Car, 4x4 and Van News
Feb 2, 2012
Organisers of the inaugural Gulf 12 Hours event in Abu Dhabi have heaped praise on Avon Tyres Motorsport, which supplied control race tyres for the entire field at the race on 20 January.The event, held at the Yas Marina Grand Prix circuit, featured GT3...
Nov 9, 2011
Developed and tested on European roads and race tracks for supreme handling, the Avon ZZ5 is Avon’s latest ultra high performance tyre designed to achieve maximum grip, when it is needed.The new Avon ZZ5 features an Intelligent Asymmetric Tread Design (...
Nov 9, 2011
July 2011
Shropshire couple Keith and Norah Ashworth, owners of Avon Tyres fleet customer Burnt Tree Vehicle Rental, are to tackle the Classic Safari Challenge 2011.The pair will contest a classic 1964 Mercedes-Benz 190 Fintail, shod with Avon rubber, in...
Nov 8, 2011
The 2011 Avon Tyres British GT Champions, Jim and Glynn Geddie, were honoured at the SRO awards evening in Oxfordshire recently.Aberdeen duo, Jim and Glynn Geddie, became the first father-and-son pairing to clinch the Avon Tyres British GT Championship...
Apr 4, 2011
Developed and tested on European roads and race tracks for supreme handling, the Avon ZZ5 is Avon’s latest ultra high performance tyre designed to achieve maximum grip, when it is needed.The new Avon ZZ5 features an Intelligent Asymmetric Tread Design (...
Feb 8, 2011
Avon Tyres is to supply race tyres to the Chevron GR8 Championship – a one-make series featuring 260bhp cars built by the Cheshire-based sportscar manufacturer.The GR8 was built, designed and engineered for racing and was crowned as EVO magazine’s 2010...
Feb 1, 2011
Avon Tyres Motorsport, the competition tyre division of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Europe Ltd, has been confirmed as the official supplier of racing tyres to the 2011 MSV F3 Cup – a series for former Cooper Tires British Formula 3 Series cars.The...
Dec 20, 2010
Premier Vehicle Rental (PVR) has selected Avon Tyres for its new three-year, fixed-term tyre supply contract through ATS Euromaster (ATSE).PVR is aiming to double its fleet of 150 vehicles and will benefit from the combined strength of ATSE’s nationwide...
Dec 1, 2010
Avon Tyres will be the title sponsor and official control tyre supplier for the British GT Championship until the end of the 2014 season.The new agreement will see powerful GT cars from manufacturers as diverse as Ferrari, Porsche, Audi and Aston Martin...
Oct 6, 2010
Londoner, David Ashburn, claimed the 2010 Avon Tyres British GT Championship title at the penultimate round of the series at Brands Hatch in Kent last weekend.The 63-year-old and his Trackspeed Porsche teammate, Glynn Geddie, collected a win and a fifth...
