(CN) - A man who says BMW and Bridgestone sell tires that "suffer catastrophic failure after mere months of use" may get to sue as a class, a federal judge ruled. David Greene claims he noticed a ...

WILSON, N.C. (Nov. 10, 2006) — Bridgestone/Firestone (BFS) has sent its first shipment of U.S.-made Bridgestone Potenza RE050 RFT run-flat tires to BMW Manufacturing Corp. The tires, size 225/45R17 91 ...

Not to ruin your day or anything, but you should know that there’s a very good chance that you’ll have a flat tire at some point in your life. Even if you drive like a saint and carefully avoid every ...

The world of tires is an ever-expanding nexus of increasingly specialized compounds for any situation. There are tires for everyday roads, snow, rain, summer, racing, off-roading and tires that ...

BMW is getting ready to launch its next-generation compact SUV, the X3, and it will ride--as most BMWs and Minis sold today--on run-flat tires. Of all the companies producing cars today, BWM has ...

I love two-seater, RWD convertibles and own a 2004 Mazdaspeed Miata for pavement fun and a lifted 2001 Miata for pre-running. I race air-cooled Volkswagens in desert races like the Mint 400 and the ...

Maybe you’ve been in this situation: stuck on the side of a road, a punctured tire needing to be changed out for the spare ...

A funny thing happened last week as I was preparing to write about flat tires: I got one myself. Fortunately, I had a small "donut" spare and was able to put it on the car. But many new cars are being ...

TRENTON, N.J. (June 3, 2010) — BMW North America L.L.C. and Bridgestone Americas have agreed to reimburse U.S. owners and lessees of certain 2006 and 2007 BMW 3-series models who had to replace their ...

If you’ve bought a new car in the last several years, there’s an increasing likelihood that when you take a look in the trunk, you’ll no longer find a spare tire. At best in many cases you’ll get an ...

A miserable thing happened last weekend when one of the run-flat tires on our 2011 BMW 750Li was gashed by a pothole during an excursion from Connecticut to New Hampshire: Replacing the tire turned ...