Continental Tyres showcases Generation 3 range at the Coach Tourism and Transport Council (CTTC) Coach & Bus Show 2014

• Dedicated tyre range for buses and coaches
• Visit the team on stand C30/31

First rolled out in 2013, Continental Tyres’ Generation 3 range of tyres for the passenger sector has been specifically designed to help customers achieve lowest overall driving costs while meeting increasing environmental and safety requirements. At the CTTC Coach and Bus Show 2014, which takes place at the RDS Simmonscourt on the 15thand 16thNovember, Continental Tyres will be presenting the Conti Urban, Conti CityPlus and Conti Coach tyre ranges, along with the innovative tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS) ContiPressureCheck.

The new Conti Urban city bus tyre has an extremely robust casing design, with reinforced sidewalls to allow it to withstand constant acceleration, braking and kerb contact in bus bays and around the town. It combines ride comfort and operating safety with a 20 percent longer life that can be further extended by retreading and regrooving. The tyre also benefits from reduced rolling resistance. 

The new regional coach tyre, Conti CityPlus provides outstanding all-round performance. It provides excellent economy due to its extended mileage, retreading and regrooving capabilities and optimised rolling resistance, with a high level of driving comfort and operating safety. Further benefits include a thicker sidewall to protect the tyre from damage as well as enhanced wet braking capabilities provided by the new 3D tread structure. 

The Conti Coach tyre has been developed for long distance travel and offers operators excellent fuel economy as well as high safety levels thanks to its directional stability, precise steering and excellent wet handling performance over the whole life of the tyre.    

Visitors to the stand at the CTTC Coach & Bus Show 2014 will also be able to discuss the ContiPressureCheck TPMS system and hear the results of recent customer trials. With over 90 per cent of all tyre failures proceeded by slow leaks, identifying a problem early on is critical.

Underinflation is also one of the main causes of excessive tyre wear and damage, reducing overall service life and significantly affecting rolling resistance, which increases both fuel consumption and carbon emissions.

ContiPressureCheck measures the pressure and temperature of each individual tyre every few seconds and delivers the results to the driver information display in the cab, meaning any problems are caught and dealt with as early as possible. This enables punctured tyres to be repaired and refitted in the majority of cases which saves the cost and inconvenience incurred by an emergency tyre breakdown callout.

Note to editors:

Continental Tyres in the UK and Ireland is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Continental Corporation. With sales of around €33.3 billion in 2013, Continental is one of the world’s leading automotive suppliers. As a provider of tyres, brake systems, systems and components for powertrains and chassis, instrumentation, infotainment solutions, vehicle electronics and technical elastomers, Continental contributes to enhanced driving safety and global climate protection. Continental is also an expert partner in networked automobile communication. Continental currently employs around 186,000 people in 49 countries.

As one of the world’s leading tyre manufacturers, with more than 42,000 employees, the Tyre division achieved sales of €9.7 billion in 2012. Today, the division has 22 production and development locations worldwide. The broad product range and continuous investments in R&D make a major contribution to cost-effective and ecologically efficient mobility.

The Commercial Vehicle Tyre business is one of the largest manufacturers of truck, bus and commercial specialty tyres worldwide.

Continental’s Tyre Division is an Official Sponsor of the German DFB Cup, 2014 FIFA World CupTM in Brazil and the UEFA EURO 2016TM in France.

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