Goodyear Tyres

Today Goodyear passenger car tyresare among the most popular in the automobile aftermarket. A vast selection of tires for passenger cars, buses, trucks and special vehicles is manufactured under this brand. At the moment the Goodyear Tire & Rubber company is the exclusive tire supplier for the NASCAR racing series.

Goodyear history

The brand history began in 1898, when Frank Seiberling established the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company at the premises of an abandoned strawboard factory in the city of Akron, Ohio. It was named after Charles Nelson Goodyear, an American inventor, who had patented the rubber vulcanization process. At first the company produced car tires for carriages and bicycles, special horseshoe pads, poker chips and other items. In 1903 the engineers of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company created and patented the first tubeless tyre, but it never entered serial production. Five years later, the company started its cooperation with the Ford Motor Company by providing 1200 tire sets for the Ford Model T cars.

Today the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company owns 50 plants situated in 22 countries all over the world, and the number of its staff reaches 67,000 people. In 2014 overall sales of the company's products exceeded 18 billion dollars.

The company’s innovation solutions were rewarded with prestigious awards multiple times and its products have received global recognition. If you desire to check yourself its superior quality, we advise purchasing Goodyear passenger car tyres online in our store.

Goodyear passenger car tyres

The Goodyear catalog comprises a wide selection of passenger auto tires. They vary in tread patterns, rubber compound formulas, speed rating and load index, and other characteristics. Depending on the season of usage they can be classified into the following types:

1. Winter. Thanks to SnowProtect technology they show perfect performance on dry, wet and slippery road surfaces. Sipes, arranged close to each other, enlarge the number of biting edges, which promotes a more secure contact of the tire with wet or iced roads. Wide water-drainage grooves ensure a high degree of protection from aquaplaning. Due to 3D-BIS technology the braking distance on a snow-covered surface was reduced by 1 meter. A wide central zone prevents skidding. The most sought-after Goodyear winter passenger car tyres are:
   • UltraGrip Performance;
   • UltraGrip 8;
   • UltraGrip 9NCG;
   • UltraGrip 8 Performance.
2. Summer. By reducing the tire weight engineers have managed to lower the rolling resistance and increase fuel economy. Quite stiff tread compound enables to extend the tyre life and ensures high vehicle stability. The automobile tyres have a shorter braking distance in comparison to competitors: by 2 m on dry asphalt and 3 on a wet road. A specific arrangement of the tread blocks enabled reducing the tire noise level. This category includes the following models:
   • Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2;
   • EfficientGrip;
   • Excellence Run Flat;
   • DuraGrip.
3. All season. They demonstrate perfect grip performance on all types of road surface. Their main advantage is the SmartTRED technology through which different tread zones are involved during driving dependent on road conditions. A flat tread contour contributes to uniform pressure distribution and prolongs the tyre for car service life. Tyres of the Vector 4Seasons line belong to Goodyear all-season tires.