Continental Tire TV Spot, 'Smart Choices' Featuring Sean Johnson.

Somehow the Michelin brothers, André and Edouard, thought having a mascot for their tire company would be a good idea.

Based in Fort Mill, S.C., Continental Tire the Americas, LLC manufactures and distributes a complete premium line of passenger, light truck and commercial tires for original equipment and replacement markets.

Bibendum Widely-known as the “Michelin Man,” who has been the beloved face of the MICHELIN brand since 1898, the tubby white mascot's name is actually Bibendum (or Bib for short).

What are commercial tyres? Commercial tyres are made to endure the challenges of working vehicles. With performance and durability in front of mind they are tough tyres that are suited best to trucks, buses, mining vehicles, tractors and agricultural vehicles.

German technology: The highest standards for tire solutions Continental seeks to prove this inventive spirit with every new product. Our Engineering Center with over 1,000 scientists, designers and engineers in Hanover, Germany, invents, develops and tests with one simple goal in mind: making mobility safer.

Continental AGGeneral Tire / Parent organizationContinental AG, commonly known as Continental or colloquially as Conti, is a German multinational automotive parts manufacturing company that specializes in tires, brake systems vehicle electronics, Wikipedia

comedian Thom Sharp Actor and comedian Thom Sharp became Fountain Tire's spokesperson in 1994 and was known as “The Fountain Tire Guy” for more than 20 years.

He was actually adapted from a character in an advertisement for a German brewer; in the process, he switched from drinking beer to having the capacity of “swallowing the bumps in the road”, as the early slogan went, to make the ride smoother.

Etymology and spelling The word tire is a short form of attire, from the idea that a wheel with a tire is a dressed wheel. The spelling tyre does not appear until the 1840s when the English began shrink-fitting railway car wheels with malleable iron.

three to six years Commercial truck tires generally last for three to six years, but no two commercial enterprises have exactly the same requirements, and that means that you should always keep a close watch on your tires as you drive through Madison and Waukesha.

Continental is a German tyre brand which has an excellent reputation particularly throughout Europe but also further afield. Continental manufactures and markets tyres under several different brands including Viking, Uniroyal and Barum.