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Better alternative – Auto Bild Sportscars tests all-season tyres
7 Nov 2025
Auto Bild Sportscars argues there is no alternative to “genuine summer tyres” for those wanting “to get the best possible performance out of a sports car on the asphalt,” at least in the warmer months of the year. But UK summers are a fleeting phenomenon, and tyres that deliver top performance in warm weather can struggle on winter roads. All-season tyres offer a practical alternative; the performance motoring publication has tested ten products in 225/45 R18.
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GEM issues medicines warning to drivers who use hay fever medication
25 Jun 2019
Road safety and breakdown organisation GEM Motoring Assist is warning of a significant rise in pollen levels across much of the UK, with the arrival of warmer weather. GEM is urging drivers who take hay fever remedies to check their medicines carefully before getting behind the wheel, and to be aware of the possible effects these drugs can have on their driving.
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Tyre retailer returns fire after attack from German army
25 Jun 2019
The tyre trade here in the UK may have to contend with Brexit and cutbacks in the automotive sector, but at least the army isn’t taking potshots at us. Spare a thought for tyre dealers in Germany, who’ve found themselves in the crosshairs of their country’s defence forces of late.
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Roads? Where Goodyear’s going, we don’t need roads
18 Jun 2019
Cars in the sky, even DeLoreans, remain pie in the sky. But Goodyear will be ready should the flying car one day become reality. After showing earthbound motorists its concept for “autonomous, flying cars of the future” at the Geneva Motor Show in March, the tyre maker is presenting the Goodyear AERO to an entirely different audience at this week’s Paris Air Show.
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Continental invests 9 million euros on Texas test centre
10 Jun 2019
Continental opened its new Advanced Indoor Evaluation Center in Ulvade, Texas on 5 June 2019. The firm has spent 9 million euros on the new test centre. In January 2019, Continental announced that it had begun outside driverless tyre testing at its Ulvade centre.
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Falken tyres on new Jeep Gladiator
10 Jun 2019
Falken tyres will be original equipment (OE) on the 2020 Jeep Gladiator mid-sized pickup truck.
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Rotalla all-season, winter tyres get their European debut
10 Jun 2019
Rotalla’s new all-season tyre range received its European debut at the Autopromotec show in Bologna, Italy at the end of May. Alongside the all-season debut, the firm's latest winter high performance pattern (the S130) was also exhibited.
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