> What we did wonder was "are the U.S. tires manufactured locally"? It's
> quite possible that Yokohama hsa a plant somewhere in the U.S. producing
> performance tires including the A032R?
I'm pretty sure that's the case, the Yokos sold in the USA are also made
here. It's actually a separate company, Yokohama Tire corp instead of
Yokohama Rubber Corp.
http://www.yokohamatire.com
I believe their headquarters are down the road a bit from me, in Fullerton
CA.
> If that's so, maybe you're runninvg
> into a case where they just don't make that size locally, and so someone
> needs to organise importing them.
Funny thing is, the 205/60-15 size doesn't seem to be listed even on the
Japanese Yokohama website :
http://www.yokohamatire.jp/yrc/japan/top.jsp
Any idea what country they come from ?
Randall
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