Index
1.- Bridgestone Tyre NZ Shop New Zealand
1.1 Tyre Shop Auckland
1.2 Tyre Shop Canterbury
1.3 Tyre Shop Wellington
1.4 Tyre Shop Waikato
1.5 Tyre Shop Bay of Plenty
1.6 Tyre Shop Otago
1.7 Tyre Shop Manawatū-Whanganui
1.8 Tyre Shop Northland
1.9 Tyre Shop Hawke’s Bay
1.10 Tyre Shop Taranaki
1.11 Tyre Shop Southland
1.12 Tyre Shop Tasman
1.13 Tyre Shop Nelson
1.14 Tyre Shop Gisborne
1.15 Tyre Shop Marlborough
1.16 Tyre Shop West Coast
2.- Bridgestone Tyres Models
3.- Bridgestone History
4.- Bridgestone News 2020
1.1 Tyres Store Auckland
Bridgestone New Lynn
Phone: +64 98263444
Address: 3045 Great North Road, New Lynn, Auckland
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00–12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Orewa
Phone:+64 94274270
Address: 3/3 George Lowe Place, Orewa, Auckland
Bridgestone Otahuhu
Phone: +64 92767635
Address: 398 Great South Road, Otahuhu, Auckland
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00–12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Penrose
Phone: +64 95798886
Address: 149 Station Road, Penrose, Auckland
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 16:30, Saturday: 09:00–12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone St Lukes
Phone: +64 98464208
Address: 51a St Lukes Road, Morningside, Auckland
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 07:30 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00–15:00, Sunday: 9:00-15:00.
Bridgestone Pukekohe
Phone: +64 92388057
Address: 26 Subway Road, Pukekohe, Auckland
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00–12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Takanini
Phone: +64 92950068
Address: 300 Great South Road, Takanini, Auckland
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 07:30 – 17:00, Saturday: 08:00–12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Warkworth
Phone: +64 94257843
Address: 40 Whitaker Road, Warkworth, Auckland
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00–12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Wellsford
Phone: +64 94238867
Address: 112 Rodney Street, Wellsford, Auckland
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00–12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Moselle Ave
Phone: +64 98360850
Address: 7 Moselle Avenue, Henderson, Auckland
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00–12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Tyres in Kumeu
Phone: +64 941 29111
Address: 43 Main Road, Kumeu, Auckland
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 730:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 08:00–13:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Kelston
Phone: +64 9818 5089
Address: 1d Westech Place, Kelston, Auckland
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 07:30 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00–12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Helensville
Phone: +64 9420 7385
Address: 32 Mill Road, Helensville, Auckland
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 007:30 – 17:00, Saturday: 08:00–13:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Greenlane
Phone: +64 9524 9666
Address: 215 Great South Road, Greenlane, Auckland
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 16:45, Saturday: 09:00–12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Tamaki
Phone: +64 9274 4944
Address: 33 Lady Ruby Drive, East Tamaki, Auckland
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 08:00–11:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Cascades
Phone: +64 9576 5684
Address: 139 Cascades Road, Pakuranga, Auckland
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00–12:00, Sunday: Close.
Albany Village
Phone: +64 9414 0857
Address: 12 Oteha Valley Road Extension, Albany, Auckland
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 08:00–12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Manukau
Phone: +64 9262 1020
Address: 18 Cavendish Drive, Manukau Central, Auckland
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00–12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Onehunga
Phone: +64 9622 2622
Address: 21 Selwyn Street, Onehunga, Auckland
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 07:30 – 17:00, Saturday: 08:30–12:00, Sunday: Close.
1.2 Tyres Store Canterbury
Bridgestone Redwood
Phone: +64 3 352 8238
Address: 315 Main North Road, Redwood, Christchurch City
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 007:30 – 17:00, Saturday: 08:00–12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Timaru
Phone: +64 3-688 7144
Address: 417 Old North Road, Washdyke, Timaru
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: Close, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Wairakei Rd – Christchurch
Phone: +64 3359 3434
Address: 512 Wairakei Road, Burnside, Christchurch City
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:30, Saturday: 09:00–12:00 Close, Sunday: Close.
Team Hutchinson Ford
Phone: +64 3-379 3440
Address: 200 Saint Asaph Street, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011, Aotearoa
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:30, Saturday: 09:00–12:00 Close, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone South Canterbury
Phone: +64 3-687 9270
Address: 34 Stafford Street, Timaru
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00–12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Shirley
Phone: +64 3386 0091
Address: 5 Shirley Road, Shirley, Christchurch City
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00–12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Rolleston
Phone: +64 3347 4702
Address: 847 Jones Road, Rolleston, Selwyn
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00–12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Rangiora
Phone: +64 3313 6096
Address: 23 High Street, Waimakariri, Rangiora
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00–12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Oamaru
Phone: +64 3437 0877
Address: 39 Weaver Street, Oamaru, Waitaki-Otago
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00–12:00, Sunday: Close.
Northwood
Phone: +64 3-323 6870
Address: 1 Radcliffe Road, Northwood, Christchurch, Christchurch City
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00–12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Kaiapoi
Phone: +64 3-327 5982
Address: 84 Williams Street, Kaiapoi, Waimakariri
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:30, Saturday: 09:00–12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Darfield
Phone: +64 3-318 8201
Address: 2-6 South Terrace, Darfield, Selwyn
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00–12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Hornby
Phone: +64 3348 7054
Address: 652 Halswell Junction Road, Hornby, Christchurch City
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00–12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone in Riccarton
Phone: +64 3341 7638
Address: 103 Blenheim Road, Riccarton, Christchurch City
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00–12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone in Moorhouse
Phone: +64 3-365 0244
Address: 55 Moorhouse Avenue, Christchurch, Christchurch City
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00–12:00, Sunday: Close.
1.3 Tyres Store Wellington
Seaview Hutt City
Phone: +64 4586 7742
Address : 48-56 Seaview Road, Lower Hutt, Hutt City
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 08:00–12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Porirua
Phone: +64 42370314
Address: 3 Jellicoe Street, Porirua, Porirua City
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 08:00–12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Masterton
Phone: +64 63782955
Address : 361 Queen Street, Masterton
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00–12:00, Sunday: Close.
1.4 Tyres Shop Waikato
Huntly – Waikato
Phone: +64 78286699
Address: 376 Great South Road, Huntly, Waikato
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08700 – 17:00, Saturday: 08:00–12:00, Sunday: Close.
Roamfree Automotive T/A Hamilton
Phone: +64 78382544
Address: 136 Ward Street, Hamilton, Hamilton City
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 07:30 – 17:00, Saturday: Close, Sunday: Close.
Speedy Lube and Tyre
Phone: +64 78565735
Address: 271 Clyde Street, Hamilton, Hamilton City
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 07:30 – 17:00, Saturday: 0Close Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Tokoroa
Phone: +64 78864581
Address: Ashworth Street, Tokoroa, South Waikato
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 07:30 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00–12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Te Rapa
Phone: +64 78491274
Address: 1 De Leeuw Place, Te Rapa, Hamilton City
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 07:30 – 17:00, Saturday: 08:00–12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Morrinsville
Phone: +64 78893873
Address: Thames Street, Morrinsville
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 07:30 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00–12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Matamata
Phone: +64 78887409
Address: 5 Arawa Street, Matamata, Matamata-Piak
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00–12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone in Hamilton
Phone: +64 78382544
Address: 136 Ward Street, Hamilton, Hamilton City
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 07:45 – 17:00, Saturday: 08:30–12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Cambridge
Phone: +64 7827 5619
Address: 1/30 Albert Street, Cambridge, Waipa
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 07:30 – 17:00, Saturday: Close, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Tawn Place
Phone: +64 7849 5114
Address: 25 Tawn Place, Te Rapa, Hamilton City
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 16:30, Saturday: 09:00–12:00, Sunday: Close.
1.5 Tyres Store Bay of Plenty
Old Taupo Road
Phone: +64 7348 2063
Address: 97 Old Taupo Road, Rotorua
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 07:30 – 17:00, Saturday: Close, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Tauranga
Phone: +64 7578 0851
Address: 277 Cameron Road, Tauranga, Tauranga City
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 08:00-12:00, Sunday: Close.
15th Ave Tyre and Suspension Centre
Phone: +64 7577 0060
Address: 21 Fifteenth Avenue, Tauranga, Tauranga City
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 07:30 – 17:00, Saturday: 08:30-12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Katikati
Phone: +64 7549 1266
Address: 2 Main Road, Katikati, Western Bay of Plenty
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 08:00-12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Rotorua – Vaughan Road
Phone: +64 7-345 6187
Address: 6 Vaughan Road, Te Ngae, Rotorua
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 08:00-12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Te Puke
Phone: +64 7-573 7252
Address: 177 Jellicoe Street, Te Puke, Western Bay of Plenty
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00-12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Simmonds Tyres
Phone: +64 7349 0034
Address: 1295 Eruera Street, Rotorua
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 07:30 – 17:00, Saturday:8:00-12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Papamoa
Phone: +64 7542 3122
Address: 5 Enterprise Drive, Papamoa, Tauranga City
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: Close, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Mount Maunganui
Phone: +64 7575 0795
Address: 9 Aeropark Way, Mount Maunganui, Tauranga City
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 07:30 – 17:00, Saturday: 08:00-12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Kawerau
Phone: +64 7323 8045
Address: 23 Liverpool Street, Kawerau
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 07:30 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00-12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Whakatane
Phone: +64 7-308 5114
Address: 64 Commerce Street, Whakatane 3120
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00-12:00, Sunday: Close.
1.6 Tyres Shop Otago
Bridgestone Wanaka
Phone: +64 3443 1323
Address: 32 Reece Crescent, Wanaka, Queenstown-Lakes
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 08:00-12:00, Sunday: Close.
Queenstown Airport – Otago
Phone: +64 3442 6706
Address: 1 Jock Boyd Place, Frankton, Queenstown-Lakes.
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00-13:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Queenstown
Phone: +64 3442 6706
Address: 37 Industrial Place, Queenstown, Queenstown-Lakes
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00-13:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Mosgiel Dunedin
Phone: +64 3 489 3335
Address: 90 Gordon Road, Fairfield, Mosgiel, Dunedin City
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00-12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Dunedin
Phone: +64 34885361
Address: 18 Donald Street, Kenmure, Dunedin City
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 07:30 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00-13:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Balclutha
Phone: +64 34182701
Address: 147 Clyde Street, Balclutha, Clutha
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: Close, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Dunedin NZ
Phone: +64 34552049
Address: 430 Andersons Bay Road, South Dunedin, Dunedin City
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 08:00-12:00, Sunday: Close.
1.7 Tyres Shop Manawatū-Whanganui
Palmerston North
Phone:+64 63572129
Address: 328-332 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North, Palmerston North City
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 07:30 – 17:00, Saturday: Close, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Wanganui
Phone: +64 63484358
Address: 46a Wilson Street, Wanganui
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 07:30 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00-12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Levin
Phone: +64 6368 9269
Address: 326 Oxford Street, Levin, Horowhenua
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 07:30 – 17:00, Saturday: 08:00-12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Palmerston North 2
Phone: +64 6355 0566
Address: 594 Tremaine Avenue, Palmerston North, Palmerston North City
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 08:00-12:00, Sunday: Close.
Phone: +64 63238392
Address: 167 Kimbolton Road, Feilding, Manawatu
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 08:00-12:00, Sunday: Close.
1.8 Tyres Shop Tyres Northland
Bridgestone Whangarei
Phone: +64 94385189
Address: 5 Kioreroa Road, Port Whangarei, Whangarei
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 07:30 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00-12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Kaitaia
Phone: +64 94080990
Address: 203-205 Commerce Street, Kaitaia, Far North
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: Close, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Kaikohe
Phone: +64 9401 0044
Address: 19 Raihara Street, Kaikohe, Far North
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 07:30 – 17:00, Saturday: Close, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Garnetts
Phone: +64 9431 8255
Address: 2 Gorge Road, Maungaturoto, Kaipara
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00-12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Craigs Tyres Whangarei
Phone: +64 9438 1500
Address: 60 Hannah Street, Whangarei
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 07:30 – 17:00, Saturday: Close, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Dargaville
Phone: +64 9439 6574
Address: 4 Parore Street, Dargaville, Kaipara
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 07:30 – 17:00, Saturday: 08:00-12:00, Sunday: Close.
1.9 Tyres Shop Hawke’s Bay
Bridgestone Hastings Motordrome
Phone: +64 6 878 8029
Address: 410 St Aubyn Street East, Hastings
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00-12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Napier
Phone: +64 68357319
Address: 36 Severn Street, Napier, Napier City
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 07:30 – 17:00, Saturday: 08:00-12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Waipukurau
Phone: +64 6858 9299
Address: 25 Takapau Rd, Waipukurau, Central Hawkes Bay
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 07:30 – 17:00, Saturday: 08:00-12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Wairoa
Phone: +64 68387027
Address: 10 State Highway, Wairoa
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00-12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Hastings
Phone: +64 68789136
Address: 623 Heretaunga Street West, Saint Leonards, Hastings
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00-12:00, Sunday: Close.
1.10 Tyres Shop Taranaki
Bridgestone New Plymouth
Phone: +64 6755 1002
Address: 22 Corbett Road, Bell Block, New Plymouth
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00-12:00, Sunday: Close.
Corsons Tyres – New Plymouth – Taranaki
Phone: +64 6758 6100
Address: 160 Gill Street, New Plymouth Central, New Plymouth
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 08:00-12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Stratford
Phone: +64 6765 6063
Address: 380 Broadway, Stratford West, Stratford
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00-12:00 Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone New Plymouth Taranaki
Phone: +64 6758 5305
Address: 106-116 Leach Street, New Plymouth
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday:08:000 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00-12:00, Sunday: Close.
1.11 Tyres Shop Southland
Bridgestone Invercargill
Phone: +64 3218 9107
Address: 10 Spey Street, Invercargill, Invercargill City
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 0:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:0-12:00 Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Gladstone
Phone: +64 3218 6768
Address: 471 Dee Street, Invercargill, Invercargill City
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00-12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Gore
Phone: +64 3208 4820
Address: 2 Hyde Street, Gore, Gore
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 07:30 – 17:00, Saturday: 08:00-12:00 Sunday: Close.
1.12 Tyres Shop Tasman
Bridgestone Richmond
Phone: +64 3544 0133
Address: Kotua Place, Stoke, Nelson
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 07:30 – 17:00, Saturday: 08:00-12:00 Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Motueka
Phone: +64 3528 0199
Address: 73 High Street, Motueka, Tasman
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00-12:00, Sunday: Close.
1.13 Tyres Shop Nelson
Bridgestone Nelson
Phone: +64 3548 8154
Address: 35 Vanguard Street, Nelson Central, Nelson
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00-12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Richmond
Phone: +64 3544 0133
Address: Kotua Place, Stoke, Nelson
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00-12:00, Sunday: Close.
1.14 Tyres Store Gisborne
Bridgestone Tyre Shop Gisborne
Phone: +64 6 867 5444
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 08:00-12:00, Sunday: Close.
1.15 Tyres Store Marlborough
Bridgestone Wadsco Motorworld – Marlborough
Phone: +64 3579 2028
Address: 53-59 Scott Street, Blenheim, Marlborough
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 07:30 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00-12:00, Sunday: Close.
Bridgestone Blenheim Marlborough
Phone: +64 3578 8595
Address: 37 Grove Road, Blenheim, Marlborough
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00-12:00, Sunday: Close.
1.16 Tyres Store West Coast
Bridgestone Westport
Phone: +64 37896907
Address: 270 Palmerston Street, Westport, Buller, West Coast.
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 08:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 09:00-12:00, Sunday: Close.
2.- Bridgestone Tyres Models
▷ Dueler: is an all-season passenger tire engineered for fuel efficiency and dependable all-season performance.
▷ Potenza: Built for sports cars and performance vehicles, Potenza tires deliver impressive grip and wet performance to give you ultimate handling and response.
▷ Ecopia: is one of Bridgestone’s ecologically oriented Grand Touring All-Season tires developed for the drivers of coupes, sedans, minivans and small crossover vehicles looking to combine year-round traction, handling and comfort with reduced environmental impact.
▷ Turanza: Bridgestone Turanza tires absorb road noise and provide a smooth, quiet and reliable ride in both wet and dry conditions.
▷ Blizzark: winter tires bite into snow and ice, giving you increased confidence in winter’s worst conditions.
3.- Bridgestone Tyres History
Bridgestone is a Japanese tyre manufacture company, founded 1931 by Shojiro Ishibashi in the city of Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan. In 1988, acquired The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company and today is one of the biggest tyre companies in the world, with 181 production facilities in 24 countries.
Because of Shohiro and the way that Bridgestone was built, they just focused on trying to be the most truthful to themselves and making the best company they could based on the Japanese values that their old companies have had. And it wasn´t until the forties that they really started to see a whole lot of growth.
Things didn’t really get much easier for Bridgestone in the forties because of the Second World War. Between losing their Tokyo headquarters and international assets, Bridgestone didn’t seem like its going to survive for very long.
But, the going back that Bridgestone was good at, Shojiro just decide that were gonna hunker down and go back to what made Bridgestone the best, which was making tyres and revolutionizing what they knew in the Japanese market that other companies couldn’t do. They introduced the rayon cord tire in 1951 to push ahead the tire industry into something new, which ended up being an extremely successful tire in the early fifties.
Bridgestone’s first overseas plant since the end of the war was opened in Singapore in 1965, and production was also commenced in Thailand in 1969. The 1960s for Bridgestone was an era of overseas expansion that also included the establishment of Bridgestone America in the United States in 1967 to act as Bridgestone’s USA representative sales branch.
At the start of the period of Japan’s economic stagnation, brought about by the first oil shock, the company was placing even more emphasis on establishing its own technology for the manufacture of radial tires, and it was also at this time that further domestic plants were constructed and fitted out.
Its Super Filler Radial was placed on the market in 1978, and in 1979 the company introduced the high-performance POTENZA radial tire. The Potenza tyre model it was pretty monumental considering that there weren´t a lot of options when it come to ultra-high performance back in the late seventies.
Bridgestone grew overseas and inevitable began to acquire other tire businesses in the world. Now you have to remember in the tire market, there is a ton of competition, especially when you´re considering companies like Goodyear and Sumitomo.
And, in 1988, Firestone was officially acquired by Bridgestone. They essentially got a hold of pretty much everything, because that´s was Bridgestone needed to essentially become in the one of the biggest tyre manufacturer company in the world.
They didn’t close any plants, they didn´t do anything to really change the game, they just needed more and Firestone give them the opportunity to grow. Bridgestone the entered in the motor sport era and became involved in pretty much everything from Formula One to Indianapolis 500.
Bridgestone ultimately got involved in everything from passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles, specially tyres, and commercial tires, because well, they could. And they have plants all over the world.
4.- Bridgestone News 2020
Bridgestone develops custom Potenza tyres for Maserati MC20 – 29/09/2020
The Potenza tyres developed specifically for this vehicle improve handling, control and driving dynamics, maximizing the overall performance of the supercar.
Company innovative virtual tire development technology increases the efficiency and sustainability of the tire creation process.
Bridgestone has been selected as the exclusive tire supplier for Maserati’s new supercar, the MC20. This cooperation between two industry leaders breaks new ground, with Bridgestone enhancing the incredible capabilities of the new Maserati MC20 by developing custom Potenza premium tyres.
In the development stage of its amazing new MC20, Maserati needed a premium sports tire that would deliver exceptional performance, a trusted partner of Maserati, responded to that request and made it happen with custom-built Potenza tyres.
The long-standing collaboration between the company and Maserati has its origins in the history of motor racing. Bridgestone Potenza tyres were born out of a long-standing association in Formula 1 competition, while the MC20 represents a return for Maserati to the roots of motorsport. Achieving incredible results, on and off the track, is part of the pioneering DNA of both companies.
Both Bridgestone and Maserati have used their own R&D centers and innovative virtual development technologies to create and test the new MC20 and its custom tyres. Bridgestone, thanks to its patented virtual tire modeling technology, also shortened the duration of the development process, reducing its impact on the environment by using fewer resources, and reducing the time to market of the project.
This contributed to a more efficient process, with the design of the MC20 developed in approximately 24 months. The incorporation of innovative and sustainable technologies is a top priority for both industry leaders, with an electric variant of the MC20 that will hit the market, as planned, in the near future.
Steven De Bock, Bridgestone EMIA’s Vice President of Consumer Replacement Products and Original Equipment, says of this announcement: “Developed, tested and manufactured entirely in Europe, these custom designed Potenza tyres have been created to meet the high demands of Maserati. Cooperating again with Maserati we have developed a custom Potenza tire that allows the MC20 to offer all its sporting, power and control capabilities.