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National Tyre Health Survey found 38% of Tyres Need Replacing

National Tyre Health Survey found 38% of Tyres Need Replacing
Many studies have been undertaken to gain insight into the cause and influence tyre condition has on handling that can ultimately lead to vehicle crashes, and all too often does. According to a report by car insurer Youi, most accidents (23%) tend to be rear end crashes, with around 11% being attrib...
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KUMHO RESTATES MOTOR SPORT COMMITMENT ANNOUNCING NEW MOTOR SPORT AGENT, DEALER NETWORK AND CATEGORY SUPPLY AGREEMENTS

KUMHO RESTATES MOTOR SPORT COMMITMENT ANNOUNCING NEW MOTOR SPORT AGENT, DEALER NETWORK AND CATEGORY SUPPLY AGREEMENTS
Kumho Tyre Australia has announced an all-new structure for its motor sport operations in Australia with the appointment of a new motor sport manager along with a revised network of motor sport tyre distributors around the country. - Kumho has revised its motor sport portfolio re stating its c...
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Kumho Tyre Receives iF Design Award for 2017

Kumho Tyre Receives iF Design Award for 2017
Kumho Tyre CEO Lee Han-Seob has just announced that the company has received the iF Design Award for 2017 in the transport device discipline.   Credited as being the Oscars of the design world, the award is organized by the International Forum Design of Germany. The 64-year-old award, along wi...
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How Tyres are Recycled and What we’re doing to help!

How Tyres are Recycled and What we’re doing to help!
Kumho Tyre: How Tyres are Recycled and What we’re doing to help! What does a good tyre give the driver? A long lasting ride that’s tough and not only durable but near impossible to crack under regular conditions. These same tyres that last so long on our vehicles need to be disposed of in a consci...
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Kumho Driving the Aussie Racing Cars with an all new tyre for 2017

Kumho Driving the Aussie Racing Cars with an all new tyre for 2017
Aussie Racing Cars (ARC) is proud to announce that Kumho Tyre has been selected as its exclusive competition tyre for 2017 season and beyond. For the first time in nearly 20 years, the ARC will introduce a brand new tyre to the category and all indications are that the new tyre is set to get ARC dri...
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MOLLY Taylor crowned first female to win the ARC

MOLLY Taylor crowned first female to win the ARC
MOLLY Taylor has officially become the first female to win the Kumho Tyre Australian Rally Championship after a close final round at Rally Australia in Coffs harbour. In the closest finish in the championship’s history, Taylor came out on top of a three-way final round by two points over Simon Evans...
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Big Wheel Tyre &Auto Service Goes Platinum

Big Wheel Tyre &Auto Service Goes Platinum
Having been a long standing port of call for motorists in the Girraween area for the past 50 years means that Big Wheel Tyre and Auto Service have truly earned their following for their genuine, honest and ‘old fashioned’ service and quality work. When Phil Gilham took over the business in the 80’s ...
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Hendra’s Newest Tyre & Mechanical Hub Goes Platinum

Hendra’s Newest Tyre & Mechanical Hub Goes Platinum
Being passionate from an early age about everything cars, Steele Childs and best mate Brett Vandersee, naturally took to a career in motoring, doing their mechanic apprenticeships shoulder by shoulder in Emerald, Central Queensland. While Brett mainly stuck to mechanical servicing of cars and trucks...
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Kumho Tyre Selector Guide - Blog

Kumho Tyre Selector Guide - Blog
How to Enter Tyre Details into Tyre Selector Kumho Tyre offers every customer a specialised Tyre Selector experience through our website!When you’re considering a new set of tyres or just want to know which tyres are built for yourvehicle then Kumho Tyre Selector is the easiest way and you can do it...
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KUMHO TYRE AUSTRALIA EXTENDS SUPPORT OF V8 TOURING CARS

KUMHO TYRE AUSTRALIA EXTENDS SUPPORT OF V8 TOURING CARS
KUMHO TYRE Australia will continue as the naming rights partner and official control tyre supplier of the Australian V8 Touring Car Series for a further three years. The expanded relationship, through to the end of the 2019 season, will see the longstanding partnership between Kumho Tyre Australia a...
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Kumho Turns Pink for Breast Cancer Nurses

Kumho Turns Pink for Breast Cancer Nurses
  Kumho Turns Pink for Breast Cancer Nurses Kumho Tyre dealers around the nation will don pink Friday 14th October 2016 for Pink Fitters day, to raise funds for one of the country's best known charities, The McGrath Foundation. This will be Kumho Tyre’s sixth year supporting the McGrath Foundat...
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Parents beware: School leavers most at risk of road accidents

Parents beware: School leavers most at risk of road accidents
Teen drivers have the highest fatal crash risk of any age group. In 2016, Kumho Tyre launched a program in conjunction with the St George Illawarra Dragons called the School Safety Series. This was run in NSW at a school level to educate entry level drivers on the importance of vehicle safety and ma...
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From Track, To Road, And Back To Track Again

Kumho Tyre ECSTA V720 Switching between your weekday ‘Road Angel’, and your weekend ‘Track Demon’ has always meant a switch in tyres -  spending extra money buying separate sets of tyres, and wasting effort carrying and changing them before hitting the track. Kumho Tyre have designed a product ...
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Kumho Tyre Partners with Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Official sponsorship deals have been reached with Tottenham Hotspur, the football club that Son Heung-min plays for, and Olympique Lyonnais. The partnerships with popular football leagues are expected to help boost Kumho’s brand recognition and its presence in the global tyre market. Kumho Tyre (Pr...
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Morley, WA Takes on Platinum Dealership Status

Gavin Morgan, Owner-Operator of Morley Tyre Centre (MTC) in Morley, Western Australia has been a tyre specialist for over 11 years. This is Gavin’s second acquisition of a Kumho Tyre Platinum Dealership - his first being Wheels on Yirrigan in the Northern Perth Suburb of Mirrabooka in 2013. He happi...
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Geelong’s Platinum Status Has Arrived

Geelong’s Platinum Status Has Arrived
Geelong Tyre and Auto is the newest dealer to join the Kumho Tyre Platinum Dealer network, showing their fledged commitment to the tyre brand. The owner, Scott Wolfenden has been in the tyre industry most of his working life, dealing with the wholesale side of the business. His knowledge and work wi...
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Platinum Dealership Finds a Home in Hoppers Crossing

Platinum Dealership Finds a Home in Hoppers Crossing
Lube Atanasovski, Owner-Operator of Hoppers Service Centre (HSC) in Hoppers Crossing, Victoria has been a mechanic for over 20 years. Lube worked at major car companies as well as run a business over that time. He now calls Hoppers Crossing ‘home’, and has been happily servicing the community and it...
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Selecting the Right Kumho Tyre for you

    When fitting tyres  firstly look at the vehicle then, more importantly, we ask each individual what their driving habits are.   In each tyre size in Australia Kumho has two or three tread patterns that could be utilised. Your driving  habits define what type of tyres ...
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Kumho & Dragons Promoting Driver Safety In Schools

One of the challenges for schools and parents is getting the message of safe driving across to school leavers, and young drivers. This group of drivers are the highest risk category, and under 25s are a group most likely to be involved in an accident. Kumho Tyre, and St George Illawarra Dragons, hav...
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Molly Taylor Loves the Controlled Chaos of Rally Driving

  Molly Taylor is the daughter of Australian rally car driving; her mother, Coral, is currently co-driving with four times Rally Champion Neal Bates and her father, Mark, was a top tier driver for years.   It wasn’t until Mark Taylor put her behind the wheel on a rally track at age 16 ...
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