The Continental Sport Contact is a Ultra High Performance Summer tyre designed to be fitted to Passenger Cars.
The quick answer
Owners say72%from 18 owner reviews59% would buy againRead the reviews
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Built from every independent test result and vetted owner review we hold for this tyre - the evidence is all further down the page. Data updated September 2022.
What treadwear rating and mileage warranty does the Continental Sport Contact have?
In the US, the Continental Sport Contact carries a UTQG treadwear grade of 280, with traction A and temperature A. UTQG treadwear is relative: a tyre graded 400 lasted four times as long as the reference tyre, graded 100, on the government test course. Continental gives it no mileage warranty.
How comfortable and quiet are the Continental Sport Contact?
Owners rate the Continental Sport Contact 7.1 out of 10 for comfort and noise across 17 reviews.
How well do the Continental Sport Contact wear, according to owners?
Owners rate the Continental Sport Contact 6.6 out of 10 for wear across 17 reviews. 10 of those reviews come from owners past 10,000 miles, and the typical review covers 10,500 miles.
Would owners buy the Continental Sport Contact again?
59% of owners say they would buy the Continental Sport Contact again, based on the 17 owner reviews that answered the question. 12% of them gave it the highest possible answer.
What do owners say about the Continental Sport Contact's tread life?
Of the 17 owner reviews analysed for the Continental Sport Contact, 10 mention tread life: 6 praise it (long-lasting) and 4 criticise it (wears quickly). One owner wrote: "The wear is excellent, been on the rear of my car since new covering 47,000 miles!". Read those reviews
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What do owners say about the Continental Sport Contact's dry grip?
Of the 17 owner reviews analysed for the Continental Sport Contact, 9 mention dry grip: 9 praise it (strong dry grip) and 0 criticise it (limited dry grip). One owner wrote: "amazing grip in wet and dry". Read those reviews
What do owners say about the Continental Sport Contact's wet grip?
Of the 17 owner reviews analysed for the Continental Sport Contact, 8 mention wet grip: 4 praise it (confident wet grip) and 4 criticise it (weak wet grip). One owner wrote: "amazing grip in wet and dry". Read those reviews
Questions and Answers for the Continental Sport Contact
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Across 18 owner ratings the Continental Sport Contact averages 72%. Owners rate Dry Grip highest at 8.1 out of 10 and Wear lowest at 6.6. 10 of those reviews come from owners past 10,000 miles. 65% of owners score it 70% or better.
Owner ratings averaged from 18 ratings
Owner score72%
Dry Grip81%
Wet Grip73%
Handling73%
Road Feedback72%
Comfort71%
Wear66%
Featured reviews
Most helpful 59%
“Dry grip is quite startling but sudden break away is a problem. My car is light and powerful but in the wet the tyre still performs well. Wear is OK(ish) approx 12k of mixed cruising and hard driving. These have...”
“Nice when new and middle aged. Good feel but quite noise-affected by road surface - but that applies to many makes. As they got older (but not worn out) they lost their feel. I just have 2 little moans; 1. Worn out...”
“I had these in directional asymetric and the newer 'non' version prob 10 tyres in all, the old style directional were astonishing, my RS Mondeo was handling better than any other time, grip but no slip! the newer types...”
Dry grip is quite startling but sudden break away is a problem. My car is light and powerful but in the wet the tyre still performs well. Wear is OK(ish) approx 12k of mixed cruising and hard driving. These have performed better for grip than the Perelli P6000 that were fitted before but obviously wear rates are higher. The side walls are softer on the Contis too which took a little getting used too.
With the car coming from the Factory on Sportcontact with Contiseal I was expecting good things. Dry weather handling is good and wet wether performance was not bad up to 6k miles. Then it become all to easy to spin an inside wheel before T/C cut in. Fuel economy has been exceptional for a 200 ps Turbo diesel. Road noise was more than expected though. Braking and straight line stability are very good with progressive grip on the limit , easy to judge when to ease off. Never needed any air or rebalance over their life of....8500 miles and worn evenly to 2.5 mm. These have been replaced with Pirelli P Zero and I have just read they did well in a test of slightly smaller 225 size. Giving them a try on CC as I have them on my Audi TT and found they cope well handling the 3.2 v6.
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amazing grip in wet and dry no understeer at all but they wear after 6000k miles but back lasted 12k, all round very good for grip if you drive hard :)
17500 miles out of this front set so far and still a few to go. Will probably change before winter sets in properly. 17000 also out of the original fit sport contact 2's but I have preferred the recent set better. the rears are still original fit and have 5mm of tread after a total of 34500 miles, cant really complain at that!
These were original fitment to my Fiesta and have been a joy to drive in both wet and dry on main and twisty country roads; also reasonably capable in slush and snow. Great grip and steering feel matches the Fiesta well, pinning ears to side windows on demand! Cannot comment on how they fare with great power, but am happy with 42k miles (down to 2mm); swapped mid-life front to back. Maintained their grip over the 2years that it has taken me to wear them out, but with an expected deterioration in outer-lane standing-water performance after they dropped below 4mm. So dissatisfied with them that I have bought another set!
Great Tyres! The wear is excellent, been on the rear of my car since new covering 47,000 miles! Great grip both dry and wet even down to 2mm! Would buy again, but i am going to go for Toyo T1R all round instead.
I had these in directional asymetric and the newer 'non' version
prob 10 tyres in all, the old style directional were astonishing, my RS Mondeo was handling better than any other time, grip but no slip!
the newer types were not a patch on them, they were only V.good not incredible, they suited my car well, and made me seem a better driver (and safer to boot), a slight chirp on hard acceleration spin....
Driven 46,00 kms on these in Australia over two years. Cannot believe how good the wear has been. Good grip and cornering,although lacking a little from a dry start(the price you pay for the wear) Excellent cornering abilities
