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 ...

Bridgestone expects the latest tyre recall at its American Firestone unit to cost up to $30m. The United States government has asked for another 3.5 million Firestone tyres to be recalled for safety ...

The US tyre-maker Firestone, owned by Japan's Bridgestone, is facing a $1bn lawsuit in Florida. Lawyers for the family of a couple who were killed when their Ford Explorer overturned in May 2000 say ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...