Author: Padraic Deane

Bridgestone is pushing back the boundaries of performance and tyre life with the R168PLUS, offering vastly superior tear resistance, lower rolling resistance and longer tyre life. “The new R168PLUS delivers what fleets in regional operations need most today: high casing durability and great mileage potential to reduce Total Tyre Life costs, combined with lower rolling resistance to reduce fuel costs” says Harald Van Ooteghem,

Winter is a dangerous time to be on the roads even for the most experienced of drivers. However, TTC has the essential winter products and tips to help stay safe.

The organisers of Equip Auto 2013, the international automotive aftermarket trade fair, which takes place just outside Paris, October 18-20 have unveiled a new smart phone app, which can be downloaded from www.equipauto.com

Goodyear has unveiled two new truck tyre lines – Kmax and Fuelmax. These brand new tyres will help lower fleets’ operating costs thanks to the extended mileage and low rolling resistance they offer. A recent survey of European fleets, commissioned by Goodyear confirms that today’s vehicle operators have a different approach to buying tyres: they

A haulier in the UK avoided a very ‘messy’ insurance nightmare after accident camera shows driver blameless following horrifying head-on smash between truck and motorcyclist. Shocking video footage captures the moment a motorcyclist veers across a winding country lane and is involved in a terrifying collision with a truck. The video shows the bike being

Marc Preedy, Commercial Director for Goodyear Dunlop Tyres UK has just completed a 335km bike ride for the international development charity, Transaid. The cycle ride, which saw Marc conquer the roads of both the UK and Holland in just three days, has seen him raise an impressive £4000 for the charity. The journey started at

Dubliner, Derek Tohill has been crowned FIA European Touring Car Rallycross RX Champion following his victory at the PS Racing Center at Greinbach, in Austria over the weekend (Sept 14 – 15).

Valeo is inviting students from engineering, technical, science schools and universities from around the world to take an active role in automotive innovation by designing equipment that will help build smarter and more intuitive cars. Students will have the opportunity to develop daring and revolutionary solutions for the future.

Federal-Mogul has introduced a new high performance spark plug ceramic to address increasing thermal and voltage demands of high-output petrol engines.

Established last year by CV Show partners SMMT, RHA and SOE, the 2013 Commercial Vehicle Forum in the UK will present a new perspective on the UK road transport sector, with a line-up of insightful speakers. Chaired by broadcaster Justin Webb, the discussion and debate event will be at the British Museum on the afternoon

TTC (Truck & Trailer Components) is the truck and trailer component distribution arm of the Unipart Group, which employs more than 10,000 people worldwide and has an annual turnover of more than £1 billion. TTC offers its customers the most comprehensive catalogue in the industry with product lines for the LCV, truck, trailer and PSV