The ContiProContact is Continental's Grand Touring
All-Season tire used as Original Equipment on European sport sedans.
The ContiProContact was developed to blend looks and handling with low noise and good ride comfort, and is tuned to match the needs of sporty sedans by providing year-round traction, even in light snow. On the outside, the ContiProContact features a symmetric, notched-rib tread design to blend low noise with full weather traction.
Continuous tread contact with the road enhances steering response and reduces noise while wide circumferential grooves increase wet traction and hydroplaning resistance. On the inside, twin steel belts are reinforced by spiral-wrapped nylon cord to stabilize the tread area promoting handling and high-speed capability. The ContiProContact tire's sidewall styling features subtle black letters reversed out of a stylized serrated band.
EU Tyre Label and Efficiency Classes
The European Union, under CE 1222/2009, has mandated that all tyres manufactured after the date of July 1 2012 for cars and commercial vehicles include standard EU Tyre Labels classifying them by three performance characteristics:fuel efficiency classified from A to G,wet grip classified from A to G, and noise emission in decibels.
Categories of tyres unaffected by this regulation include: retreaded tyres, professional off-road tyres, racing/sports car tyres, as well as certain types of tyres designed to improve traction such as studded tyres, T-type temporary spare tyres, tyres for cars built before 1990, tyres with a maximum allowed speed of 80km/h, tyres for rims with a diameter less or equal to 254 mm or greater or equal to 635 mm. This label is intended on one hand to promote economic and ecological efficiency in traffic, as well as increase road safety, and on the other hand to help consumers select appropriate tyres by ensuring a certain degree of product transparency.
Nevertheless, the label has been criticized for only showing a very limited number of characteristics. Professionals argue that tyres have many more features that are important and relevant to road safety, including but not limited to aquaplaning properties, driving stability, service life, product properties on wet and dry roads other than wet grip, properties on snow. Tyre manufacturers suggest that the test results from various institutions and industry magazines should remain a very important source of information for the end consumer, because they focus on and rate a wide variety of tyre properties and features.
Continental ContiProContact tyre review
Average based on 41 test results
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11.09.2017fromKen Continental makes great tires, and this is no exception.
Performance is their objective.....only premium brands like Michelin and Goodyear challenge them.
08.10.2012fromJason Good tire but didn't wear well. These didn't even last half way through their tread life. Very Expensive for a tire that doesn't last.
26.04.2012fromJim F Bougt this SINGLE tire as a spare, since Hyundai doesn't see fit to include spares any longer. Can't speak to this tire specifically, but it is the same make and model tire that came on the car OEM. I have had these tires on another vehicle and was quite pleased with them. I have no reservations in recommending them.
02.04.2012fromYulli Very good quality, excellent performance