Continental IceContact 3

The Continental IceContact 3 is a Premium Touring Winter tyre designed to be fitted to Passenger Cars.

Tyre review data from 2 tyre reviews averaging 71% over 13,500 miles driven, and 10 tests with an average result of 4th.

Dry Grip 85%
Wet Grip 75%
Road Feedback 80%
Handling 80%
Wear 50%
Comfort 65%
Buy again 55%
Snow Grip 90%
Ice Grip 60%

The IceContact 3 is unranked of 68 Winter Premium Touring tyres.

This tyre replaced the Continental IceContact 2.

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Tests Included

10

Best Result

1st

Worst Result

6th

Average Result

4th

Latest Tyre Test Results

2024 Studded Tyre Test
5th of 8 tyres
  • Continental IceContact 3 showed unusually poor ice performance for a studded tyre, with braking distances a full car length longer than the best at just 25 km/h. However, it excelled on asphalt with the best dry and wet handling characteristics and low noise levels. Strong on snow with predictable behavior.
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The Best Studded / Friction Winter Tyres for 2024
6th of 17 tyres
  • The Continental IceContact 3, a studded tyre, showed a decline in performance compared to previous years. Its ice performance was notably worse than expected, and it didn't show significant advantages in other areas to compensate. The tyre had the highest rolling resistance in the test, severely impacting fuel efficiency. While it still provided decent winter performance, it fell short of expectations for a premium studded tyre.
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2023 Studded Tyre Test
5th of 8 tyres
  • Continental has failed at the most important aspect for a studded tyre: achieving grip on ice. The stopping distance on ice lags far behind other premium brands. Despite having the highest price, the tyre's braking performance is on par with Goodride and is only marginally better than a used tyre.
    However, the IceContact 3 communicates well with the driver about where the grip limit is and remains controllable when traction is about to be lost. This safe and easy-to-control behavior is consistent across all surfaces.
    Continental scores the most points in the asphalt categories with a nice driving feel, good stability during evasive maneuvers, and low noise. But with a high price and poor ice grip, it's difficult to recommend the tyre to anyone, regardless of driving type.
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Latest Continental IceContact 3 Reviews

Given 66% while driving a Mercedes Benz E220Cdi (225/45 R17) on mostly motorways for 5,000 easy going miles
I bought those tires in October 2021. Overall, the tires were amazing, on par with Michelin X-Ice North 4, which I have on my other car. Most of the time, the tires were used on highways mixed with relatively little city driving. The driving style was gentle, as the car has always on ASR, that makes sideways driving unpredictable.

After about 5k miles, there is still a lot of rubber to go, but the studs have given out. They work perfectly fine when accelerating/braking, but they have turned into skis when cornering. The studs are rectangular in shape and the sides of the studs have rounded off, making them not grip on ice on lateral motion. I found it out when I was driving on black ice on a windy day and an oncoming truck caused the car to fishtail at 45MPH.

I really liked those tires, but I can not recommend them due to the stud rounding out issue.
Helpful 27 - tyre reviewed on October 25, 2023
Given 80% while driving a Saab Automobile 9 5 2.0t BioPower Estate (180bhp) (215/55 R16 T) on a combination of roads for 8,500 average miles
I had regular studs Superb grip on packed snow and ~1 cm of snow on top of the packed snow. Grip on ice is great also tested on lake ice track. One can have fun throwing the car around on ice and tyres feel good especially while braking. I felt confident with them on slippery surfaces. When there is around 4-5 cm of snow these tyres are too wide and lose contact with hard surface on higher speeds. For those days I wish i had narrower tyres but it is not "the tyres fault". Dry and Wer grip is pretty good but unstudded tyres could be better for those conditions. Atleast these tyres are not able to handle 360Nm of torque (not stock) as well as my previous (old) unstudded tyres. When it gets above freezing these tyres feel quite soft under a heavy car. Below freezing the feedback and response is ok for 16" winter tyres. Noisy tyres there is no going around that even in fairly quiet car but it does not bother me. Combined with 55 profile the ride is smooth and comfortable. They also take the worst out of poorly maintained winter roads. Overall great tyres for narrow and windy roads with changing conditions. For warm, dry and wet conditions these tyres are overkill and can not really shine in what they are best at even though they are not bad. Go for narrower tyre if possible in case you get a lot of soft snow but driving carefully solves that problem too.
Helpful 69 - tyre reviewed on June 3, 2020
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