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German engineered performance.
Knowing you can always trust in your tyres gives you confidence. The new SportContact™ 7 was engineered to give you the confident feeling of knowing you can push the limits further and further, so that you can simply enjoy driving pleasure at the highest stage.
Since the driving conditions can change within seconds, you should always rely on a tyre that knows how to react. Due to our adaptive pattern, you experience constantly safe driving behaviour on wet and dry surfaces – even at higher speeds.
Enjoy next-level driving pleasure longer than ever before*. The perfectly balanced interaction of the stiff low-void pattern and the soft BlackChili enables top-notch performance while increasing the mileage of your tyres significantly.
*In comparison to the predecessor.
As our first tyre that is tailor-made for different vehicle classes and weights, the SportContact™ 7 gives you the typical SportContact™ feeling, whenever you start the engine.
Continental is winner of the 2022 iF DESIGN AWARD, the world-renowned design prize. The winning product, SportContact™ 7, won in the discipline Product, in the category Automobiles / Vehicles.
Each year, the world’s oldest independent design organization, Hannover-based iF International Forum Design GmbH, organizes the iF DESIGN AWARD. SportContact™ 7 won over the 132-member jury, made up of independent experts from all over the world, with its innovative performance and design. The competition was intense: almost 11,000 entries were submitted from 57 countries in hopes of receiving the seal of quality.
In 2022, designers, design offices and manufacturers from around 60 countries entered products in the Red Dot Award: Product Design. Following the motto “In search of good design and innovation”, the 48 international members of the Red Dot Jury assessed each product entered professionally, individually and comprehensively. Only those products that won over the experts with their outstanding design quality won a distinction.
Rating for the SportContact™ 7: Winner Product Design
The Red Dot Design Award is one of the biggest design competitions in the world. In three disciplines, participants submit products, communication projects and brandsas well as prototypes and concepts. The distinction “Red Dot” is an internationally recognised seal of excellent design.
The British youtuber Jonathan Benson “Tyre Reviews” has published an UHP Summer Tire Test on his youtube-channel and on his website www.tyrereviews.com.
The tested tire size was 255/35 R19 96 Y on front axle and 275/35 R 19 100 W/Y on the rear axle, carried out on a Toyota Supra.
Link to the testvideo: These are the BEST UHP TIRES you can buy for your car in 2022! - YouTube
Link to the the homepage: 2022 Tyre Reviews UHP Summer Tyre Test
The test was conducted by Tyre Reviews at the Contidrom, Jeversen, Germany.
Rating for the SportContact™ 7: Test Winner
About our SportContact™ 7:
+ Best in wet braking and handling
+ Best in dry braking and handling
- Poor Aquaplaning Resistance
- Increased Rolling Resistance
The German magazine Auto Bild has published in issue 13/2022 their UHP Tire Test 2022. The tested tire size was 245/40 R19 98 Y, test vehicle was a BMW 5-series.
The test was conducted by Auto Bild at the Contidrom, Jeversen, Germany.
Rating for the SportContact™ 7: Exemplary
About our SportContact™ 7:
+ New sport tire with best handling on dry roads
+ Good aquaplaning reserves
+ Short braking distances
+ Safe driving behavior on wet roads
- Limited driving comfort
The German magazine sportauto has published in their issue 4/2022 the (U)UHP Summer Tire Test 2021. The tested tire size was 235/35 R19, test vehicle was a Hyundai i30N.
The test tires consist of UHP, UUHP and Semislick tires. Regarding the different tire segments the magazine rated the tires in three categories, but only rated the Semislick tires in a Race rating.
The test was conducted by sportauto in cooperation with Michelin, Clermont Ferrand, France.
Rating for the SportContact™ 7: Outstanding
About our SportContact™ 7:
+ Outstanding braking in wet and dry
+ Very balanced with small restrictions in the sports rating
+ Best Rolling Resistance
- Marginal Deficits in straight aquaplaning and mechanical comfort
The wet grip rating indicates how well the tire will perform in wet conditions, with performance graded from class A down to class E. A high grade means short braking distances on wet roads.
Reduced rolling resistance saves fuel and cuts CO2 emissions. Class A tires deliver the best fuel efficiency, with fuel consumption increasing for each subsequent class through to E.
This is the external rolling noise generated by the tire, measured in decibels. The label shows the noise level rated in classes from A to C.
In addition to these three label values, there are also pictograms − if applicable − relating to performance in severe snow conditions (3PMSF) and/or grip in icy conditions (the latter applies to passenger car tires only).
With the EU label generator, you can access the specific label values for your Continental tires.
For further details on the new EU Tire Label (2020/740) please click here.