Firestone tyres for car, light truck, off-road/4x4/suv

Tyres Firestone for car, light truck, off-road/4x4/suv

Firestone is a globally recognized tire brand. It belongs to the American company Bridgestone Corporation. Firestone passenger car tyres are in the mid-price segment.

Firestone history

The Firestone Tire Company was officially established in 1900, and its founder was Harvey Firestone, who made the decision to start its own firm in Akron, Ohio. The first company’s plant with 12 employees was launched two years later. In 1906 the company received a large order, by the standards of the time, for the manufacture of two thousand tyre sets for the cars released by Ford Motor Company.

In 1908 the Firestone engineers introduced the world’s first anti-skid tyres, to which a tread pattern was applied for better grip. The company grew fast and by 1950 it already had 70 000 employees. In 1990 the Firestone Tyre Company merged into the Bridgestone Corporation, and its headquarters was relocated to Nashville, Tennessee some time later.

Nowadays the company's plants are situated all over the world, including the USA, Canada, Brazil, Indonesia, Chile, Poland, Spain, France, Italy. The brand products are delivered to the assembly lines of many automakers and are also supplied to the aftermarket. Buying Firestone passenger car tires online in our shop is the most advantageous.

Firestone passenger car tyres

• Winter. They are mainly produced based on natural components with the addition of silica, are distinguished by their flexibility and low noise level. They ensure perfect grip on wet and slippery road surfaces. The rubber compound known as NanoPro Tech stands out for its high freeze resistance through its specific formula. The perfect balance of longitudinal and transverse grooves enables immediate water dispersion from the contact patch. Deep sipes and a great number of biting edges enhance road safety when driving on ice-covered or snowy surfaces. The carcass reinforced with nylon fiber prolongs the auto tyres useful life. The company’s latest innovations are implemented in the following winter tire models:
  • Firestone FW930;
  • Firestone Winterhawk 3.
• Summer. Solid shoulder zones promote superior vehicle handling. A large contact patch area and high silica content enhance both wet and dry grip. Tyres with asymmetric tread pattern were developed for sport driving fans. Their central reinforced ribs have diagonal grooves, which improves the vehicle stability when driving at high speeds, and the shoulder zones have U-shaped grooves that enhance vehicle maneuverability and prevent axial offset. The most demanded products in this category are:
  • MultiHawk 2;
  • FireHawk SZ-90M.
• All season. Natural rubber, silicon additives and carefully selected polymers account for the thermal stability of the material from which Firestone all season tyres are produced. The effective tread pattern ensures superior handling and braking characteristics of the vehicle on all road surfaces. The most popular tire lines in this category are:
  • MultiSeason.
  • Champion.