Originally Posted by
timcarouge
No development needed, you can order an existing model, in the size you want. Rather than having to take the off-the-shelf model..
Even a new size of an existing model needs to make tooling, then test and validation before being commercialized. This cost money and 1000 tires produces a ridiculous revenue (let say 30USD per piece, that's 30K end user price, much less for the manufacturer).