Yokohama Tires, The Japanese Legend
This is a Japanese company based in Tokyo as you may suspect, but what you do not know is that this company was founded by a joint venture with BF Goodrich in 1917. Yokohama Tires are really popular in Japan and have a strong presence in the North America from the sponsorship of the Drift Mania Canadian Sponsorship Series and of 2 Major Basketball teams: Boston Celtics and San Antonia Spurs. Yokohama Tires are still for sale for good prices in the aftermarket. In this field, they are above Toyo, Michelin, Bridgestone, GoodYear, Cooper and others. And this is especially true in Japan (yokohamatire.com). You can find and shop for them at specialty dealers as Discount tire, Tire rack, Tire Kingdom and NTB. Check our website for rebate and top info as a short review and ratings about those tires.
But first, here are the popular Yokohama tires: The legendary Aspec A300, the YK520, Avid TRZ, AS430, The Geolander, Avid H4S and Avid T4. The Aspec A300 is the true success, and you will why together in a few minutes in the next paragraphs.
Recently, Yokohama tires have developed and launched the first orange oil tire with its dB Super E-spec. The component permits to decrease substantially the amount of petroleum inside the tire with more “natural” components toxic-free for the environment. Shortly, this is how it works. The orange oil is activated during acceleration to generate heat quickly for a better grip faster and during those active modes.
As promised, here is the full fast report of major Yokohama tires.
For performance cars: You have the choice among sports car, luxury sports sedan and sport compact cars. Here we go with Advan Sport, Advan ZPS, Advan, Neova AD08, Advan Neova, Advan AD48 (DOT approved tire), S-Drive, Parada Spec-2, Advan S4, Avid W4s, Avid H4s/V4s, AS430, AS530, YS520 for your daily driving and the W Drive for winter. But you can believe me, you cannot imagine how popular is the Advan Sport series. We can show you too the Parada Spec-X, the Ice Guard IG20 and the dB Super E-spec.
For SUV and Trucks: Here you have the classical SUV & Trucks, Sport Trucks, for On-Road and for Off-Road, and Crossover. We start in no special order with Advan ST, Parada Spec-X, Avid SUV, Geolandar H/T-S, Geolander A/T-S, Geolander M/T, Y811 or the Super Digger IV, the Y829 and for the winter the Geolander I/T GO72. The Yokohama Tires Geolander become more and more popular. We also have the classic YK520 for crossover vehicles.
Yokohama Tires for Passenger and Minivan: Of course, you have the new dB Super E-spec, Avid H4s/V4s, AS430, AS530, YK520, Avid T4, Avid TRZ, Avid Touring S, Aegis LS4 and the IG20 Ice Guard.
For Competition: specifically, you have the On-Road with the Advan48 and the Off-Road with Y811, 8829, Geolandar A/T-S and the Geolandar M/T+. This last one is perfect for any rally.
For Winter and just to recap: W Drive, IG20 and the Geolandar I/T.
And for a final word, I have still not completely understood their warranty. From my point of view, they can improve their communication on this customer service to be clearer and concise, or I should say more friendly.
Anyway, you have to test the ADVAN series or the Aspec A300 from the second market. So, use discount and rebate you can find on our website here to purchase your legendary tire from Yokohama tires or others.
See you next time,
Author box: Josepe Santana is our expert and reporter of Tires Daily Discounts. He delivers top information and updated deals/discounts about vehicles parts... and today on this page, it's about your favorite wheels and tires.