We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Firestone has been around since 1900. The company is officially known as Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, and was founded by renowned ...

Key developments in the Firestone tire case: May 2, 2000: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opens an investigation into Firestone tires that may experience tread separation. At that ...

Guy started riding motorcycles aged 21 and bought a Kawasaki ZX-6R the day after passing his road test. He was a sportbike enthusiast for many years until, in 2010, the Long Way Round television ...

Tires are often compared to shoes because they serve as the sole contact points between a vehicle or person and the ground. Like shoes, tires are made in different designs and materials for specific ...

Shareholders of Chicago-based Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. on Monday approved overwhelmingly the company`s sale to Japan`s Bridgestone Corp., in a vote overshadowed by General Motor Corp.`s surprise ...

A Los Olivos, Calif., vineyard whose founding family includes a legendary tire innovator, a longtime politician and a star of TV’s “The Bachelor” is being sold. Firestone Vineyard told its employees ...

Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. sold its remaining 25 percent interest in its former South African subsidiary, Firestone South Africa Ltd., to Federale Volksbeleggings Beperk, a Johannesburg-based holding ...