Actually, I believe that they are the same company, and have been
for a few years (at least in the US).

Howard

On 5 Aug 2000, at 22:09, Andrew Grebneff wrote:

> Bridgestone Firestone? These are totally separate tire companies. The
> former is Japanese and makes some of the best, as well as some pretty
> average, tires. Firestone is I believe American, and makes mediocre
> tires for mediocre cars; in the wet the old Cavallino "Sport" was a
> eye-opener...and a bit of a sphincter-opener too!

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