The Ford Transit Custom has been voted Continental Irish Van of the Year 2013 by the Irish Motoring Writers Association (IMWA).  The announcement was made today at an awards ceremony at the Conve...

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By Padraic Deane 
Known for their long life and premium engineering since 1871, today’s Continental tyres are reaching new heights as they help operate some of the world’s most inventi...

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By Connor ORourke On a first date, guys might like to consider picking up their dates in their car as fully two thirds of girls say they would be either flattered or pleasantly surprised to ...

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By Connor ORourke Continental Specialty Tyres are the market leader in product innovations, always at the forefront of product development. As the only market player to offer super elastic, ...

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By John Loughran   The ContiSportContact 5 has topped a summer tyre test carried out by one of Europe’s leading motorisng organisations. ADAC has published the results of its su...

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By Padraic Deane Continental has launched two new van tyres at the Geneva Motor Show this week. They also come with a new brand designation along the passenger car tyre lines – ContiVan...

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By Padraic Deane Quicker, bigger, wider – and more and more of it. The significance of the ultra-high-performance segment, known as UHP for short, has continuously risen over the past few ...

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Continental hopes to cut braking distances and prevent accidents on the road, after launching its advanced indoor tyre testing facility. Like a scene from a cinema blockbuster the Volkswagen Golf c...

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By Padraic Deane Cool temperatures heretofore could give car drivers the impression that they can drive with winter tyres all year round, but that is not the case, according to Continental. ...

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By Padraic Deane Continental has received the 2013 Automotive News PACE (Premier Automotive Suppliers’ Contribution to Excellence) Award for its tyre  pressure monitoring system (TPMS...

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By Declan O Byrne The ContiSportContact 5 SUV has been given the “Recommended” seal by the specialist editors at German magazine, Auto Zeitung Allrad. The specialists from Cologne eva...

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By Padraic Deane In the run-up to the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil, the Tyre Division of Continental AG can  look back on almost 18 successful years of using football sponsors...

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By Declan O Byrne Drivers unaware of the safety issues of tyres at 1.6mm tread depth, and two-thirds admit to not knowing that it is the legal limit. That’s the stark findings of a survey ...

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By Padraic Deane Italian sports car manufacturer Maserati has approved the ContiSportContact 5 P tyre for the new Quattroporte. This is the first approval that Continental has ever receiv...

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By Declan O Byrne France is celebrating the 100th edition of the Tour de France, the race that dominates French life every July, as tyremaker Continental, celebrates 140 years making bicycle...

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Continental has unveiled an exciting game to mark the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ in Brazil. The free ContiRioKick app is now available and the aim of  the game is to start the longest-possible sequen...

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By Padraic Deane Made from renewable raw materials and containing only very small quantities of fossil materials, “green tyres” are the stuff of dreams for any tyre manufacturer. Chemist...

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By Padraic Deane Continental has received a whole raft of approvals from Audi, where its ContiSportContact 5 series has ben  approved for the Audi A3 as well as for the automaker’s fl...

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In June of this year, Continental was an official partner and sponsor of two major sporting events: the 2013 DFB Cup Final on June 1 in Berlin, when FC Bayern Munich met VfB Stuttgart, and the 2013 Co...

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Automakers expect tyres that not only demonstrate top performance characteristics but are also particularly quiet, generating only what the occupants perceive as a pleasant noise level. To meet these ...

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By Connor ORourke Continental Tyre has received a “very positive” rating in a survey conducted by TNS Infratest on behalf of German automobile club ADAC . In terms of both brand aware...

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By Connor ORourke Continental has developed its first air suspension system for an ‘all-electric vehicle’. Following a shortened development phase, the first series delivery of the air ...

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By Connor ORourke At this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA) from September 12-22, under the motto “A Day in a Driver’s Life”, Continental will be presenting its latest products, technolog...

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With all transport and logistics businesses under pressure to keep costs down one Northern Ireland haulage company is seeing significant savings resulting from good tyre management. To make these s...

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By Padraic Deane The ContiWinterContact TS 850 chas learly set itself apart from its competitors in a winter tyre test performed by specialist magazine ACE Lenkrad. The ContiWinterCo...

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By Padraic Deane An original field of 51 candidates for the Continental Irish Car of the Year 2014 awards has been reduced to 16, the Irish Motoring Writers Association (IMWA) has announced. A...

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Continental is joining the United Nations’ World Quality Day with a total of 16 locations from the company’s Tire Division organising events and activities in order to raise the awareness for qual...

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John Loughran Continental Tyres has produced an update to its comprehensive guide for truck and coach operators travelling to mainland Europe this winter. Winter tyre regulations differ greatly bet...

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The Toyota Auris Van and Ssangyong Korando Commercial have been named Category Winners of the Continental Irish Van of the Year 2014 title by the Irish Motoring Writers Association (IMWA) Van Jur...

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As the first representative of a completely new truck tyre generation for the goods sector, the Continental EcoPlus HT3 trailer tyre is set to take its place on the international commercial vehicle st...

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Which?, the consumer champion, has awarded Best Buy status to the ContiWinterContact TS850 in two popular tyre sizes. The Which? Best Buy endorsements reveal the must-have tyres across popular size...

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No smearing, clear instructions and excellent adhesion – the ContiTech Power Transmission Group has redesigned the sticker on which workshops record when a timing belt was changed. The sticker ad...

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Helping its customers achieve lowest overall driving cost underlines Continental Tyres’ philosophy, and its presence at the CV Show 2014, 29 April-01 May, will showcase a number of products and serv...

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Volkswagen has approved three premium summer tyres from Continental to be fitted at the factory. The Golf 7 will be fitted with the 15- and 16-inch ContiEcoContact 5 and ContiPremiumContact 5, the ...

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Continental’s ContiPremiumContact 5 summer tyre has taken first place in a tyre test in the latest issue of the specialist German publication “auto motor und sport” The testers were part...

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Continental Tyres has embarked on its ‘road to Rio’ campaign, which is a roadshow that is taking a little piece of Brazil to football fans across England. For the roadshow, they have teamed up ...

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Continental’sContiEcoContact 5 – the current tyre for compact and lower medium-sized class vehicles – has undergone an almost revolutionary development compared to its predecessor. This meant...

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The close cooperation between electronics and tyres developers at Continental, the international automotive supplier, continues to bear fruit. Future tyres pressure sensors, for instance, will be able...

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Continental, and the Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology (IME) at the University of Münster have been honoured with the GreenTec Award 2014 for their co-development project...

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Continental’s new WinterContact TS 850 P goes on sale across Europe in the autumn. With the new model, Continental has succeeded in significantly enhancing the performance characteristics of the tyr...

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A survey conducted by Continental Tyres, Official Sponsor of the FIFA 2014 World Cup™, in conjunction with the top Irish soccer fans’ website, youboysingreen.ie, has found that in Ireland’s abse...

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Continental has taken the Conti.eContact that was originally launched in 2011 with electric vehicles in mind and refined it to meet the needs of hybrid models. Thanks to the introduction of numerou...

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To celebrate the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ in Brazil, official sponsor Continental has added three limited-edition passenger car and bus tyres to its product portfolio. The special design on the sid...

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Maserati has approved Continental summer tyres to be fitted at the factory for its Ghibli model. [ContiSportContact5] Continental will now manufacture the ContiSportContact 5 in eight sizes between...

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Hybrids could account for up to eight percent of cars on the roads by 2020 and Continental Tyre group believes it is leading the way in the development of a product specifically designed for use on th...

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The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has been criticised over the delay in responding to a submission by the tyre industry calling for regulation of the sale and use of part-worn tyres. Continental Tyre...

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Labels that tell consumers about a tyre’s fuel efficiency, wet grip and noise levels have not worked – yet, the Irish Independent has reported. Continental’s chief Tom Dennigan, says the...

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Continental Tyres and the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) have announced a partnership that will see the German-based tyre manufacturer become an official partner of women’s soccer in Ireland....

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“Driving the Future”, the motto of the world’s biggest commercial vehicle show, the IAA in Hanover, is underlined by the new products launched by Continental at the show this year under its own ...

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Continental will showcase its tyre pressure monitoring system – ContiPressureCheck at the IAA Commercial Vehicle Show in Hanover, Germany next month. Continental says its ContiPressureCheck tyre ...

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Every new car in the European Union will have to be fitted with a tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS) after November 1. As a result, workshops will have to check that the TPM system is functioni...

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Continental has added a new feature to its successful ContiPressureCheck™ tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS). Automatic Trailer Learning (ATL) can now monitor the condition of tyres on trucks an...

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Continental is rolling out a new generation of tyres in the truck segment at the 65th IAA Commercial Vehicles Show in Hanover this week. The German automotive supplier is displays its new 3rd gener...

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Continental Tyres Ireland is advising people for the Halloween celebrations not to include tyres among the material they plan to burn in bonfires this year. Tom Dennigan, General Manager of Contine...

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Powerful sports cars, fast motorbikes and big trucks: Continental is well known as a producer of excellent tyres for powerful vehicles. But cycle sport also benefits from the company’s leading-edge ...

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Sales of new cars in Europe may be falling, but the trend towards customization and tuning remains unbroken. Surveys show that nearly one in five customers spend more than €10,000 on tuning their...

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The replacement truck tyre market in Ireland, will finish down 5 per cent this year, according to figures released by Continental. A broader view of Europe shows the market is up by three per cent ...

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Continental has chosen the motto “Innovations for maximum Grip” for the Geneva Motor Show this week and highlight on its stand include the new Conti.eContact for hybrid cars as well as a WinterCon...

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The major automotive trade magazines and automobile clubs across Europe are publishing the results of their comprehensive summer tyre tests over the next few weeks. Continental products have regularly...

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More stringent checks to ensure compliance with the permitted overall height of volume transports pose significant challenges for transport companies and demand new vehicle concepts.The Conti EcoPlus ...

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Before the Easter Holidays, Continental Tyres Ireland joined forces with transition year students from Drimnagh Castle Secondary School in Dublin to highlight the issue of road safety around schools. ...

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Continental has retained top spot in the German car magazine AutoBild's big annual readership survey in 2015 to which almost 33,000 readers responded. Continental turned in the most successful over...

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The Consumers Association of Ireland's online magazine, 'Consumer Choice' recently published a tyre road test with the best recommendations for when it comes to replacing tyres on a car, with excellen...

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Continental has taken the Conti.eContact - originally launched in 2011 with electric vehicles in mind - and refined it specifically to meet the needs of hybrid models. Thanks to the introduction of...

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Continental is supporting a joint pilot project between BMW Group and its logistics partner Scherm Group to promote environmentally friendly trucks. As part of the project, the German premium tyre ...

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Over 16 million UK motorists judge other drivers based on the colour, type, and cleanliness of their car and even let it affect how they drive according to a new study released today.Some 45 per cent ...

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Continental is continuing its successful range of ultra high-performance summer tyres with the introduction of the new SportContact 6. The new high-technology tyre from the development department in H...

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If you ride a bicycle, sometimes go for a run in a pair of Adidas trainers, and own a car from any number of the major manufacturers there is a chance that in every instance you are interacting with t...

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The Ford Mondeo has been voted Continental Irish Car of the Year 2016 by the Irish Motoring Writers’ Association. The announcement of the 39th Irish Car of the Year Award was made at an awards ce...

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LAS VEGAS -- You've doubtless heard about "smart" maps that let cars locate and communicate with other vehicles, stoplights and anything else encountered on the street. In theory, these maps will h...

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Continental is set to exhibit its ContiSeal and ContiSilent tyre products at Automechanika in Frankfurt, Germany next month. ContiSeal reduces the consequences of damage to the tyre tread. With its...

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Continental’s SportContact 6 has made its tyre test debut, taking top spot in this year’s summer tyre test from the UK’s monthly motoring-specialist title evo. The evo summer tyre test pitted...

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Continental is for the first time unveiling components and tyres for trucks and buses made from natural rubber derived from dandelion roots. At the forthcoming International Motor Show Commercial V...

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One in four Irish motorists say they have serious concerns in relation to the advent of autonomous driving with 15 percent saying that the concept of self-driving cars scares them, whilst 11 percent s...

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Continental has launched “ContiConnect, a tyre information and management system for commercial fleets. ContiConnect monitors, analyses and reports tyre pressure and temperature for the entire fleet...

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A 'scary' number of motorists are driving around on potentially lethal tyres, new research shows.   An analysis of tyres replaced at depots around the country show a 'woeful level of disreg...

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Freedom, independence, being the kings of the road – these are things that continue to appeal to professional drivers. In the Continental Mobility Study 2016 on the future of logistics, 75 per cent ...

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With the Winter Solstice falling next week on December 21, it means that daylight time starts to get slightly longer each day, however, Continental Tyres Ireland is advising motorists not to wait unti...

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Continental’s had a good run of it in the spate of tyre tests published in time for summer 2017. From victory in the main Auto Bild summer tyre test to wins in those conducted by Auto Bild Spor...

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Questions are being raised over why so few people are being hit with penalty points for driving with dangerous tyres. Around 28,000 people were caught using a phone at the wheel last ye...

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As the school holidays approach, the thoughts of many families turn towards the precious annual holiday.  For families that are planning a holiday with the car, either at home or abroad, German t...

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Serious question marks are being raised over the extent of some 'pre-NCT' tests and checks. Motorists pay for such tests so their car will get through the NCT without fault or further e...

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Continental’s new PremiumContact 6 summer tyre for mid-range and luxury-class cars has received two internationally renowned design awards. The juries of both the IF Design Award 2017 and the red...

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In two tests run by AutoBild magazine, winter tyres from Continental have again turned in successful performances. In the large-scale test staged by AutoBild, the WinterContact TS 860 was best-in-test...

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Continental is continuing to expand its business with the agricultural industry and is boosting its activities with regard to automation, digitalization and sustainability in the agricultural sector. ...

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