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Falken AZENIS FK510 Wins awards in 2018 Summer Tyre Tests

Falken's AZENIS FK510 has received more awards in Germany's prestigious 2018 summer test. The FK510 has received the top spot in German motoring magazine ACE Lenkrad's trial, alongside receiving a 'Highly Recommended' rating in Auto...

Michelin Launches Aglis CrossClimate van and light truck tyre

Michelin have launched the Agilis Crossclimate for light commercial vehicles for safe driving in all weather conditions. The new Agilis CrossClimate is boasting safety in all weathers, high mileage, robustness, damage resistance and...

Audi team up with Hankook

The premium tyre maker Hankook is now also providing original fitment tyres for the new Audi RS 4 Avant, this has a powerful V6 bi-turbo engine, which now has 600Nm torque and weighs 80kg less than its predecessor and is bound to live up to the...

New VW Polo team up with Falken as OE fitment

Volkswagen have selected Falken as original equipment manufacturer (OEM) for the sixth-generation VW Polo. Falken will be supplying its premium tyre models AZENIS FK453, SINCERA 838A ECORUN, ZIEX ZE914A EC and the winter tyre HS449 for...

How Long Should You Keep Your Winter Tyres Fitted?

Our first full-on wintry blast for 2017-18 across the UK hit mid December. The severity was mixed, with the Midlands being hit hardest. Arguably this came quite early as recent history has tended to hit us with adverse weather much later in the...

Potholes and Punctures!

The New Year brings a busy start across the Hometyre network! The recent bad weather and low temperatures has given rise to an increase in the number of potholes in the roads - causing considerable tyre damage and...

Tis the Season to Check Rubber....

Tra la la la laaaaa la la laaa laaaaa. It's got a ring to it...? On a serious note though, with all the fuss and panic over Christmas shopping, food shopping and planning, planning planning etc, it's really easy to neglect your car...

Auto Express name Michelin CrossClimate+ as Best All-Season Tyre

After extensive independent testing by Auto Express Michelin's CrossClimate+ has been named as the best all-season tyre. The publication tested eight all-season tyres and concluded that the CrossClimate+ was 'best suited to UK...

Tyre pressure monitoring system checks

National Tyre Safety Month continues with TyreSafe reminding drivers to not rely solely on tyre pressure monitoring systems (TPMS). While this valued technology has been proven to improve road safety by advising of a change in tyre...

It's Seasonal Swap Over Time

It's October! And while we're still clinging onto a few warm days and airing arms and legs in t-shirts and shorts (with rapidly diminishing frequency), it's just a few weeks until some potentially nasty cold weather is greeting us during travel...