Originally Posted by
mustang1
What I dont understand is if there's no difference in manufacture between Europe and Far-East, then why would Conti still make it's top-of-the-line tire in Germany ?
As an aside, the time when Krylions became limited in supply, I moved to Gatorskins as I started commuting. They're way more flat resistant than Krylions around town but ride a lot harsher and certainly do not corner as well as the softer tires. Since I have no interest in entering races, I'll be sticking with Gatorskins because their sole advantage far outweighs the disadvantages.
Either the government or the involved labor Unions might be requiring that a percentage of production is still maintained in the country if any outsourcing is to be done by the comapany. It happens all the time. The company just looks at it as a neccessary loss that can be offset anyway by the drastically cheaper labor and materials cost they deal with in countries like Thailand.
Please note that it makes a lot of sense too that most tires be produced in countries like Thailand because......most of the rubber in the world comes from there.......
Technology, engineering and equipment can be sent anywhere these days in miminal time anyway.
Chombi
84 Peugeot PSV