Anaximander Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 (edited) Great news I think. Avon Racing Tyres, UK was bought out by a private company, Nova Motorsport, UK that was formed in August 2023 and they likely plan to use molds they must have purchased from Goodyear/Avon/Cooper and plan to manufacture tires that were formerly made by Avon. They developed the name Nova by reversing the letters of the original company's name and added Motorsport. If you go to their website, they just state to stand by and they will have news down the road so to speak. You can leave them your email and be on their mailing list for updates. This is great news for lots of us who really like Avon tires ( and slicks). I use them on my Stalker AXR and the A11 compound works well for me and I plan to get more tires when they start producing them. Thankfully, I was able to obtain some of the last available slicks in the sizes I needed for the Stalker and will be putting the new set on my car likely midway through this next autocross season. The front tires wear x2 faster than the rears so I had recently put on a partially used set of fronts and they should wear out about the same time as my rear tires. Edited January 3 by Anaximander Changed Title Name 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBuff Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Do you have the link for nova ? Couldn’t find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anaximander Posted January 3 Author Share Posted January 3 16 minutes ago, CBuff said: Do you have the link for nova ? Couldn’t find it. https://novatyres.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FE07 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 That's awesome! Thanks for the info. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlB Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Great news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7Westfield Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 I was told, on another forum, it will be like 8 months to be back in business Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anaximander Posted January 16 Author Share Posted January 16 At https://novamotorsport.com/, they have expanded their initial website to include some of the aspirations the new company rising out of the Avon ashes will become. They now have a place to request more specific queries on the types of tires you are looking to buy. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sf4018 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Looks like the sale of Avon's assets happened a few weeks ago to Nova, time is money now so cross fingers things should move quickly. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlB Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 I found this on the internet but can't find much on the Portuguese company trading a NOVA Motorsports. " Goodyear executives have confirmed that Turbalvoroco Unipessoal LDA, trading as Nova Motorsport (Nova), will buy “certain assets used in the manufacturing and sale of” Avon-branded motorsport tyres. Nova has also acquired “the brand license, traditionally used in the manufacturing and sale of certain motorsport tyres under the names ‘Avon Motorsport’ and ‘Avon Racing’”. Tyres & Accessories understands that Nova plans to continue the production of some of the Avon Motorsport product range independently from Goodyear." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7Westfield Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 I was told, by a prospective dealer, over the weekend that when the new folks looked at the equipment and molds, they determined that the stuff was so old and outdated that moving it would ruin most of it if true, it's probably game over 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panamericano Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Equipment old?? Shock. Seems to be the usual when a company buys an English company. Rolls Royce scandal for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sf4018 Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 If they end up buying new equipment that's 2026 before they'll start production . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlB Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 Today I got an email from NOVA Motorsports that the parent company purchased a Portugues tire manufacturer called Camac. Camac is a small specialty tire manufacturer, much like Avon. They make a lot of tires for classic cars. Coker Tire sells their stuff. They either do or have made Rally tires. They said in the email that they were working to get important Avon employees, so we will have to see what happens. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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