26.6.2019. Continental is one of the largest suppliers of tires to the vehicle manufacturer. Around a third of new cars in Europe will be frosted from the locals.
More still: From the best-selling European Cars such as VW Golf, Renault Clio or Ford Fiesta, the manufacturer’s have released nine out of the ten models for the tires with Continental Tires. The producers of sports cars and Supercars such as Porsche, Maserati or AMG, the products of lower Saxony are popular.
Rolls-Royce and Maybach, rolls on Continental, even car manufacturers of car with an electric drive system from Audi, Tesla and Renault, in the area of contact between the car and the Asphalt on products from lower Saxony. Only the European manufacturers are not on the list of customers of Continental, Asian manufacturers such as Hyundai are happy about the development of competence from the Hannover-Stöcken.
Continental currently has more clearance for the tires as original equipment by leading European vehicle manufacturers. So Audi puts the e-tron and Q8 / SQ8 on winter and summer tires, Hanoverian, BMW frosted his X7, X3M, X3 and Z4, so with tires from Continental. In addition, the Cullinan Rolls Royce rolling on the Tires from the development Department in Hanover-Stöcken from the factory halls, so Porsche is now in the case of winter tires on the competence of lower Saxony’s engineers.
The reason for The Plethora of releases of the summer, Winter and year-round, the high expertise and experience, the tires, the Continental engineers in the development of the original equipment tires. The products are adapted to the requirements of the vehicle manufacturer separately to meet the desired additional features – for example, better Handling in the Porsche or M BMW, maximum comfort even at high speed and Rolls Royce, very low rolling resistance for E-cars-exactly. Often a single development round is not enough. In coordination with the car manufacturers, prototypes are developed and tested, to that of the tailor-made tyres to fit perfectly. In order for such tires to be mounted on the right car, wear you special characteristic. The abbreviation “MO” is, for example, Mercedes-tires, products for BMW are marked with an asterisk ( * ).
The reason for the very successful business with vehicle manufacturers, and, therefore, coordination with the colleagues from the other divisions in the group is in addition to the many years of experience, the Continental engineers. The cooperation with the brake and suspension specialists Division Chassis and Safety, provides for synergies that can provide no other tyre manufacturer. At the same time, the development of original equipment products, helps the engineers to identify new Trends in the industry in advance and to adjust to it. The development is a classic Win-Win Situation, which gives the tyre trade satisfied customers: according to Experience, buy, car owners when ordering a replacement tire of the same model that your car has been delivered.
VanContact 200 (photo: Continental AG)
