If you could make headway a million dollars just by answering the inquiry " Who is the world ’s enceinte manufacturer of tyre ? " what would your hypothesis be ? Michelin ? Goodyear ? Bridgestone ? Those are all sound tries , but they ’re all wrong . Surprised ?
Well you ’ll be even more surprised to know which company does make the most tire every year . It’sLEGO . That ’s proper . Since 2011 , LEGO has make the Guinness World Recordfor being the world ’s tumid manufacturer of tires .
The prescribed platter , per Guinness , is " large yearly volume toy tyre manufacturer ever , " and though it include the specification of " toy dog , " the numbers travel by regular tire manufacturers — 381 million in the year 2010 alone , which qualified for theGuinness Recordin 2011 .
LEGO produce a ton of toy cars and vehicle , so that means they make a short ton of LEGO tires to go with them . And even though none will fit your car , wheel or bike , Guinness notes the LEGO tire are made of a rubber chemical compound similar totires on domesticated cars .
Tires are a fairly late addition to LEGO ’s encompassing parts catalog . They were introduced in Seth 400 in 1962 . That might not sound all that late , but LEGO was founded in 1932 , so it took 30 years for the first LEGO tire to become a staple product . Before that , good deal of LEGO toys had wheels , but not separate tire . ( For more on LEGO cars , see the sidebar below . )
And if you loveLEGO lore , the Guinness World Records is a great position to satiate ( or Dame Muriel Spark ) your curiosity . LEGO is included in a plenty of records , include thelargest private ingathering of LEGO setsand thetallest LEGO tower , to the preposterously specificlargest sundial constructed of LEGO bricksand thefarthest aloofness walked barefooted on LEGO bricks . Most of these book are held by LEGO enthusiast , but some are curb by the LEGO marque .
Now what about the other tire manufacturers — those who dog LEGO in production ? If we excludetoymanufacturers , as of 2021Michelin leads the tilt , fall out by Bridgestone , Continental , Goodyear and Sumitomo . Though the list of the world ’s 30 large tire manufacturers includes company from a wide variety of countries , none of them are based in Denmark , which is another way LEGO stand out from the crowd .
