Automotive

  • News
  • Automotive
To ensure safe driving during your holiday

To ensure safe driving during your holiday

  • 01/07/2013

The summer holidays are approaching, and Gabriele Tarquini (a former Formula 1 driver and test driver) - together with Honda Motor Europe - have drawn up a list of tips for safe travelling. Tires “Many people think that...

Read More
Have you checked your tire pressures?

Have you checked your tire pressures?

  • 31/05/2013

Bridgestone, one of the world's largest tire producers, has checked the pressures of Italian motorists' tires free of charge for the eighth year in a row. After some 28,000 checks, a disturbing picture emerged. 78% of vehicles travel...

Read More
Summer Tire vs Winter Tires

Right Tire For Right Season

  • 07/05/2013

Winter tires can grant high safety during cold winter season, but those same winter tires provide poor performance in Spring and Summer: wider "braking space", reduced steering wheel precision, increased tire tread consumption. Drive...

Read More
Retread Tires

Retread Tires?

  • 03/05/2013

In a retread tire the worn tread is replaced with new material having the same characteristics as the original one. Retreading is possible because the tire structure has a much longer useful life than the actual tread. This procedure...

Read More
Tire-pressure monitoring systems

Mandatory tire-pressure monitoring systems in EU

  • 16/11/2012

Starting from 1st November 2012 all new car models to be phased in the European Community should have integrated tire-pressure monitoring systems. This obligation, adopted in the US since 2008, represents important news in terms of...

Read More
Winter Tires

Summer Tires vs Winter Tires

  • 13/11/2012

During winter months it's not just ice and snow that makes roads slippery and difficult to drive on. Even cold temperatures and wet contribute to potentially dangerous slip, loss of grip and longer braking distances. Tire manufacturers...

Read More
European tire labelling

European tire labelling

  • 02/11/2012

After years of planning, debating and discussing, tire labelling is finally with us. From today every new passenger car and truck tire must be sold with a European label of some kind (like the one opposite) and those doing the selling...

Read More

Latest news from Giuliano