I'll be honest. When I was first looking at this story, I wasn't aware of the weird-ass history Goodyear has with both Dunlop and Sumitomo, the Japanese tire company it's sold Dunlop to.

The Akron-based Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company announced this week it has "signed a definitive agreement" to sell its Dunlop tire brand to a Japanese corporation for a net cash total of around ...

(RTTNews) - Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (GT) announced that it has agreed to sell the Dunlop brand to Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. The sale includes trademarks and intangible assets ...