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The US and China are competing on tariffs on tires, but for most of us, security is where the rubber meets the road.
The Chinese tire imports increased by 15 million tires in 2000 to 46,000,000 last year, according to the USW, which accused China of unfair trade practices The union, which represents workers in the rubber industry, said Chinese tire imports accelerated this year, imports up 57 August compared with the level in January based on the weight of the tires landed on US docks.
President Barack Obama this month supported the position and ordered higher tariffs on Chinese tires union in an effort to slow the flood of imports that unions accuse thousands of American jobs lost have lost Obama met with the Chinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday to discuss trade, among other issues, as world leaders gathered at the UN for the General Assembly meeting.
For many drivers, the trade spat could raise the question of security is how tires imported from China, due to poor safety record of the country on other products, including toothpaste, pet food company, toys and drywall.
The answer depends on whether you buy tires made in China major brands like Goodyear or Michelin, vs Chinese label tires or those made in China under contract for certain private label stores, tests show.
Tire manufacturers, many of which have relocated a production part to China to save money, say that the production techniques and materials are the same no matter where the tires are made, and that their tires are all Chinese as good as those made elsewhere.
Chinese tires coming into this country for the most part were safe tires, said Roy Littlefield, executive vice president of tire industry Association All tires must be tested before coming here, he said, referring to the US government tests and standards.
We even global standards of quality worldwide, said Keith Price, a spokesman for Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. The standards are the same as we do in Oklahoma, Germany, Brazil, Indonesia and China, product standards are the same.
Jim Smith, tires Review editor, a trade magazine, said he saw for himself.
Michelin is very particular, he said the Chinese factory you could not tell if you were in China or in South Carolina The plant has the same controls, the same machinery and the same uniforms on workers.
Nevertheless, there were some security turmoil in tires made in China last year, the national road safety traffic administration launched an investigation on the defective tire valve stems manufactured by a subsidiary of Shanghai Baolong Corp. Automotive the company sold 300 million valve stems, which were susceptible to cracking, which could cause the tire to deflate, a problem that led to a fatality, according to NHTSA.
Two deaths were attributed to defective tires made by Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Co due to the separation of the tread The tire importer has issued a recall for 450,000 tires that he had sold.
The average consumer thinks little of tires other than they are round and black, said Matt Edmonds, vice president of marketing for Rack correspondence giant tires, so when buying tires, country probably takes a back seat to other factors such as price, the loyalty of the buyer and reputation.
But with tires, like many other products, it is buyer beware that you get what you pay for.
Because of the substantial differences between the brand of tires that are manufactured in China and tires that are designed and manufactured by Chinese tire manufacturers, it may be more relevant to consider Chinese tires as two distinct products.
Consumer Reports tested 23 affordable replacement all-season tires, seven of them made in China, reported Gene Petersen, head of tire program for the magazine of the September 6 finish in the top half of the field, he They noted included brand tires such as Toyo, Cooper, Pirelli and Kumho Because these tires are built with companies whose names are on the tires, the same specifications that would apply to a tire manufactured in the United States s' apply to a tire made in China, said Petersen.
But this was apparently not the case for Ling Long Chinese tire brand tested by Car and Driver magazine Ling longs wore an identical tread pattern to that of a popular tire Yokohama visible pretending that could bring consumers assume similarity of performance.
This assumption would be wrong The magazine found the braking distances and cornering grip was much worse for Ling Long tires for all others in the test, which requires an additional 22 feet and a half car length for stop 50 mph as the best tires.
Chinese brand tires are a different world, reported car and technical director Dave VanderWerp driver You get exactly what you pay for, which, as we saw in our test is the ability which is nothing less Ling scary longs in our branded test less than half of the points based on the performance that even the next best, eighth tire that's how they are away from the pace.
Is Ling Long a tire as good as Michelin asked Smith Not If you want a Michelin Michelin buy, he said it depends on the consumer and what they are willing to pay.
There is no way to predict whether the Chinese brand tires will prove to be safe for American drivers, but because they are designed to pass tests of U S government security, they should be.
But the issue of safety and performance under real driving conditions, Chinese tires will have to prove their value to convince consumers it is more than the tread pattern, it is the engineering that goes into tire, which determines its performance characteristics, Edmonds said, tire rack Unfortunately, because these target tires could be more balanced bass end sensitive to market price, customers by the price in the potential of braking distances more long.
I'd be so sure as the guy behind me can stop another 20 feet shorter in the rain, said Edmonds.
The thought of a Michelin tire made in China is a SNUB MAJOR IN GOOD NAME MICHELIN I for one am SICK OF DEATH AFTER ANY AMERICAN -made products made by COMMUNISTS If All Americans have forgotten thousands of American soldiers were killed by the same COMMUNIST COUNTRY MY COUNTRY I pity business with Chinese slaves who are forced to lords slaves in RICHES, while workers receive a salary S sLAVE I also pity the poor American workers who lost their jobs to the US business Giants and Big Government can get RICH.
All very fun, but is not a Michelin ISN French company does the question of where a French company makes its products a question for the French company and its shareholders and not a nut rabid xenophobic American labor.
1 Communism has nothing to do with the quality compound tires.
2 Thousands of US soldiers have been killed by the same COMMUNIST COUNTRY WELL, THEY shouldn t BE IN THE 1ST PLACE, YOU FCUKWIT And about who was killed and when you Yanks never realize you are the only country the world who dropped bombs on peaceful NUCLEAR children go to school and killed innocent women and children How is the feeling feel good about it.
3 Chinese products is TRASH completely agree.
You Yanks, stay home, stay away from Ukraine and other places where you do not belong and you will be safe unless you buy Chinese tires.
AMEN Richard phuk n this country is run by commies AKA REPUBLICANS.
Lookout caveat emptor let the buyer beware if you buy Chinese tires.
I have reviewed many comparisons tires that have included Chinese tires and many not all have dangerous levels of performance.
Chinese-made tires for F1 pull my other leg.
Return Bridgestone, Michelin and Goodyear same, but please, please do not accept Chinese made tires in Formula 1.
I second that I have a set of Kumho Solice sp 4 made in China, 1 Incredibly did in Vietnam told me 4 times when the balance was attempted hop wheel speed Get ROUND tires and we can balance the Kumho Run like hell.
I take something done? D so Vietnam before China South Vietnam is a modern country in northern Vietnam has almost zero manufacturing capacity.
Nowadays, quality tires is determined by the braking distance What is not said is that the tires are manufactured to be softer and they wear faster than the tires with lower braking performance in the another, the rubber becomes harder after a few years time and the braking distance is compromised when even if it is taken into consideration, then LingLongs don t really seem so bad if they pass the test they wouldn t even there if they did waste the best thing to do is reasonably lead and anticipate traffic and keep a safe distance not so many people replace the tires every year, so do not trust t on brake testing.
The best answer here so far, I've used LingLong tires in my last two vehicles for the past 7 years without any problems No distortion or premature degradation of the performance of tires Sensible driving will tire life long and happy, I have four new LingLong s marks on my 2013 Town and Country and they also fit well as high quality Yokahama tires that came on the truck from the factory and start, Yokohama tires that were between cracking treads when taken out of the vehicle while my experience with LingLong several years never had that happen to tire and we all weather elements here in the Northeast U S.
My experice with these tires they offer the best fuel economy of a Camry deliver 36-37 mpg highway miles Brakes are slower at high speed and cornering forces you to slow down They lasted all their life without disability driving under the rain, you need to slow down car was like a boat in the lake.
I operate a car repair shop I do not sell tires Here is what I see major brands namely Goodyear, Michelin, etc. dry rot 3 4 years where the tires are rubbish Chinese tires I see do not show this kind of dry rot Why the big manufacturers have high existing costs, and they reduce the amount of oil they put in the less oil rubber, the sooner the dry rubber begins to dry rot cracking.
I used Linglong tires for six years, and I can recommend to the tropical climate; I neve never has problems with Linglong and Firestone and Dunlop.
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