The new Audi RS Q8 will feature the Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 in size 295/40ZR22 as original equipment. Audi customers also can run Hankook Winter i*cept evo 2 tires on the car.

As an analyst at Northcoast Research Holdings LLC, John Healy has a bird’s-eye view of the domestic tire industry. Healy, who also writes MTD’s monthly Your Marketplace column, calls 2020 “the most unpredictable and at the same time, the most surprising” year in recent memory. In this MTD exclusive, Healy explains why - and looks ahead to what 2021 will bring.

Readers of a certain age will remember the Magic 8-Ball, that strange, plastic toy that provided instant answers to those all-important questions (“Will I ace my math test?” “Will I win the lottery?” “Will the Browns ever make it to the Super Bowl?”) I thought it would be fun to apply Magic 8-Ball-like answers to several tire industry-related questions that have been on my mind and could very well be on your mind, too.

Continental Tire the Americas LLC has expanded its line of General brand OTR tires with 15 new items for graders, skid steer loaders and backhoes.

In an increasingly crowded segment of the market that has seen a significant influx of new brands, Yokohama Off-Highway Tires America Inc., until recently known as Alliance Tire Americas Inc., believes it has landed on a winning formula with its Galaxy commercial truck tire line.

Global Rubber Industries Pvt. Ltd. has broken ground on a new, $100 million plant in Badalgama, Sri Lanka, that will expand the company's specialty tire manufacturing capacity to keep up with growing demand.