The crucial factors that are driving worldwide demand for passenger vehicle replacement tires include falling rubber and gasoline prices. The price of gasoline has decreased by 60% in the US. These trends are boosting market demand for gasoline-powered vehicles.The boost in automotive sales across the world is led by fast-growing automobile markets such as India and China. These nations registered growth rates of 7.64% and 5.91%, respectively, in 2015. The aging vehicle population in mature markets such as Japan, the US, and Western Europe also balances this trend.Stable commodity prices are ensuring that the cost of tires remains consistent,which is a key factor that is impelling the growth of the global passenger vehicle replacement tire market.Technavio notes that younger drivers are not brand-centric like the preceding generation. This trend encourages new and small manufacturers to enter the onceconcentrated

replacement tire market.

PART 01: Executive summary 6

Highlights 6

PART 02: Scope of the report 8

Report coverage 8

Top-vendor offerings 9

PART 03: Market research methodology 10

Research methodology 10

Economic indicators 10

PART 04: Introduction 11

Key market highlights 11

Value chain analysis 19

Other business models in replacement tire ecosystem 22

Regulatory Framework 24

PART 05: Market landscape 25

Market overview 25

Market size and forecast 26

Manufacturing process 28

Five forces analysis 29

PART 06: Market drivers 30

PART 07: Market challenges 36

PART 08: Market trends 40

PART 09: Market segmentation by geography 44

Global passenger vehicle replacement tire market by

geography 44

PART 10: Market segmentation by type 55

Global passenger vehicle replacement tire market by

type 55

PART 11: Vendor landscape 64

Competitive benchmarking 64

Other prominent vendors 66

PART 12: Key vendor analysis 69

PART 13: Appendix 76

List of abbreviations 76

PART 14: Explore Technavio 77