Yokohama Tire Corporation Introduces the All-New AVID ENVigor

FULLERTON, CA. Dec. 7, 2009: Yokohama Tire Corporation is raising the bar on performance with the introduction of its all-new AVIDŽ ENVigor™. The tire is the first to offer consumers the ideal blend of all-season performance, low rolling resistance, smooth comfort and long treadlife. It goes on sale in March 2010 in 69 sizes, making it one of the largest tire launches in the company’s history.

“ENVigor is unlike any product the industry has developed to date,” said Dan King, Yokohama vice president, sales and marketing. “Only ENVigor delivers collectively all the performance and environmental attributes in a single tire that a new category virtually had to be created for it: Grand Performance. It provides excellent traction and handling, enhanced comfort and treadlife – all while delivering remarkable gas mileage. It’s quite possibly the most complete tire ever created.”

The ENVigor features Yokohama’s proprietary Adaptive 3D sipes that help maintain water and winter traction; angled groove walls and circumferential grooves that resist hydroplaning; a tapered center rib and unibloc shoulder for stiffness; a six-pitch tread variation for reduced pattern noise; groove-in-groove technology for reduced uneven wear; and an all-new silica compound for excellent fuel efficiency.

Designed for a broad range of vehicles – including entry-level and luxury coupes, sedans and SUVs – the ENVigor will replace Yokohama’s popular AVID H4s/V4s and W4 tires.

Celebrating its 40th anniversary in the United States, Yokohama Tire Corporation is the North American manufacturing and marketing arm of Tokyo, Japan-based The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., a global manufacturing and sales company of premium tires since 1917. Servicing a network of more than 4,500 points of sale in the U.S., Yokohama Tire Corporation is a leader in technology and innovation. The company’s complete product line includes the dB Super E-spec™ - the world’s first tire to use orange oil to reduce petroleum – as well as tires for high-performance, light truck, passenger car, commercial truck and bus, and off-the-road mining and construction applications. For more information on Yokohama’s extensive product line, visit www.yokohamatire.com.