Goodyear's Brands

[Marcozi]

Here' the link to a story that lists all of Goodyear's brands. Pretty interesting.

https://www.slashgear.com/1870435/goodyear-group-tire-brands/

 

[Kira]

That story was in my click-bait offerings yesterday.
I gotta write these companies down if I'm going to remember them (ha-ha)

 

[skyactiv]

Goodyear can make tires as good as Michelin, but few are willing to pay the same price for Goodyears over Michelins so Goodyear kinda sucks in their North American lineup.

 

[MParr]

Add Hercules tires.

 

[GSCJR]

Sold many sets of those over the years @MParr .

 

[CapriRacer]

Add Hercules tires.

According to Tire Business, the Hercules brand is owned by American Tire Distributors. They may be made by Goodyear but that could change anytime ATD wanted.

 

[MParr]

According to Tire Business, the Hercules brand is owned by American Tire Distributors. They may be made by Goodyear but that could change anytime

Their corporate address is Findlay, OH. That's Cooper Tires home as well. Cooper was making their tires before the Goodyear buyout.

 

[boom10ful]

Aren't Douglas tires from Goodyear as well?

 

[CapriRacer]

Their corporate address is Findlay, OH. That's Cooper Tires home as well. Cooper was making their tires before the Goodyear buyout.

Here's a press release dated April 2, 2025:

https://www.herculestire.com/news/h...kZzAkdDE3NDg5ODUxMzQkajYwJGwwJGgyMTExNDM4ODgx

Towards the end it says:

"The Hercules Tire and Rubber Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Tire Distributors, Inc."

 

[SC Maintenance]

According to Tire Business, the Hercules brand is owned by American Tire Distributors. They may be made by Goodyear but that could change anytime ATD wanted.

I seem to recall they used to be made by Cooper exclusively - before Goodyear bought Cooper. However Google finds this from one day ago, so maybe not anymore?


https://www.moderntiredealer.com/in...ticle/55294204/goodyear-pulls-cooper-from-atd

 

[edyvw]

Goodyear can make tires as good as Michelin, but few are willing to pay the same price for Goodyears over Michelins so Goodyear kinda sucks in their North American lineup.

GY has plenty of tires that are in the Michelin price range, but they are not Michelin.
The decline really started when Bridgestone entered F1 and basically obliterated Goodyear in their own game. I remember that time when things started to unravel in F1 for GY and how combative GY Europe was to anyone questioning performance. They simply did not want to invest as much as Bridgestone did, and not only that, they were not able not only to catch up with Michelin back then, but they fell behind Bridgestone and then Continental.
Why F1 is important? Michelin claims that even today, they are still harvesting knowledge they gained in F1, and Michelin left F1 in 2006.
They are simply technologically behind and not willing to make necessary investment to fight for top.

 

[NormanBuntz]

That's a decent portfolio of tires, something for almost everyone. Still I hated the Goodyear Eagle RS-A tires that came stock on my M35.

 

[Marcozi]

GY has plenty of tires that are in the Michelin price range, but they are not Michelin.
The decline really started when Bridgestone entered F1 and basically obliterated Goodyear in their own game. I remember that time when things started to unravel in F1 for GY and how combative GY Europe was to anyone questioning performance. They simply did not want to invest as much as Bridgestone did, and not only that, they were not able not only to catch up with Michelin back then, but they fell behind Bridgestone and then Continental.
Why F1 is important? Michelin claims that even today, they are still harvesting knowledge they gained in F1, and Michelin left F1 in 2006.
They are simply technologically behind and not willing to make necessary investment to fight for top.

Yup. This is why my 3 season tires are Michelin.

 

[zzyzzx]

I had no idea that Goodyear own a bunch of cheap Chinese tire brands. You would think that Goodyear stock would be doing better considering this.