STG

http://www.wsj.com/articles/china-na...lli-1427065364

KBS911

That's it for me. No more Pirelli.

hawc

Easier said then done. If you only buy Porsche N Spec tires you can't buy anything other than Pirelli for the 20" 991 wheels.

hawc

Having been bought by an Asian company Pirelli just released it's new logo design.

STG

Accident using the new Chinese tires!! Kidding!

A 959!! Was in love with the car back in high school! Only 337 units built. Wow.

http://www.worldcarfans.com/11503239...er-speeding-on

RobC4sX51

Ever see a rubber tree in Italy? France (Michellin)? I'm not a fan of Chineese made tires but I will wait and see how the company changes under Chineese ownership. Many tires are made in 3rd world countries already and I believe Bridgestone is Japan. Except for a shelf life, we could stock up now !

Porsche Jeff

Sweet n sour Pirelli's.

STG

Hilarious. Kung Pao Pirelli special!

wanderfalke

Down goes another one.

shandyman5

Who cares? Geez.....

todd92

+1 It only matters where and how well the tires are made, not who the owners are.

Dave07997S

I'm not sure, but you aren't implying that Japan is a 3rd world country? I can assure you it isn't..

To the OP: Controlling interest doesn't mean they are going to change specifications and such.

STG

I did not imply anything like that.

These kind of deals usually mean big changes. Sometimes for better or worse. We'll see how it pans out for Pirelli. I could care less either way. If they go the wrong direction, someone else will move right in.

hoppah

I might use a shirt from a Chinese company, but not sure I'd want tires made there unless their QC was from a parent company outside China. That is, there's a huge difference between using Chinese manufacturing and buying from a wholly-Chinese company. Quality of the Pirellis will almost certainly suffer.

http://www.caranddriver.com/comparis...ng-l688-page-3

H.

leveragedsellout

I would offer up a similar survey 3 years later...coming in at 9th place...

http://www.caranddriver.com/comparis...-p-zero-page-2

And I'm not sure I trust any country touching the Mediterranean with QC either. Not exactly a region known for work ethic.

Bottom line is you are going to have a hard time living life avoiding products made in less than desirable locales and industries will continue to consolidate - and more often than not those products are just fine. Michelin makes tires all over the world - including several Asian countries - but who made those 1.3 million recalled in 2013? Canada. And who made the 100k recalled 6 months before that? South Carolina.

It's all a crapshoot - i just do the best i can with the information i have.