IT was the tyre of kings – speed kings – the rubber beloved by people such as Graham Hill, Jim Clark and the fabulously dangerous Steve McQueen. If ever there could be said to be a “hot” tyre then ...

If I told you right now to go out and buy a new set of Firestone tyres for your car, I bet you wouldn't. Even if I staked my journalistic reputation on Firestone's new Destination HP tyre being the ...

Through research and development, a tyre has been produced that is better suited to local conditions than the equivalent that was imported. The compound for these tyres was developed by Bridgestone’s ...

THERE is more to Ford's recall of Firestone tyres this week than meets the eye. The latest skirmish in the increasingly bitter war between the two companies is over nothing less than the fate of the ...

Ford has confirmed it will recall 13 million tyres at a cost of $2.1bn, marking the end of its 100-year relationship with US tyre-maker Firestone. The plans to replace up to 13 million Firestone tyres ...

Despite one of the largest tyre recalls in decades, it is being claimed that defective Firestone ATX and Wilderness AT spare tyres remain in circulation and continue to cause devastating rollover ...

Bridgestone/Firestone has reportedly landed a contract to supply 2.5 million tyres a year to the world's biggest car maker, General Motors (GM) of the US. Bridgestone/Firestone was expected to begin ...

IF THEY can help it, companies prefer not to fall out with each other in public. When the issue is safety, the effects can be especially damaging. This makes the current brawl between Ford and ...

Not sure what pressure your tractor tyres should have in them? Confused by the tricky business of looking through endless technical data sheets to find out? You’re in good company, with only a small ...