Uniroyal Tyres

My first encounter with the Uniroyal Tyres brand was in the late sixties when Uniroyal had already joined into a partnership with Englebert tyres of Liege in Belgium. Belgium seemed like a million miles away in the sixties but the tyre to be imported into the UK after it was bought out by Continental tyres of Germany. The company opened a new warehouse in Seacroft a district of Leeds in West Yorkshire and we started to trade this excellent tyre in our area.

The Uniroyal tyre that became very popular was known as the “RainExpert” and was well known for its protection against Aquaplaning due to innovative double-concaved shaped grooves Shorter braking distances on wet and dry roads this was due to directional sipes in the tyre shoulders and tread centre Higher mileage by avoiding one-sided tyre wear this was due to the VAI (Visual Alignment Indicator)... for more reading >>