The question that most motorists are asking is when does the car tyre expire? Car Tyres are manufactured by bonding rubber to fabric plies and steel cords. And despite the anti-aging ingredients mixed into the rubber compounds, there is a realization that tyres are perishable, as well as a growing awareness that some tyres will actually age out before their treads will wear out.

The Chairman of Globe Motors, a leading automobile company in Nigeria, Mr. William Anumudu, has promised Nigerians quality and affordable vehicles from its stable when it starts rolling out cars from its ultra-modern plant in Lekki, Lagos by next month. Mr. Anumudu, disclosed in Lagos that the company is putting finishing touches to its assembly plant located at the Lekki area which has a capacity for 40,000 vehicles on completion and would generate employment for 3,500 Nigerians. Globe is investing about $150 million dollars in the plant..

Renowned French car maker, Peugeot, is not known for making sport utility vehicles SUVs. It is a master, when it comes to the production of sedans and estates. Remember the 404, 504 and 505 sedans and estates. They were in a class of their own during their time. They were preferred models for car buyers in the 70’s and 80’s, and early 1990’s.

As the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, campaign on expired tyres gain momentum, Cambistry Ventures Limited, CVL, dealers in automotive products has come up with two world class tyre brands to save the situation. Managing Director of CVL, Sir Ikechukwu Okafor, said that it is regrettable the way and manner substandard tyres enter into the country and as a result his company, Cambistry, decided to introduce the world class tyre brands Continental and General Tire, both manufactured in Europe.

The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Boboye Oyeyemi has commended Nigerians for embracing the Corps’ public sensitisation programme on tyres with enthusiastic acceptance of the campaign.