{"id":242539,"date":"2023-10-20T11:48:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T11:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/?p=242539"},"modified":"2023-10-20T11:48:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T11:48:59","slug":"with-goodyear-tyres-sepang-race-track-amgs-tyre-technology-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/news-features\/with-goodyear-tyres-sepang-race-track-amgs-tyre-technology-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"With Goodyear Tyres @ Sepang Race Track: AMGs, Tyre Technology and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s worth pausing for a moment and appreciating all the technology that works silently in the background enabling everything we do.<\/h2>\n

BHPian Chetan_Rao <\/strong>recently shared this with other enthusiasts.<\/p>\n

Intro & Brand History<\/strong><\/p>\n

Motion, in essence, depends on the ability to ‘put the power down’.<\/p>\n

It matters little whether you’re Fred Flintstone furiously pumping your brawny legs under the Flintmobile, a commuter tootling along in a tiny road-legal contraption whose spec sheet in the 0-100 column merely says ‘maybe, if rolling downhill with a tailwind’, a racer sat on a starting grid waiting for the red lights to go out, a maverick chasing land speed records in a jet-powered thingamajig or a space explorer trying to crawl on the moon. You’re getting nowhere until the Gods of traction bestow upon you, the almighty Contact Patch – a surface often barely larger than the size of a human palm, yet the difference between you shooting off into the distance in a blur or stuck spinning wheels in situ, bystanders wondering whether it’s you or your ride whining louder.<\/p>\n

Motion, the bedrock of all progress; past, present and future. From our first steps as toddlers, to changing the world, all driven by one common factor: motion.<\/p>\n

To get somewhere, one must start somewhere. Akron, Ohio is as good a place as any, a bicycle tyre and horseshoe pads are as good a starting point as any. You take that humble beginning, spend a hundred and twenty-five years developing, evolving products and expertise across a broad range of applications across varied market segments, pioneer some technologies and become the provider of the almighty contact patch to enable mobility across the spectrum from bicycles to space explorers, it’s fair to say you’ve crossed a few milestones and left some tread-marks in your wake.<\/p>\n

We’re talking of Goodyear, one of the world’s biggest tyre brands.<\/p>\n

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Goodyear invited Team-BHP to join them in Malaysia to celebrate ‘125 Years In Motion’. A two-day event in Kuala Lumpur focused on the Asia Pacific region, spanning a showcase of the brand’s history, their latest tech innovations driving the present and future of mobility, launch of their latest automotive tyre offerings for Asia Pacific and an opportunity to experience some of these products at the iconic Sepang International Circuit. The event was attended by nearly 300 customer representatives and 100 media members over its duration.<\/p>\n

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A thoughtfully classy touch, delivered right after we checked in on Day 0:<\/p>\n

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Goodyear tyres are sold in two distinct tyre markets – the replacement market and original equipment (OE) market. It has 9 manufacturing facilities in this region; 3 in China, 2 in India and 1 each in Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand.<\/p>\n

Day 1 Morning Session: Product Launch<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beginning the event, Goodyear unveiled four product lines for the Asia Pacific region<\/p>\n