Evergreen Tyres

grizzly1911

Just looking to by a couple of new tyres.

My local independent, who normally offers Maxxis offered me Evergreen saying they no long held the Maxxis as stock items, saying they had got to pricey. They weren't dirt cheap and little price differential.

Anybody ever had any experience of them? Believe they have a newish plant in China from tinternet.

Just out of interest - not intending to buy them and I don't want to open up general debate about "ditch finders" and the anti China conspiracy.

mikey72

They're not a garden shed company. http://www.evergreentyre.com/comcontent_detail/&FrontComContent_list01-111ContId=610313fa-a59c-43b4-85be-c13fff93f297&comContentId=610313fa-a59c-43b4-85be-c13fff93f297&comp_stats=comp-FrontComContent_list01-111.html I think with the investment the chinese are making, we'll be seeing a lot more like these.

mikey72

You can tell the chinese are pushing heavily into western europe, the previous brand was Goldenroad, Evergreen is a much better european name. I've got hero on mine, again a tyre that really needs re-branding.

rodenal

It will take a bit of time but once these guys start seriously developing their tyres it's hard to see anything but chinese domination in future. They do need to stop changing brand names (as seems to happen a lot from) to build a bit of confidence too.

colino

No experience of these tyres, but as the Chinese have already bought up KwikFit, I'd give it 5 years and we'll all be driving around on Chinese rubber.

mikey72

colino wrote: »

No experience of these tyres, but as the Chinese have already bought up KwikFit, I'd give it 5 years and we'll all be driving around on Chinese rubber.

It was the Itochu Corporation, who are Japanese. But saying as most tyres used by the Japanese car makers are made in china, and as a lot of Japanese cars are now made in china and Thailand, it's pretty easy to see where the Japanese owners will be sourcing from for the British market.

aaudley

EVERGREEN 195/55/R15 EH23
Forensic tyre expert Brian Lawton rates these tyres in his own words " This tyre factory is as good as it gets. The final inspection department is as impressive as anything I have seen"


According to one website - Wear - wet weather grip and Heat generation are as good as Michelin Energy Saver, and they cost a lot less.

patman99

Had a pair of these on my Focus. The thing slid all over the place until the tyres had done 300 miles then they started to settle down. Still didn't have the grip of the Michelins they replaced though.

Ultrasonic

I wouldn't choose tyres based on brand, rather on objective test results for specific models. This site is a good resource:

www.tyrereviews.co.uk

The European tyre label classifications offer some info. too.

jaymidlands

patman99 wrote: »

Had a pair of these on my Focus. The thing slid all over the place until the tyres had done 300 miles then they started to settle down. Still didn't have the grip of the Michelins they replaced though.

A lot of tyres will do this

gilbert_and_sullivan

colino wrote: »

, I'd give it 5 years and we'll all be driving around on Chinese rubber.

Feel free, i won't be.