Gas & Tyre Service Whangarei
Phone: +64 9438 8189
Tyres Brands: Continental, Falken, Kumho, Maxxis, Mickey Thompson, Nitto, Pirelli
Address: 129 Port Road, Whangarei.
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 07:30 – 17:00, Saturday: Close, Sunday: Close.
Gas & Tyre Services Whangarei
In 1959, Gas & Tyre was born in Dargaville, a local company that manages tire, lubricant and gas divisions. After a long history, they had the opportunity to set up new branches, thanks to their excellent reputation for friendly, reliable and fast service, and to their loyal customers, who choose them because they know they are the best for them.
They have a specialized team with excellent installation service. If you need tires for agricultural, forestry and off-road vehicles, they will have it available. For a better experience, their branches are located in places where they will have the opportunity to park comfortably, close to shops, go for a walk or simply have a coffee in the store while the technical team installs your tyres…
Tyres in Whangarei
There are an estimated 57.000 vehicles in Whangarei, which means there are 286.000 tyres in this city.
Whangarei, nicknamed “the winterless North” because of its year-round mild climate, is located north of Auckland. It is the centre of the most important region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is also a subtropical city surrounded by ranches, farmhouses, fertile lands where all kinds of crops are grown next to its deep water port.
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Continental Tyres History
What we now know as Continental tires began with a company called Continental-Caoutchouc und Gutta-Percha-Compagnie that was created in 1871 in Hannover, Germany. Like other manufacturers, they began dedicating their activity to the production of rubber products, mainly rubber for bicycles and cars, but also footwear, waterproof fabrics and even balls.
However, the brand’s engineers were somewhat visionary and, above all, quite reluctant to stagnate. Thanks to their desire to grow and their capacity for innovation, as well as the incipient changes in the automotive industry, in 1904 they presented their first car tire with a tread and, years later, the first removable rim.
This is the starting point for the modern technologies that the Continental group would include throughout the 20th century: synthetic rubber and rubber reinforcement are some of the advances in durability that the brand has achieved.
Thanks to these advances, the company expands throughout Europe and begins to export its products. In the 1950s, for example, its tires were already mounted on the legendary Volkswagen Beetle. Then they devise the winter modality and those that do not have an inner tube. In the 1960s, the chain production of tires with a radial structure began.
In 1979 the company acquired the Uniroyal Inc. brand in Europe an American firm that is now the second Continental brand, then with the Austrian Semperit and later with General Tire. Already in the 90s, he managed to create the largest company in Malaysia, he bought part of ITT Industries dedicated to the production of brakes and bodywork and in 2001 he acquired the majority of Temic shares to achieve better results in terms of stability controls.
It is in 2004 when it manages to become part of the largest consortium of rubber companies: Phoenix AG. In addition, it does not stop investing in security and electronic systems to strengthen its position and move up the ranking.
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