Hong Kong. After receiving a cooperation request from the Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department, Yokohama Rubber made various preparations to help expose a distributor that was selling counterfeits of Yokohama Rubber’s Advan Racing line of sports car aluminum wheels. The counterfeits were...
Aiming to increase the competitiveness of its high-pressure hoses for overseas hydraulic applications, Yokohama Rubber will integrate in October its three main series under the Versatran brand. The brand name is a combination of the words versatile and transfer. The products to be integrated are Exceed in accordance with the international standard ISO 18752, and Versatran and 100R1/100R2 in accordance...
Yokohama Rubber has begun supplying Advan V61 and Geolandar X-CV tires for use on Mazda CX-60, the new crossover SUV launched by Mazda in Japan, Europe and other overseas markets in September. The company has now begun deliveries of these tires. The Advan V61 comes in two sizes, 235/60R18 103V and 235/60R18 107V, while the Geolandar X-CV comes in 235/60R18...
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