RE001 On the Track

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my tyres say made in japan. AFAIK all bridgestone tyres sold here are made in japan , since bridgestone is a jap company. Correct me if wrong lol

You are wrong alright, very wrong.

The re001 was orig imported from japan ( aprt from commodore sizes ie 234/45 R17 )before Australian production using moulds from the japan line with the same compound composition started some 1 year ago on all popular sizes. The re001 range is now mostly made in australia in terms of volume aprt from the uncommon and exotic sizes.

The Australian made RE001 has raised a few questions in various car forums in the past year, I'm surprised as a mod you haven't noticed this Ben in the past year.

I've attached an image of an old re001 BTC ad below, the Aust flags next to the prices denote the Aust manufacture.



Apart from the premium end of the Bridgestone tyres such as the RE050/050A, ER300; lower end mainstream tyres such as the ER592 had always been designed and made in Australia for cars such as Falcon, Commodores and Magnas etc. And before that Aust manufacture of B/stone tyres such as the supercats/steelcats range dates way back to the 70's and 80's.

On the b/stone au site, they have added aust made symbols on the tyres' spec sheets some mths back where they list tyre sizes and load ratings.