Yokohama Tyres
In 2017 Yokohama, the oldest tyre manufacturer in Japan, celebrated its 100th year in business. Yokohama produces around 60 million tyres a year and is ranked as the world's eighth largest tyre manufacturer. By specialising in tyre fitments for all types of car, SUV, 4x4 and commercial vehicles, Yokohama has secured its position within the industry as a premium brand and has a well-earned, enviable reputation for safety, comfort and performance.
Yokohama has a rich heritage in motorsport activity, including supplying the control tyres for the FIA World Touring Car Championship. It also has partnerships with single-seater series and global rallying.
Yokohama’s experience has led to the creation of tyres to satisfy every requirement. Every major Japanese car manufacturer specifies Yokohama tyres as an original equipment fitment. Several prestigious European manufacturers such as Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, Bentley, Audi and Lotus also choose Yokohama as their preferred original equipment tyre.
The Yokohama range of tyres features a product for every application and budget - from direct replacement tyres for family cars to high-performance products for sports and supercars; from winter tyres to run-flat replacements; from tyres for off-road 4x4s to all-season van tyres.
Yokohama’s sustainability promise
Yokohama has also made a significant commitment to reducing the environmental impact of tyre use and production. Its ‘BluEarth’ mark identifies tyres that have been designed to minimise rolling resistance and maximise fuel economy. It has also pioneered production innovation; such as introducing its Orange Oil Technology, which works to replace harmful mineral-derived components with oil from citrus peel. Yokohama’s pledge to the environment goes well beyond tyre manufacturing; as part of its ‘Forever Forest’ campaign, the company is committed to planting 1.3 million trees by 2023.
Why choose Yokohoma tyres?
Yokohoma tyres offer reliability, and durability and are of good quality. They are recommended by many car manufacturers such as Audi and have been fitted as original equipment vehicles from several prestigious car manufacturers.
Yokohama tyres are built to perform around four key environmental criteria which are, global warming prevention, resource-saving, resource recycling and safety and comfort.
Passenger Car tyres
BluEarth-Es (ES32)
Application: Compact cars, small family cars
Benefits:
- Enhanced wet and dry grip
- Long tread life and durability
- Fuel saving performance
- Reliable driving with excellent stability
Features
- Nano BLEND compound with Orange Oil
- Powerful and comfortable tread design
- Extra powerful profile
- Contact pressure homogenisation and improvement of uneven wear
BluEarth-A (AE50)
Application: Luxury cars, mid tourers, premium compact cars
Benefits:
- Extreme wet grip with environmental performance
- Fuel saving with dynamic performance
- Premium performance with sure handling, luxury comfort
Features:
- Nano BLEND compound with Orange Oil
- Double Silica
- Fuel Saving Under Tread
- Aero Dimple Shoulder
- High Pitch Noise Control Design
- Light Weight design
ADVAN FLEVA (V701)
Application: Lightly-tuned and sporty cars as well as standard sedan and compacts
Benefits:
- Directional tread pattern designed to expel water
- Excellent traction and handling
- Good wet grip
- Low noise sport tyre
Features
- Optimisation of steering stability and ground contact
- Claw grooves
- Wide sword grooves
- Lightning-shaped straight grooves
- Environmental new sport compound
- Most Advanced ADVAN Sport Profile
ADVAN SPORT (V105)
Application: Premium cars, high performance cars
Benefits:
- A perfect balance of sport and comfort
- Excellent wet performance
- Low rolling resistance for fuel saving
- Low external noise
- Original Equipment approved quality
Features:
- The YOKOHAMA advanced technologies for sport and comfort
- Orange Oil Compound environmental technology
- Born through joint developments with premium high performance car manufacturers
ADVAN NEOVA (AD08R)
Application: Street-legal tuning cars and club racers
Benefits:
- Ultimate grip power on the road
- Faster than ever, from the 1st lap, keeping performance
- Excellent control and cornering ability
Features:
- The new MS Compound 2R using technologies from motorsport
- Sequential round groove for long-life grip
- Uni-block shoulder for rigidity of the tread
4x4 & SUV
GEOLANDAR SUV (G055)
Application: Compact SUVs
Benefits:
- Comfort through passenger-car-like performance
- Fuel saving and low noise
- Safety wet grip and anti-hydroplaning
- Long mileage with continuous performance
Features:
- Nano blend compound
- Orange oil compound
- 5 pitch pattern variation through 4 straight grooves
- Zig-zag grooves
- Light weight design and flat contact profile
GEOLANDAR H/T (G056)
Application: New generation SUV, 4x4s and Pickup car tyre
Benefits:
- Provides comfortable driving on all road surfaces
- Offers increased durability and good traction in wet weather
- Promised comfort in your SUV with GEOLANDAR H/T G056
- Performs well on motorways and on city streets
Features:
- Orange Oil for safe grip and environmental performance
- Innovative tread design offers reduced rolling resistance and improved pass-by noise
- 5 pitch variation to control the frequency peak
- 4 deep main grooves for long life and mileage
GEOLANDAR A/T (G015)
Application: All-Terrain SUVs, 4x4s & Pick-ups
Benefits:
- Better wear performance
- Cut and chipping resistance
- Excellent wet and snow traction (all sizes are stamped with Snow Flake mark)
- More comfortable with lower noise
Features:
- New compound technology
- New Tread Pattern Technology with 3-D-shaped sipes, optimised lug grooves, 4 main grooves and new pitch variation
- Optimised contact shape
- Hard-wearing tread pattern and side wall design
Light Commercial
RY818 Delivery Star (Y818)
Application: Transporters, vans, cargos
Benefits:
- High mileage and durability
- Good wet performance with anti-hydroplaning
- High resistance against critical damages
Features:
- Long life compound
- 3 wide grooves
- Kerbing Rib* for protecting sidewall-damage
*No kerbing rib on sizes below 14 inch.
Winter Tyres
W.drive
Application: Small and compact cars
Benefits:
- Good traction on snow and on wet surfaces
- Superior stability on high-speed cruising
- Low fuel consumption due to low rolling resistance design
Features:
- Directional tread pattern design
- Original multi-layer sipes
- 3-D shaped block wall groove design
- Zig-zag shaped main grooves
- Stable and light-weight construction
- Micro-silica compound allowing flexibility in freezing conditions
- Silica-end locked polymer compound
W.drive (V905)
Application: Performance cars, SUVs, middle sized cars
Benefits:
- Improved snow and water evacuation
- Excellent wet grip
- Better fuel efficiency
- Extreme drainage performance on snow and in wet weather
- Provides safety when cruising at high-speed
- Designed for low rolling resistance
- Excellent mileage performance
Features:
- Wide slanting grooves and variable angle of lateral grooves
- Combining micro-silica and orange oil
- Fuel efficient tyre with BluEarth concept mark
W.drive Commercial (WY01)
Application: Winter Tyre for commercial vehicles
Benefits:
- Optimised wet braking and handling
- Excellent durability performance
- Fuel efficient tyre with BluEarth Concept mark
- Performs well in demanding winter conditions - carries the three peak mountain snow flake symbol
- The optimised combination of directional tread design and compound deliver excellent performance on snow and ice
Features:
- 3-D wide groove
- Rigid shoulder rib with lug
- 3-D sipes
- Traction block with micro diagonal sipes
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