Who makes these vehicles & tires brands?

Owners, actual manufacturers and confirmed production locations, with a source for each relationship. Factory examples are bounded by the dates and models in the original disclosures.

• Who makes Continental Tires?

  Continental AG makes Continental tires through its Tires business, including US plants in Mount Vernon, Sumter and Clinton.

  Checked 2026-10-21 · 3 sources

• Who makes Cooper Tires?

  Cooper tires are part of Goodyear, which bought Cooper Tire & Rubber in 2021; production spans a manufacturing network rather than one country or factory.

  Checked 2026-10-21 · 4 sources

• Who makes Falken Tires?

  Falken tires are made within Japan’s Sumitomo Rubber group; its European disclosure lists production in Japan, Turkey, Thailand and Indonesia, while the former Buffalo-area US factory closed.

  Checked 2026-10-21 · 3 sources

• Who makes Firestone?

  Bridgestone owns Firestone; documented US production includes commercial truck/bus tires at Warren County, Tennessee and agricultural tires in Des Moines, Iowa.

  Checked 2026-10-21 · 3 sources

• Who makes Hankook Tires?

  Hankook Tire & Technology makes Hankook tires; it belongs to the Hankook & Company group and has a confirmed US manufacturing plant in Clarksville, Tennessee.

  Checked 2026-10-21 · 3 sources

• Who makes Harley-Davidson?

  Harley-Davidson is a publicly listed US company; its motorcycles include company-built US and Thai models and the India-market X440 manufactured by partner Hero MotoCorp.

  Checked 2026-10-21 · 3 sources

• Who makes Interstate Batteries?

  Interstate Batteries sells batteries sourced from outside suppliers; it is a distributor under Interstate Battery System International, not one disclosed battery factory.

  Checked 2026-10-21 · 3 sources

• Who makes Ironman Tires?

  Ironman is a Hercules Tire and Rubber brand in the American Tire Distributors business; the dated sources reviewed do not identify a current factory for each tire.

  Checked 2026-10-21 · 3 sources

• Who makes Kumho Tires?

  Kumho Tire makes Kumho tires in its international factory network; Doublestar acquired a controlling stake in 2018, and documented production includes South Korea, China, Vietnam and Georgia in the US.

  Checked 2026-10-21 · 3 sources

• Who makes Michelin?

  Michelin makes Michelin tires through its own group manufacturing operations, including named US and Canadian factories; the brand is not a retailer’s private label.

  Checked 2026-10-21 · 3 sources

• Who makes Polaris?

  Polaris Inc. makes Polaris powersports vehicles through its manufacturing network, with confirmed plants in Roseau, Minnesota, Huntsville, Alabama, and Monterrey, Mexico.

  Checked 2026-10-21 · 3 sources

• Who makes Sailun Tires?

  Sailun Group makes Sailun tires through production businesses in China and overseas; a federal recall also documents its contracted manufacture of Vogue tires in Qingdao and then Vietnam.

  Checked 2026-10-21 · 3 sources

• Who makes Toyo Tires?

  Toyo Tire Corporation of Japan makes Toyo tires through its group factories, including its long-running plant in White, Georgia.

  Checked 2026-10-21 · 3 sources

• Who makes Yokohama Tires?

  Yokohama Rubber makes Yokohama tires through its manufacturing subsidiaries, including truck/bus tires in West Point, Mississippi; its Salem, Virginia plant closed in March 2026.

  Checked 2026-10-21 · 3 sources