Summer tyre sales in the second quarter were "yet again disappointing" for the European tyre trade as a whole, opines Delticom. In the company's German home market, dealer sales of summer tyres to end consumers decreased significantly year-on-year, even after accounting for a rebound in April. According to figures published by the German tyre manufacturers' association the wdk, the market was down 14.7 per cent for the first five months of the year.