General Grabber Atx VS Falken Wildpeaks A/T3W

[RANGER_MARC]

Yeah, so basically Falken is owned by Sumitomo rubber industries. Then in the 90s, Sumitomo and Goodyear basically agreed on a joint venture in the 90s to produce each other's tires for each respective market. Falken tires are not re-branded Goodyears as far as I'm aware though.

Are Sumitomo and Falken still linked? Here is the link to an article dated 2015 that describes the dissolution of their alliance: https://www.autonews.com/article/20...ear-sumitomo-to-dissolve-global-tire-alliance

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[doug910]

Are Sumitomo and Falken still linked? Here is the link to an article dated 2015 that describes the dissolution of their alliance: https://www.autonews.com/article/20...ear-sumitomo-to-dissolve-global-tire-alliance

Oh wow, didn't know that. Looks like Sumitomo and Goodyear dissolved their joint venture. Falken is still definitely owned by Sumitomo though. Good news, @Lost19Ranger , Falken has no ties with Goodyear!

 

[Lost19Ranger]

Yeah, so basically Falken is owned by Sumitomo rubber industries. Then in the 90s, Sumitomo and Goodyear basically agreed on a joint venture in the 90s to produce each other's tires for each respective market. Falken tires are not re-branded Goodyears as far as I'm aware though.

thanks Doug clarification, I didn’t mean it by they are re branded

Oh wow, didn't know that. Looks like Sumitomo and Goodyear dissolved their joint venture. Falken is still definitely owned by Sumitomo though. Good news, @Lost19Ranger , Falken has no ties with Goodyear!

that was a good find, I unfortunately didn’t see that when I did my weeks worth of research lol. Oh well I’m the Toyo I’m sure will be great.
But I do know for future purchases.

Thanks @RANGER_MARC for that Information, I wasn’t aware that happened.

 

[doug910]

thanks Doug clarification, I didn’t mean it by they are re branded



that was a good find, I unfortunately didn’t see that when I did my weeks worth of research lol. Oh well I’m the Toyo I’m sure will be great.
But I do know for future purchases.

Thanks @RANGER_MARC for that Information, I wasn’t aware that happened.

Toyo is a good brand too, you can't go wrong there.

 

[RANGER_MARC]

thanks Doug clarification, I didn’t mean it by they are re branded



that was a good find, I unfortunately didn’t see that when I did my weeks worth of research lol. Oh well I’m the Toyo I’m sure will be great.
But I do know for future purchases.

Thanks @RANGER_MARC for that Information, I wasn’t aware that happened.

Hey, no problem, it looks like you ended up with a great tire anyway!

 

[Lost19Ranger]

Toyo is a good brand too, you can't go wrong there.

you really can’t go wrong with any of the major brands it’s all personal preference and getting different opinions to form our own.
I will be keeping updates on the build thread how they work out over time.

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