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Michelin
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Michelin sells tires to automakers as original equipment and to drivers as replacements, and it publishes the Michelin Guide. Bridgestone, Goodyear, Continental, and Pirelli bid the same vehicle programs and the same replacement channels.
Overview
Michelin is based in Clermont-Ferrand. An original-equipment award puts a specific Pilot Sport or Primacy tire on a new BMW, Mercedes, or other platform for that model's life, and the driver then meets that size again in the replacement market.
Replacement tires sell through independent dealers, car dealers, and clubs such as Costco. The mold and the size approved for a vehicle limit substitutes, and a cheaper tire that does not match the speed rating is not a clean swap.
The Guide and maps are a separate media business. The tire contest is physical capacity at plants and the automaker's engineering sign-off, which Bridgestone and Goodyear fight for on the same platforms.
Competition footprint
Original-equipment contracts lock a tire onto a vehicle platform for years.
Replacement share follows that installed size into dealers and warehouse clubs.
Plant capacity for large-diameter performance tires is a real constraint on who can accept an OEM award.
Consumer & business angle
Drivers replacing a tire are pushed toward the size and rating the automaker and Michelin specified.
Automakers that sole-source a fitment make one tire maker the only exact original match.
What to watch
- Original-equipment awards on high-volume crossover and premium platforms.
- Replacement pricing gaps between Michelin dealers and club channels such as Costco.
Markets
original equipment tires · replacement tires
Also known as: michelin
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