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Michelin sweeps Consumer Reports' largest ever tire test

No one can dispute the importance of tires on dry, wet or snowy pavement, but some buyers tend to pick their rubber based on price alone. For the more quality-minded customer, Consumer Reports conducts an annual tire test and this year's battle of the road rubber was the biggest ever with 69 models duking it out for supremacy. CR's tire engineers rated models based on several categories, including dry and wet braking, handling, hydroplaning resistance, snow traction, ice braking, ride comfort, noise, rolling resistance, and tread life. CR ... Read more →

Advantage, Michelin: Tennis shoes wear car rubber Jonathon Ramsey

Michelin, the tire company, has a division called Michelin Lifestyle Limited that focuses solely on extending the company's "Better Mobility Concept" to other arenas, the latest one being center ...

Michelin partners with Chinese firm to create Active Wheel system Jeremy Korzeniewski

Before Michelin began wrapping halos of rubber around the wheels of our cars, the hoops were made completely from wood -- horse and buggy style. That's what we call a serious innovation, and the ...

Detroit 2008: Michelin Challenge Design winners Frank Filipponio

Click image for high res gallery of the competitors. Michelin hosts its annual Michelin Challenge Design (design challenge?) to help young designers and their hot designs get some recognition. The ...

SEMA 2007: Michelin Supercar Display Frank Filipponio

Click image for a high-res gallery of Michelin booth pics by Drew Phillips At last year's SEMA show, one of our favorite booths by far was the one from Michelin, which brought together the world's ...

Michelin creates Energy Saver gas-conserving tire 2 years ago on Autoblog

Michelin has created a new tire as part of the development of the Peugeot 308. The Energy Saver uses a specially-developed rubber composite, and Michelin claims the tire reduces rolling resistance by 20% in both 15- and 16-inch sizes. Tire testing was carried out by TÜV SÜD Automotive, ...

Michelin claims new tire comfortable, sporting, economical 2 years ago on Autoblog

Michelin says there are two touring-tire-buying camps. One drives BMWs and Audis and goes shopping for performance touring tires. The other group drives Camrys and Accords and is somewhat surprised to learn they'll be shopping for more expensive performance tires. The tire company hopes to capture ...

Michelin lands $1.7b Pentagon contract 2 years ago on Autoblog

The French military may not be fighting in Iraq, but their tires are: Michelin just landed an exclusive $1.7 billion contract with the US Department of Defense to supply the American military behemoth with tires. For the next ten years (at least), every vehicle in the US Army, Navy, Air Force ...

Volvo developing C30 series hybrid concept 2 years ago on Autoblog

Volvo has long tried to be good environmental stewards. Even before its revolutionary Lambda-Sond system in the late 1970s, the Gothenburg-based automaker had been making efforts to tread lightly. Now comes word that Volvo has developed a hybrid version of the C30 hatchback. The drive system is ...

Hydrogen 500: The world's first hydrogen race coming in 2009 2 years ago on Autoblog

AutoblogGreen just ran a story we wanted to make sure all of our readers were aware of, so we're running it here, too. It looks like the days of hybrids being seen by some people as pure exercises in extended fuel economy are numbered. Maybe someday soon people will start to associate fuel-cell ...

Wheeled Spaceship - Volvo BeeVan concept 2 years ago on Autoblog

They're going to have to change the name of this thing to NCC-1701, because piloting it will definitely make you feel like you're boldly going where no one's gone before. As part of the Michelin Design Challenge competition, Volvo has revised the design of the the traditional big-rig tractor. ...

SEMA Gallery: Greatest Supercar Display ever from Michelin 3 years ago on Autoblog

Michelin is our favorite tire company from now on. Without resorting to the cheap, albeit highly effective and entertaining, trick of hiring booth babes to draw attention to themselves, this French tiremaker still had one of the largest crowds of any vendor at the show. Accomplished with an elegant ...

Legion of Honor for retired Michelin man Pierre DuPasquier 3 years ago on Autoblog

Pierre DuPasquier, who retired (pun intended) as Michelin's racing chief at the end of the 2005 season, will be awarded the French Legion d'Honneur in December for his immeasurable contribution to French motorsport. DuPasquier started his career as a fighter pilot in the French Air Force. He ...

F1 scandal? Michelin to Bridgestone: j'accuse! 3 years ago on Autoblog

The bizarre goings-on in the wake of the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, which have included accusations (since withdrawn) of the FIA effectively "fixing" the world championship, took another twist this week, as French tire maker Michelin suggested that Bridgestone was using illegal chemical treatments ...

BMW's Michelin run-flats draw criticism... from Michelin 3 years ago on Autoblog

The Michelin run-flat tires fitted to certain BMW products are too heavy, degrade the vehicle's ride, and increase fuel consumption. So says Didier Miraton, who heads up the French tiremaker's Michelin Technology Center. Miraton has an ulterior motive, of course. He wants to push his employer's PAX ...

Edouard Michelin dies in boating accident 3 years ago on Autoblog

Michelin's joint managing director, Edouard Michelin, has died in a boating accident off of the Ile de Sein island in Brittany in Western France, according to the French media. The unfortunate occurrence leaves the company's other managing director, Michel Rollier, to carry the company forward. ...

Video: Michelin Tweel in motion 3 years ago on Autoblog

It's been well over a year since Michelin unveiled its take on the future of the tire, the airless Tweel. The odd-looking invention pairs a replaceable outer rubber layer with a central alloy hub joined by polyurethane ribs. Judging by this video, it would appear that the tire manufacturer is ...

Mazda RX-9 features Mighty Morphin' tire technology and energy absorbent skin 3 years ago on Autoblog

The Mazda RX-9 is an advanced concept that came out on top in this year’s Michelin Design Challenge. It’s a hybrid featuring a 2.5L V6 and wafer-thin electric motor, but features a couple of technologies not seen before in the race for higher fuel mileage. James Owen Design is the ...

Buick to court hip-hop dollar? 3 years ago on Autoblog

Dr. Dre is over 40 years old. Grandmaster Flash? Knockin' on the big 5-0 (and we're not talking about the police, yo). So... what's an aging rapper to drive when arthritis rules out high-riding Escalades and Hummer H2s? Chrysler 300? Been there, DUBbed that. So perhaps the next logical step is a ...

Michelin recalls 10,000 Z-rated tires 3 years ago on Autoblog

Michelin is recalling some 10,000 units of its 255/35 ZR 20 97Y Extra Load Pilot Sport tire. The radial has been commonly fitted on larger cars capable of very high velocities (or "sport-type vehicles" as the AFX News Limited article confusingly states).  The Michelin in ...






Autoblog Podcast #152: Paukert Enhanced!

Eddie Alterman wades in with Sam, Chris, Dan, and Jonny to talk about SEMA and other recent events.

 
 

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