Opel GT Concept and Real Red Tires
At the Geneva Motor Show, Opel exhibited its GT Concept, a front mid-engine, rear-drive car that is predicated on the production model GT from the ‘60s and ‘70s.
Gary S. Vasilash
Editor-in-Chief, AutoBeat Group
Hankook Tire Moving North American HQ to Tennessee
Seoul-based tiremaker Hankook Tire Co. Ltd. is relocating its American headquarters from Wayne, N.J., to Nashville, Tenn.
UPDATE: Hankook Ponders More Automotive Acquisitions
South Korea’s Hankook Tire Co. Ltd. says it may drive growth by buying more companies in the automotive sector.
Visteon Finalizes $3.6 Billion Sale of Climate Control Stake
Visteon Corp. has finalized the sale of its 70% stake in Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp. to South Korea's Hankook Tires Co. and private equity company Hahn & Co.
BAIC, Apollo Tyres Near Deal on China Venture
Beijing Automotive Industry Group Co. and India's Apollo Tyres Ltd. are close to launching a tiremaking venture in China.
Visteon Sells Its Stake in Halla Visteon
Visteon Corp. has agreed to sell its 70% interest in South Korea's Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp. to the country's Hankook Tires Co. and private equity company Hahn & Co.
Hankook Plans $800 Million Tire Plant in U.S.
South Korea's Hankook Tire Co. plans to open an $800 million plant in Tennessee that will have capacity to make 11 million passenger vehicle tires per year when it opens in 2016.
Hankook, Vibram & the Art of Driving/Running
For those of us who aren’t runners, the Vibram toe-shoe running shoes still seem to be absolutely bizarre, even though those runners who I do know who wear them swear by them.
Gary S. Vasilash
Editor-in-Chief, AutoBeat Group
How to Develop a World’s Record Setting Vehicle
Start with a Hyundai Genesis Coupe racecar.
Hankook Award-Winning Conceptual Tires
To use an egregious pun. . .Hankook Tire designers are on a roll.
Gary S. Vasilash
Editor-in-Chief, AutoBeat Group
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Airless, Stylish Tire
Pneumatic tires have pretty much looked like, well, pneumatic tires since the late 19th century.
Gary S. Vasilash
Editor-in-Chief, AutoBeat Group
