November 2006
Consumer Reports Autos Staff Bio
Gene Petersen
Tire Program Leader
Gene Petersen is a genuine tire guy (aka nut) with about 30 years of experience in the tire field, first working for Armstrong Rubber Company and then for Pirelli as a test engineer. He has worked on passenger, light-truck, medium-truck, and even agricultural tires, assessing their performance and trying to measure their strengths and weaknesses. For more than a decade at Consumer Reports, Gene has applied his expertise to testing and reporting on the performance of tires for passenger cars and light trucks. As Gene says, tires define the personality of the vehicle--without a good or proper tire, people often shortchange their safety and their car's capability. When not testing tires, Gene helps out with the CR auto engineers, evaluating new cars and trucks. This gives him a glimpse of the latest tire trends that will be affecting the replacement tire market.
Tire Program Leader
Gene Petersen is a genuine tire guy (aka nut) with about 30 years of experience in the tire field, first working for Armstrong Rubber Company and then for Pirelli as a test engineer. He has worked on passenger, light-truck, medium-truck, and even agricultural tires, assessing their performance and trying to measure their strengths and weaknesses. For more than a decade at Consumer Reports, Gene has applied his expertise to testing and reporting on the performance of tires for passenger cars and light trucks. As Gene says, tires define the personality of the vehicle--without a good or proper tire, people often shortchange their safety and their car's capability. When not testing tires, Gene helps out with the CR auto engineers, evaluating new cars and trucks. This gives him a glimpse of the latest tire trends that will be affecting the replacement tire market.
