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Originally Posted by AndyV7o
Yup, never experienced a barum thats not teflon in the wet. They are much better these days, but there are much much better for the money.
Its funny all the talk of 'owned by' yes they may be owned by, and may have a little trickle-down technology and manufacturing standards, but they are not, by any means, the same as the parent company. You get what you pay for to a greater extent.
Point to consider, Vredestein are owned by budget brand Apollo, but Vredestein are -better- tyres than apollo, infact apollo are working the other way and siphoning know-how and tech from the subsidiary.
Falken are part of sumitomo rubber, who own goodyear-dunlop, fulda are owned by goodyear, uniroyal are part of conti as are barum, bf Goodrich and kleber are part of michelin group, firestone and minerva are owned by bridgestone, and so-on. There are many others.
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Thats very true. Even looking at the F**d ownership of Volvo, F**d used some of the good bits of Volvo and used some of the cheapening down F**d methods in cheapening down Volvo manufacturing costs. Car quality is often subjective.
In many cases a parent company owning more than 1 brand teh parent company is often the only link. The factories often have no other connection