# Goodyear and Cooper Tire will merge

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/goodyear-and-cooper-tire-will-merge/175366>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [February 22, 2021, 6:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/goodyear-and-cooper-tire-will-merge/175366 "2021-02-22T18:30:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 6:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/goodyear-and-cooper-tire-will-merge/175366/1 "2021-02-22T18:30:23Z")

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> **[Goodyear, Cooper $2.8B deal creates U.S. tire leader](https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/goodyear-cooper-2-8b-deal-creates-u-s-tire-leader)**
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> Goodyear and Cooper are creating a US tire king.

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**Author:** ![tcmichnorth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tcmichnorth/32/25126_2.png) [@tcmichnorth](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tcmichnorth)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 6:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/goodyear-and-cooper-tire-will-merge/175366/2 "2021-02-22T18:40:43Z")

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GooDooper, Goodyooper?

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 6:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/goodyear-and-cooper-tire-will-merge/175366/3 "2021-02-22T18:42:25Z")

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> [@tcmichnorth](#):
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> Goodyooper?

That’s going to be a sub-brand, marketed only in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.  
😏

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 6:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/goodyear-and-cooper-tire-will-merge/175366/4 "2021-02-22T18:48:20Z")

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I think your headline needs to say… **Goodyear bought Cooper** 😃

Sort of like the “merger of equals”, Daimler and Chrysler! 🙄

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**Author:** ![Marnet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/marnet/32/41_2.png) [@Marnet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Marnet)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/goodyear-and-cooper-tire-will-merge/175366/5 "2021-02-22T19:43:25Z")

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Goodcoop? Or in homage to the past year of isolation for so many, perhaps CoopYear? 😏

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**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/goodyear-and-cooper-tire-will-merge/175366/6 "2021-02-22T20:27:04Z")

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I don’t know about Cooper. I have Goodyear Weather Ready. Drove 100 miles yesterday in slick slush with little problem. I suspect they’ll keep their trade names and separate plants without reading the article.

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 9:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/goodyear-and-cooper-tire-will-merge/175366/7 "2021-02-22T21:19:58Z")

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> [@bing](#):
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> I suspect they’ll keep their trade names and separate plants without reading the article.

That is what the plan appears to be.

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**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 1:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/goodyear-and-cooper-tire-will-merge/175366/8 "2021-02-23T01:50:16Z")

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> [@tcmichnorth](#):
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> GooDooper, Goodyooper?

“Gooper,” perhaps?