Tony’s Tyre Service Whangarei
Phone: +64 9438 1213
Tyres Brands: Bridgestone, Firestone
Address: 42-56 Clyde Street, Whangarei
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 07:30 – 17:30, Saturday: 9:00-14:00, Sunday: Close.
About Tony’s Tyre Service Whangarei
Tony’s Tyre Service is one of the most popular tyres shop in all New Zealand. Maybe it’s the yellow colour or perhaps it’s the excellent advertising or the credit plans. Equally everybody in New Zealand loves Tonys Tyre Service stores. Also is important to mention that all the tyres stores offer puncture repair, wheel alignment, tyre rotation, wheel balancing and change batteries for cars, 4×4, VAN, SUV and Light Trucks.
Today the company has more than 30 stores throughout all the country with a location in Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Gisborne, Hamilton, Hasting, Levin, Lower Hutt, Napier, Nelson, Palmerstone North, Porirua, Rotorua, Tauranga, Timaru, Upper Hutt, Wanganui, Wellington City and Whangarei.
Tony’s Tyre Service History
Tony’s Tyre Service was created 26 years ago by the entrepreneur Steve Lange, and in 2008 it was acquired by the Japanese multinational Bridgestone. All the stores are big, yellow and modern; they are also well located in every town and have free parking. Many of them have a large yellow signboard outside each store, making it easy for them to find it.
Another key feature of Tony Tyre Service success is its aggressively low price campaign. In terms of street advertising, this company maybe is the best in the retail tyre market. Mainly for its yellow signs with its famous slogan: “Lowest Tyre Prices Guaranteed! We guarantee to beat any cash price in town by $10 a tyre.”
Another critical point to mention is that they show the Price List Services in view of all customers in every tyre store, generating an atmosphere of great trust. The Price List is for Standard Puncture Repair, Wheel Balancing, Tyre Fitting, Tubeless Valve, Tyre Rotation, and Wheel Alignment.
▷ Firestone Tyres
Firestone Tyres History
After coming from a humble farm in Ohio, United States, this man born in 1868 became a true visionary that allowed him to be the leader of one of the main tire manufacturers. And it is that Harvey S. Firestone always had a global vision and an entrepreneurial spirit, but without forgetting a strong local commitment. Only at the age of 22, in 1900, he founded The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co and in 1928 he opened the first Firestone factory outside the United States, specifically in Brentford, England.
To achieve this, Harvey S. Firestone envisioned that the future of transportation would go hand in hand with four-wheeled motor vehicles and, in 1906, agreed with his friend Henry Ford to be the manufacturer of the Model T tires. In 1920, the company had a turnover of $ 115 million. This time of change inspired Firestone to open multi-service stations, which quickly spread throughout the United States, selling tires, offering oil and battery changes, as well as brake repairs and other maintenance work.
One of the great essences of Firestone was that his mind did not stop thinking, since as he himself said, “ideas are the greatest asset of any man.” Under this ideology, in 1923 it introduced a new low-pressure tire technology, the “balloon” tires, with which it offered a more comfortable product, with better grip than the tires of the time.
He was also a pioneer in creating the first slip resistant tire, placing a rubber-textured tread on the tire’s surface to create traction. This allowed for safer driving at higher speeds, fewer accidents, and a wider acceptance of cars.
After coming from a humble farm in Ohio, United States, this man born in 1868 became a true visionary that allowed him to be the leader of one of the main tire manufacturers. And it is that Harvey S. Firestone always had a global vision and an entrepreneurial spirit, but without forgetting a strong local commitment. Only at the age of 22, in 1900, he founded The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co and in 1928 he opened the first Firestone factory outside the United States, specifically in Brentford, England.
To achieve this, Harvey S. Firestone envisioned that the future of transportation would go hand in hand with four-wheeled motor vehicles and, in 1906, agreed with his friend Henry Ford to be the manufacturer of the Model T tires. In 1920, the company had a turnover of $ 115 million. This time of change inspired Firestone to open multi-service stations, which quickly spread throughout the United States, selling tires, offering oil and battery changes, as well as brake repairs and other maintenance work.
The great essence of Firestone was that his mind did not stop thinking, since as he himself said, “ideas are the greatest asset of any man”. Under this ideology, in 1923 it introduced a new low-pressure tire technology, the “balloon” tires, with which it offered a more comfortable product, with better grip than the tires of the time.
He was also a pioneer in creating the first slip resistant tire, placing a rubber-textured tread on the tire’s surface to create traction. This allowed for safer driving at higher speeds, fewer accidents, and a wider acceptance of cars.
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