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Continental celebrates 120th anniversary of first tyre with tread pattern

autherAutocar Professional Bureau     calendar18 May 2025

World’s first tyre with a tread pattern featured simple hand-carved structure of circumferential grooves. Today, 120 years later, digital design and virtual testing are applied in pattern development.

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The hybrid drive motor and gearbox, will be produced at Aisin Powertrain (Thailand) Co for use in the Mitsubishi XForc...