For the past century, auto engineers have mulled over the idea of a puncture proof tyre. Are we there yet? While the so-called run-flat tyre has been around for a while, there are still a few ...

When it comes to road safety, tyres are a critical line of defence and run-flat tyres are fast becoming a game-changer for South African motorists. Designed to keep vehicles mobile after a puncture, ...

June 3, 2007 The success of tyre mousse, a special compound that expands to replace the air in a punctured tyre, has meant that over the last 20 years, flat tyres have ceased to be a factor in World ...

The world of tires is an ever-expanding nexus of increasingly specialized compounds for any situation. There are tires for everyday roads, snow, rain, summer, racing, off-roading and tires that ...

Maybe you’ve been in this situation: stuck on the side of a road, a punctured tire needing to be changed out for the spare one in the trunk. You have a pair of options, do you choose to change the ...

Run-flat tires are an increasingly common type of tire on passenger cars. Manufacturers such as BMW are mounting them on new cars instead of equipping the car with a spare tire. Doing so saves weight ...

Bridgestone has launched its new DriveGuard run flat tyre in Europe which will be available as an aftermarket fitment to any make of car fitted with a pressure monitoring system. The reason you need ...

When it comes to road safety, tyres are a critical line of defence and run-flat tyres are fast becoming a game-changer for South African motorists. Designed to keep vehicles mobile after a puncture, ...

Although run-flat tires have been around awhile, their name can be a bit misleading. Perhaps it’d be more accurate to say “run-without-air-pressure tires,” though that would also be somewhat of a ...

Run flat tyres can produce more road noise than conventional tyres due to the stiffer sidewall that allows them to function even with a puncture, so switching to non-run flats can help this. If you ...