JETS 81 DMC
05-17-2025, 12:33 AM
This was copied from a Corvette forum. The person was a a former Michelin R&D employee who wrote it.
I thought this is worth sharing.
Michelin has a marketing agreement with Coker where Coker is the exclusive distributor for all Michelin, BFG, and Uniroyal tires in sizes for classic cars. Michelin still makes all those tires. To be honest, Coker sells some real garbage tires that they themselves supposedly manufacture (actually manufactured by whoever is the low bidder among various small tire manufacturers who make private label tires). As a former Michelin R&D employee, I can assure you Michelin wouldn't allow any of their brands to be contracted out to some low bidder over whom they have no quality control. There's no company in the world that guards its reputation for quality more closely than Michelin.
I thought this is worth sharing.
Michelin has a marketing agreement with Coker where Coker is the exclusive distributor for all Michelin, BFG, and Uniroyal tires in sizes for classic cars. Michelin still makes all those tires. To be honest, Coker sells some real garbage tires that they themselves supposedly manufacture (actually manufactured by whoever is the low bidder among various small tire manufacturers who make private label tires). As a former Michelin R&D employee, I can assure you Michelin wouldn't allow any of their brands to be contracted out to some low bidder over whom they have no quality control. There's no company in the world that guards its reputation for quality more closely than Michelin.