tires / manufacturers

[gfl@cc.bellcore.com (grant f lenahan)]

John wrote:

You know, I'm part Jap, and if I wasn't from Hawaii where all the races raz
each other all the time, I'd be offended by your politically incorrect use
of words.  I'm not offended so there!  (ok watch me get flamed by the other
Japs on the list!)

Glen, Sumitomo has a controlling interest in Dunlop -- that "American" tire
 we all love.  Any non-german tire would be sacrelige, no?  I can't think of
 one German tire manufacturer (Continental is Japanese, right?).  Can you?
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Actually, Dunlop is originally English, and Continental at least
was German.  Were they bought?

Grant