Goodyear News

With the Easter holiday upon us, a period traditionally characterised with a high accident and death rate on our roads, Goodyear South Africa wants to share the following insights and its commitment to a solution.

A high level of anxiety amongst young drivers, manifesting in aggressive behaviour on the road, has emerged as a critical area of concern in Goodyear’s third annual Road Safety Survey. As part of its commitment to understand and address driver safety, Goodyear probed the road behaviour of 6 400 drivers under the age of 25. The survey covered 16 markets (South Africa plus 15 European countries) and was designed to get inside the brain of the young driver and provide some interesting insight into youth on the road.

As South Africans get set for six weeks of increased seasonal travel - tyre manufacturer Goodyear has issued a reminder that correctly inflated tyres can save significantly at the pump and even more. It also promotes safety, even tyre wear, enhances ride comfort and it maximises fuel economy.

In the spirit of a safe and carefree festive season, the best way to prevent on-road hassles like a flat tyre or even a traumatic accident is to take your vehicle for a quick safety check from an expert eye – such as that offered as a free service by countrywide tyre fitment network Hi-Q.

Every year, thousands of motorists across South Africa set off on long, often exhausting journeys without adequate preparation of their vehicles or enough rest. Yet research has shown that badly maintained vehicles and fatigued drivers are two biggest causes of accidents over the festive season. A well-maintained, well-prepared vehicle ensures a smooth start.

Every year, thousands of motorists across South Africa set off on long, often exhausting journeys without adequate preparation of their vehicles or enough rest. Yet research has shown that badly maintained vehicles and fatigued drivers are two biggest causes of accidents over the festive season.

The days of checking tyre pressure could be a thing of the past thanks to an innovation from Goodyear, which will be publicly demonstrated for the first time at the 2012 Geneva International Motor Show.

The days of manually adding air to under-inflated tyres could be a distant memory thanks to a new innovation under development in laboratories at The Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Company in the USA.

The Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 tyre, launched earlier this year in South Africa, topped the Auto Express summer tyre test, beating out several competitors for the overall No. 1 spot.

Interview with Percy Lemaire, Project Manager for Tyre Development at Goodyear

Goodyear’s brand new, remarkably innovative EAGLE F1 ASYMMETRIC 2 tyre – with pioneering ActiveBraking technology that delivers up to 3 metres shorter stopping distance – has just been launched in Europe to international applause. And it’s due to land on South African soil soon.

Goodyear and NASA invent non-pneumatic tyre suitable for transport across the surface of the moon.

Renault has chosen the award winning fuel-saving tire Goodyear EfficientGrip

Leading position confirmed by independent winter expert Test World

Goodyear's next generation RunOnFlat tyre technology has successfully hit the road: First cars such as the new Mercedes E-class and models of other prestigious brands have left the car manufacturers' factories with the latest generation of Goodyear RunOnFlat tyres.

Athlon Car Lease International has chosen the new environmentally friendly Goodyear EfficientGrip tyre as key tyre for its extended car fleet across Europe.

Goodyear addresses environmental challenges: EfficientGrip reduces car's fuel consumption

Goodyear introduces EfficientGrip: the more environmentally friendly tyre for less fuel consumption and more mileage

Geneva, Switzerland, March 4th, 2008 – Goodyear's high performance tire, the Eagle F1 Asymmetric, has proved its excellent performance with several independent test successes.

Autocar tested Goodyear, Michelin, Continental, Pirelli and Bridgestone tyres on both front wheel drive and rear wheel drive cars, with Goodyear the clear overall test winner in both categories.

Finland's biggest car magazine Tuulilasi published a test of Eagle F1 Asymmetric and it's competitors in their big Tyre & Rim issue March 21st. Tuulilasi explicitly authrorised the publication of the high level transcript and download of their original article as a pdf.

Goodyear's new "star" of the European ultra-high performance market, the Eagle F1 Asymmetric, sets out today to impress the European media and other guests with the company's largest ever launch program in Gran Canaria, an island off the west coast of Africa.

During the November CMS-Awards® 2006 our Goodyear European websites (http://www.goodyear.eu) are awarded with an independent Jury of Experts 2nd place in the category Navigation and a Popular Awards 3rd place in the Category of Search Engine Optimization.

RFID technology, refined by Goodyear engineers for this first successful production application, allows NASCAR to meet its goal.

The company has focused its research and engineering know-how over recent years in refining the EMT technology and delivering a tire with improved performance, handling and comfort levels, suitable for broad roll out in the car market.

Today The Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Company is the largest supplier of tyres featuring runflat technology in Europe, with 55% market share and more than 1.3 million tyres sold in 2004.

Goodyear, the world's largest tyre company will be present at the 75th International Motor Show in Geneva, Switzerland. Goodyear will unveil RunOnFlat, the latest in a long line of pioneering innovations to roll out into the consumer market.