Kumho Tyre

Brother and sister duo Michael Boaden and Helen Cheers have been awarded the Kumho Spirit of the Rally award for round three of the Australian Rally Championship, the International Rally of Queensland. Boaden and Cheers, who compete in the ARC in a two-wheel drive Volkswagon Polo, finished fourth i...

Leading tyre manufacturer Kumho Tyre has continued the expansion of its Platinum Dealer program in Brisbane with the opening of Deception Bay Tyre and Mechanical. Launched in New South Wales in late 2011, the Platinum Dealer initiative has been designed to showcase Kumho's extensive product range t...

Kumho Tyre has expanded its support of grass roots motor sport by announcing it will be the naming rights sponsor for the inaugural Australian Schools Karting Championship. The 2014 Kumho Australian Schools Karting Championsip is an initiative of KartSchool Australia to introduce high school studen...

A South Australian Kumho customer and her partner are off to America courtesy of Kumho Tyre after winning the brand's New York promotion.   Roxie Reynolds entered the draw after fitting four new Cru-Gen KL33 Premium SUV tyres to her Ford Territory at Bob Jane T-Marts in the Adelaide subu...

Leading tyre manufacturer Kumho has added three 2014 Red Dot Design Awards to its growing list of accolades. Kumho's flagship performance tyre, the Super-Ultra High Performance Ecsta PS91, its Watt-Run VA31 electric vehicle tyre and its WinterCraft WI61 snow and ice tyre were all judged as winners ...

A major NSW based transport company is recording tyre mileage gains of up to 40 per cent since switching to Kumho KRD01 Truck tyres on drive axles and up to 35 per cent on steers compared with other truck tyres from other brands. Macleay Valley Transport based in the NSW mid-north coast town of Kem...

The Australian Formula 3 Drivers Championship has thrown its support behind the upcoming Kumho's Pink Fitters Day to raise money for the McGrath Foundation by staging a pink podium at Bathurst's Mt Panorama. The podium saw winner Chris Anthony, runner up Ben Gersekowski, third placed Simon Hodge, n...

Kumho has taken Formula 3 driver Chris Anthony to record pace around Australia's most prestigious racetrack, Bathurst's Mt Panorama. The Cooma based driver broke the outright lap record of the famed 6.213km circuit in his Kumho shod Dallara Mercedes Benz F3 with a time of 2m03.8245s on the&nbs...

Internationally acclaimed tyre manufacturer Kumho has been recognised for its innovation in performance tyres with two new accolades in Germany's prestigious iF Design Awards. Kumho's first ever Super-Ultra High Perfomance tyre, the Ecsta PS91 and luxury performance Solus HS51 both claimed awards i...

Kumho Tyre (CEO Chang-Gyu Kim) announced on the 7th that the Company's products had been named product design division winners in Germany's Red Dot Design Awards 2014. With this year's awards, Kumho Tyre has made the achievement of winning the Red Dot Design Award for three consecutive years, a firs...

Kumho Tyre (President & CEO Kim Chang-Kyu) announced on January 23 that they received accolades at the iF Design Awards 2014 held in Germany for their S-UHP Tyres ECSTA PS91 and ECSTA HS51.   The internationally renowned iF Design Awards with a 60-year history is considered as one of the...

Pink Fitters Day to raise awareness and money for  McGrath Breast Care Nurses March 2014, Sydney, Australia:  Kumho Tyres and Australian television personality, Kerri-Anne Kennerley, today announced that they’re partnering to raise vital support for the McGrath Foundation through Pink F...

Leading tyre company Kumho Tyre has expanded its Australian motor sport portfolio  by signing with the new Australian Sports Racer Series as exclusive tyre supplier and partner. Kumho has been selected as the exclusive motor sport competition tyre supplier for the category, which will be featu...

Kumho Tyre has become the first company to sign on as tyre sponsor for the most prestigious basketball series in the world, America's NBA. [caption id="attachment_9817" align="alignnone" width="300"] Kumho is the first tyre company to sponsor the NBA   Kumho has supported the Los Angeles La...

Leading tyre manufacturer Kumho has continued the roll out of its Platinum Dealer network with the opening of Bellbird Tyres at Blacktown in Sydney's west.   Bellbird Tyres is the third Platinum Dealer to be opened in the Sydney metro area since the program was launched in late 201...

Leading tyre manufacturer Kumho has added a second Sydney outlet to its rapidly expanding Platinum Dealer network with the opening of Smithfield Tyre Service in the city's south west.   [caption id="attachment_9763" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Kumho's Platinum Dealer program was launche...

Tasmanian brothers Waylon and Jobe Sims have been named the inaugural winners of the Kumho Tyre Spirit of the Rally Award following a gritty and determined effort in their maiden start at a round of the Australian Rally Championship, the National Capital Rally in Canberra. [caption id="attachment_9...

A Kumho shod Formula 3 open wheeler has become quickest car ever around the famed Adelaide Parklands Circuit.   Local racer Simon Hodge set the blistering time of 1m 17.9726s on the seventh lap of the opening race of the 2014 Australian Formula 3 Championship - seven tenths of a second quicke...

Leading tyre manufacturer of passenger vehicle tyres Kumho has broken the mold in ulta-high performance tyres with the development of its new 'harmony sports tyre' - the Solus HS51.   [caption id="attachment_9643" align="aligncenter" width="192"] Kumho's research and development team were se...

KUMHO TYRE ASSISTS AUSTRALIA'S RISING RALLY TALENT WITH RICH BACKING FOR AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR RALLY CHALLENGE   Kumho Tyre Australia has announced it has become the new naming rights sponsor for the Australian Junior Rally Challenge further expanding the company's backing of the ECB Australian R...