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Continental EcoContact 6 Owner Reviews

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What owners say summarised from 157 reviews

Owner feedback on the Continental EcoContact 6 is mixed (average 56%), with the strongest consensus being that it delivers excellent fuel economy thanks to very low rolling resistance (mentioned by around one in five owners). However, a much larger share complain about short tread life and fast wear (just over half of owners), and wet-road confidence is a recurring weakness, with over a third criticising wet grip and around one in eight unhappy with wet handling. Comfort is often praised (around one in five owners) and noise levels divide opinion, with similar numbers calling it quiet as those finding it noisy.

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Owner ratings averaged from 176 ratings

  • Owner score 58%
  • Dry Grip 73%
  • Comfort 69%
  • Handling 60%
  • Road Feedback 59%
  • Wet Grip 56%
  • Wear 54%

Continental EcoContact 6 Reviews - Page 2

Score spread across 157 written reviews
53%
Member
Initial Impressions

My recent experience with eco tyres is a bunch of ePrimacy, not on the same car.
Although the 6Q behave as designed on dry roads, I find them noticeably worse than eprimacy everywhere.
The positives: Road noise is very good and highway driving is pleasant on good tarmac, good centering. Consumption is good. They drive well on gravel/dirt and can take a bit of torture with rocks (if that's your thing).
They can also handle the S.European summers, did some 400+km trips @130km/h under 40C ambient, didn't notice anything weird.

the bad:
The steering feel is bad, I have a floating sensation.
At the slightest drop of water tyres become dangerous.
On bad city roads, ABS kicks in constantly (dry or wet).
I am swapping them out asap, won't drive a second winter on those. imo much worse than eprimacy and even the latter are not good tyres (all eco touring tyres annoy me).

This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 6
  • Wet Grip 2
  • Road Feedback 6
  • Handling 5
  • Wear 9
  • Comfort 8
  • Buy again 1
Helpful 18
77%
Member
Mid-Life

These tyres were factory fitted to my 2023 Suzuki Swace (this is a Toyota Corolla Touring Sports 1.8 hybrid). Very low rolling resistance tyres so they helped with making my car really economical: 4,8 l/100 km. They lasted 65.000 kilometers. My only complaint is the high level of noise from the tyres.
Just replaced them with Michelin Primacy 5 Energy and the Michelins are so much quieter.

This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 9
  • Wet Grip 7
  • Road Feedback 8
  • Handling 8
  • Wear 8
  • Comfort 6
  • Buy again 8
Helpful 26
  1. Initial Impressions84% 30,000 miles
    Excellent if you want great fuel economy - this is the factory fitted tyre on my Suzuki Swace (a rebadged Toyota Corolla wagon 1.8 hybrid) and my average cinsumption is 4,8 L/100 km. A bit on the noisy side perhaps but this is the price I am ready to pay for the savings at the pumps. Will buy again, probably the EcoContact 7.
59%
Member
Initial Impressions

Not suited for car and rims.

This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 9
  • Wet Grip 7
  • Road Feedback 9
  • Handling 9
  • Wear 4
  • Comfort 2
  • Buy again 1
Helpful 35

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93%
Member
Initial Impressions
  • Peugeot
  • 215/60 R17
  • 53,600 miles
You feel safe even on long roads. The grip on the road is very good... Recently, the ABS has started to kick in early... 53,600 km. I think that's enough. The service mentioned whether the discs should be changed. It could be that too. Comfort varies depending on the car, of course. I drive a B SUV. Still successful....
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 9
  • Wet Grip 9
  • Road Feedback 9
  • Handling 9
  • Wear 10
  • Comfort 10
  • Buy again 9
Helpful 49
41%
Sebb Krajewski
Initial Impressions

Had these on my VW ID.3 with a 95T index-weird for an EV, right? It really should be 99V XL for a heavy electric vehicle. After 3 years, l've got used to them, but these tyres are strictly for city driving, and that's it.
Steering feedback is heavily muted, as if there's a carpet between the tyre and the road. The extremely soft sidewalls make the car float like a boat on water. Cornering is tragic-you can completely forget about taking sharp turns fast.
You actually have to drive 10 to 20 km/h slower compared to normal tyres.
Noise levels are average. On the plus side, rolling resistance is very low, so fuel/energy consumption is great-but it's definitely not worth the trade-off.
Fun fact: you can find the PremiumContact 7 for the exact same price.

This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 7
  • Wet Grip 6
  • Road Feedback 3
  • Handling 2
  • Wear 7
  • Comfort 3
  • Buy again 1
Helpful 52
76%
Member
Initial Impressions

OEM choice/ replaced with exactly the same tyres due to wear

This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 9
  • Wet Grip 9
  • Road Feedback 7
  • Handling 9
  • Wear 5
  • Comfort 6
  • Buy again 8
Helpful 41
74%
Jeeringtowser
Initial Impressions
  • 245/40 R20
  • 31,987 miles

A well balanced tyre.
They do everything well, but nothing truly outstanding.
Good wear rate, they are on a heavy EV.

This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 8
  • Wet Grip 7
  • Road Feedback 7
  • Handling 7
  • Wear 9
  • Comfort 8
  • Buy again 6
Helpful 48
64%
Member
Initial Impressions
  • Tata Motors
  • 235/40 R19
  • 7,500 miles
Horrendous wet handling and braking, but OK economy, noise, dry braking and handling.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 7
  • Wet Grip 4
  • Road Feedback 7
  • Handling 7
  • Wear 8
  • Comfort 6
  • Buy again 6
Helpful 62
53%
Member
Initial Impressions
Grip is definitely not really good, especially in the wet. Often got some wheel spin at the front wheel, which was concerning. The worst thing is tire wear, the front wheels were only 3.3mm left after only driven for 6500 miles.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 8
  • Wet Grip 5
  • Road Feedback 7
  • Handling 7
  • Wear 3
  • Comfort 6
  • Buy again 1
Helpful 147
44%
Member
Initial Impressions
At first when they were new, it was good. Feedback on dry was ok and on wet was ok. After 8 months of driving it got a worse, a lot.
Front were left with 5mm
And rear with 6mm of rubber
I got them new on a new from factory Ford Kuga. Newer gonna buy EcoContact 6 after this experience.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 6
  • Wet Grip 6
  • Road Feedback 6
  • Handling 5
  • Wear 2
  • Comfort 5
  • Buy again 1
Helpful 148
57%
Member
Initial Impressions
It only lasted for 27000Km
Gets noisier with age and does not perform well in the rain
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 7
  • Wet Grip 6
  • Road Feedback 6
  • Handling 6
  • Wear 5
  • Comfort 8
  • Buy again 2
Helpful 138
36%
Member
Initial Impressions
Wooly feeling tyre with poor wet grip. Wears very fast with just 3.5mm left after 12k miles on a Kia Niro EV.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 5
  • Wet Grip 3
  • Road Feedback 4
  • Handling 4
  • Wear 1
  • Comfort 7
  • Buy again 1
Helpful 128
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