Many auto manufacturers are saving money and passing emissions tests with more ease by negating standard spare tyres - but drivers are having to pay the price.
By Bill Hickman of RNZ There have been a string of incidents where Z-nails have punctured tyres along state highways in the lower North Island, says an.
The review of the list of tyres is a regular exercise to be carried out by IMC (inter-ministerial committee) for making suitable recommendations with regard to the exclusion/inclusion of the pneumatic tyres sizes from the list of tyres not manufactured domestically. The DPIIT (Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade) is in the process of notifying an updated list of 960 tyres sizes/types by making necessary modifications to the previous list of 600 tyres.