Yokohama Rubber will deliver Advan Sport V107 tires for new vehicle installation (OE) on Nissan Motor’s new Fairlady Z. The tire size is 245/45R18 96W. This product is an ultra high-performance tire of the company’s top brand Advan. It is highly regarded for its dynamic performance that balances safety and comfort at a high dimension, as well as its dry...
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Yokohama Rubber’s All-Season Tire for Trucks Wins Good Design Award
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’s BluEarth-GT AE51 Installed on Honda’s New Fit e:HEV RS
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 to End Supply of Kart Tires
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 Helps to Eliminate Counterfeit Aluminum Wheels in Hong Kong
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...
Yokohama Rubber to Integrate High-Pressure Hose Line-up for Overseas Hydraulic Applications
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...