Osaka, Japan-May 22, 2009- TOYO TIRE & RUBBER Co., LTD. (President and CEO: Kenji Nakakura) announces that it starts delivering its eco-friendly tire, "PROXES R30A" to the third generation Prius, TOYOTA Motors for Domestic market in Japan. The Prius was just launched on May 18.

"PROXES　R30A"is a tire with improved lower rolling resistance and super silence. This tire was developed for the new Prius which aims for both overwhelming performance in eco-friendliness and fun for driving.

※Rolling resistance = Resistance acting opposite to the direction of travelling.

Tire sizes for the Prius

3rd generation Prius

PROXES R30A

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