Continental PremiumContact 6

Tyre rating 91 %

Rating based on 31 tyre tests, eu labels and customer reviews

No. 8 of 777 summer tyres

Made in Slovakia/Germany/Czech republic

Price index: Premium

Continental summer tyres overall rating 84%

Pros and cons:

Exceptional handling on the wet
Short braking distance on wet roads
Great handling on dry roads
Short braking distance on dry roads
Very good aquaplaning resistance

High drive-by noise levels
Inferior on gravel roads
Poor traction on mud

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Properties

Wet

Aquaplaning - longitudal 78.9%

Wet handling - objective 88.8%

Dry

Dry handling - objective 88.7%

Costs

Wear 77.7%

Offroad

Comfort

Noise 68.3%

Interior noise 73.7%

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Achievements

Best

Wet braking

Vibilagre 2022

Adac 2021

Autobild 2021

Best

Dry handling

Vibilagre 2022

Autozeitung 2021

Gtu 2021

MotorPL 2021

Best

Wet circle cornering

Vibilagre 2022

Adac 2021

Autobild 2021

Gtu 2021

Best

Dry braking

Autobild 2022

Vibilagre 2022

Autobild 2021

Gtu 2021

Best

Wet handling

Vibilagre 2022

Adac 2021

Autobild 2021

Best

Comfort

Automotorsport 2022

Autozeitung 2019

Continental PremiumContact 6 is ranked #91 of 777 summer tyres based on the results of tests carried out by ADAC 2022 and other organizations. Continental PremiumContact 6 belongs to the Premium segment. It is made in total of 232 sizes, 185/65 R15 being the smallest and 325/40 R22 the largest.

Continental PremiumContact 6 in tyre tests

All tyre tests where Continental PremiumContact 6 was featured:

ADAC Summer tyre test 2022 215/60 R16
good +
Ranked #1 of 18

Name	Wet	Dry	Noise	Wear	Fuel consumption
Best values in test	2,1	1,5	2,4	1,0	1,2
Continental PremiumContact 6	2,1	1,9	2,6	2,0	1,9
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Source: www.adac.de

Autobild Summer tyre test 2022 225/45 R18
satisfactory
Ranked #7 of 11

Name	Wet	Dry
Best values in test	1-	1-
Continental PremiumContact 6	2-	2+
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Source: reifenpresse.de

AutoMotorSport Summer tyre test 2022 245/45 R19
very good
Ranked #4 of 10

Name	Wet	Dry	Enviromental impact
Best values in test	6,7	7,0	6,3
Continental PremiumContact 6	7,8	8,4	7,4
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Source: reifenpresse.de

Autobild Summer tyre test 2021 205/55 R16

Ranked #4 of 53

Name	Stopping distance on dry	Stopping distance on wet
Best values in test	34,1	29,6
Continental PremiumContact 6	36,5	29,6
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Source:

Autobild Summer tyre test 2021 215/60 R17
good +
Ranked #4 of 10

Name	Wet	Dry	Offroad
Best values in test	2+	2+	2
Continental PremiumContact 6	2+	2+	2-
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Source: www.autobild.de

Autozeitung Summer tyre test 2021 225/40 R18
highly recommended
Ranked #2 of 10

Name	Points total	Wet	Dry
Best values in test	92	93	93
Continental PremiumContact 6	89	85	93
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Source: reifenpresse.de

ADAC Summer tyre test 2021 205/55 R16
good +
Ranked #1 of 15

Name	Wet	Dry	Noise	Wear
Best values in test	1,8	1,4	2,7	0,6
Continental PremiumContact 6	1,8	2,0	3,1	2,5
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Source: www.adac.de

GTÜ Summer tyre test 2021 225/45 R17
recommended
Ranked #6 of 9

Name	Points total	Wet	Dry	Enviromental impact	Running costs
Best values in test	157	68	54	22	20
Continental PremiumContact 6	146	66	51	16	13
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Source: media1.autoservicepraxis.de

Autobild Summer tyre test 2021 205/55 R16
exemplary
Ranked #2 of 20

Name	Wet	Dry	Running costs
Best values in test	1-	1-	1
Continental PremiumContact 6	2+	2	2+
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Source:

ADAC Summer tyre test 2021 225/50 R17
good +
Ranked #2 of 17

Name	Wet	Dry	Noise	Wear
Best values in test	2,0	1,5	2,6	1,5
Continental PremiumContact 6	2,1	2,1	3,1	2,0
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Source: www.adac.de

Autobild Summer tyre test 2020 245/45 R18
exemplary
Ranked #1 of 20

Name	Wet	Dry	Running costs
Best values in test	1-	1-	1
Continental PremiumContact 6	2+	1-	1
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Source: www.autobild.de

ADAC Summer tyre test 2020 225/40 R18
good +
Ranked #1 of 16

Name	Wet	Dry	Noise	Wear	Fuel consumption
Best values in test	1,7	1,3	2,8	2,0	1,6
Continental PremiumContact 6	1,7	2,4	3,6	2,0	2,1
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Source: www.adac.de

Autobild Summer tyre test 2020 245/45 R18

Ranked #4 of 50

Name	Stopping distance on dry	Stopping distance on wet
Best values in test	32,1	28,7
Continental PremiumContact 6	33,2	30,2
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Source: www.autobild.de

AutoMotorSport Summer tyre test 2020 225/45 R18
very good
Ranked #3 of 11

Name	Wet	Dry	Rolling resistance	Noise	Comfort
Best values in test	9,4	9,3	10	10	10
Continental PremiumContact 6	8,1	9,1	7	6	7
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Source: www.auto-motor-und-sport.de

Autozeitung Summer tyre test 2020 225/50 R17
test winner
Ranked #1 of 20

Name	Points total	Wet	Dry
Best values in test	264	137	129
Continental PremiumContact 6	264	137	127
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Source: www.autozeitung.de

Teknikens Summer tyre test 2020 225/50 R17

Ranked #4 of 10

Name	Points total	Wet	Dry	Comfort	Fuel consumption
Best values in test	61	11	12	1	6
Continental PremiumContact 6	57	24	17	6	9
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Source: teknikensvarld.se

Gute-Fahrt Summer tyre test 2019 225/40 R18
very good
Ranked #1 of 10

Name
Continental PremiumContact 6
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Source: reifenpresse.de

Autobild Summer tyre test 2019 245/45 R18
exemplary
Ranked #3 of 11

Name	Wet	Dry
Best values in test	1-	1-
Continental PremiumContact 6	2+	2+
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Source: reifenpresse.de

Autobild Summer tyre test 2019 225/45 R17
exemplary
Ranked #5 of 20

Name	Wet	Dry	Running costs
Best values in test	1	1	1
Continental PremiumContact 6	2	2	1
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Source: www.autobild.de

Autobild Summer tyre test 2019 225/45 R17

Ranked #8 of 53

Name	Stopping distance on dry	Stopping distance on wet
Best values in test	34,2	28,7
Continental PremiumContact 6	35,8	29,9
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Source: www.autobild.de

autobild Summer tyre test 2019 225/55 R17
exemplary
Ranked #2 of 10

Name	Wet	Dry	Offroad
Best values in test	1-	2+	2
Continental PremiumContact 6	2+	2+	2
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Source: reifenpresse.de

ACE Summer tyre test 2019 205/55 R16
highly recommended
Ranked #3 of 9

Name	Points total	Wet	Dry	Rolling resistance	Noise	Running costs
Best values in test	153	66	51	19	10	17
Continental PremiumContact 6	151	62	51	17	7	14
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Autozeitung Summer tyre test 2019 235/45 R18
test winner
Ranked #1 of 10

Name	Points total	Wet	Dry
Best values in test	277	142	135
Continental PremiumContact 6	277	142	135
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Source: reifenpresse.de

Automotorsport Summer tyre test 2018 225/45 R17

Ranked #2 of 11

Name	Points total	Wet	Dry	Enviromental impact
Best values in test	9,4	9,8	9,3	10
Continental PremiumContact 6	8,5	8,5	8,7	8,0
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Source: www.reifentrends.de

Autozeitung Summer tyre test 2018 225/45 R17

Ranked #2 of 6

Name	Points total	Wet	Dry
Best values in test	280	149	131
Continental PremiumContact 6	263	137	126
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Source: www.autozeitung.de

ACE Summer tyre test 2018 235/45 R18
recommended
Ranked #5 of 11

Name	Points total	Wet	Dry	Rolling resistance	Noise
Best values in test	150	55	39	14	7
Continental PremiumContact 6	145	63	48	18	7
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Source: www.ace.de

EVO Summer tyre test 2017 225/40 R18

Ranked #3 of 9

Name	Points total	Wet	Dry	Rolling resistance	Comfort
Best values in test	308,2	41	29,5	85,6	17
Continental PremiumContact 6	296,8	49,5	36,5	94,5	22
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Source: www.tyrereviews.co.uk

Autobild Summer tyre test 2017 225/50 R17
exemplary
Ranked #1 of 20

Name	Wet	Dry	Running costs
Best values in test	1-	1-	1
Continental PremiumContact 6	1-	1-	1
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Source: www.reifentrends.de

Autobild Summer tyre test 2017 225/50 R17

Ranked #1 of 52

Name	Stopping distance on dry	Stopping distance on wet
Best values in test	34,1	34,6
Continental PremiumContact 6	34,9	35
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Source: www.autobild.de

Autobild Summer tyre test 2017 235/50 R18
recommended
Ranked #5 of 10

Name	Wet	Dry	Offroad
Best values in test	1-	1-	2
Continental PremiumContact 6	2	1-	2
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Source: www.autobild.de

Automotorsport Summer tyre test 2017 245/45 R18
recommended
Ranked #3 of 10

Name	Points total
Best values in test	9,4
Continental PremiumContact 6	8,4
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Source: www.auto-motor-und-sport.de

Ratings

100% (13x)				85% (10x)
Exemplary	Test winner	Highly recommended	Very good	Recommended	Good +	Satisfactory
6x	2x	2x	3x	4x	5x	1x

Ratings x Wheel size

R16	R17	R18	R19
92.5% (4x)	93.6% (7x)	93.2% (11x)	100% (1x)

Ratings x Width

205/xx Rxx	215/xx Rxx	225/xx Rxx	235/xx Rxx	245/xx Rxx
95% (3x)	85% (2x)	94.5% (11x)	90% (3x)	96.3% (4x)

Dimensions

Continental PremiumContact 6 is made in 232 sizes, starting from 185/65 R15 up to 325/40 R22.

○	Tyre size	Price	Speed index	Weight index	Extras
15"	185/65 R15	£62 Buy	H	88
	195/65 R15	£56 Buy	V	91
	195/65 R15	£53 Buy	H	91
16"	205/45 R16	£87 Buy	W	83
	205/50 R16	£101 Buy	W	87
	205/55 R16	£67 Buy	V	91
	205/55 R16	£63 Buy	H	91
	205/60 R16	£88 Buy	H	96
	215/60 R16	£138 Buy	V	99	.
	215/65 R16	£87 Buy	H	98
	225/50 R16	£132 Buy	Y	92
	235/60 R16	£135 Buy	W	100
	245/70 R16		T	111
17"	205/40 R17	£86 Buy	Y	84
	205/45 R17	£96 Buy	V	88
	205/45 R17	£100 Buy	W	88
	205/50 R17	£95 Buy	V	89
	205/50 R17	£92 Buy	Y	93
	205/55 R17	£111 Buy	V	95	.
	215/40 R17	£111 Buy	Y	87
	215/45 R17	£92 Buy	V	87
	215/45 R17	£85 Buy	Y	91
	215/45 R17	£89 Buy	Y	87
	215/50 R17	£102 Buy	Y	95
	215/50 R17	£101 Buy	Y	91
	215/50 R17	£141 Buy	V	91	.
	215/55 R17	£104 Buy	V	94
	215/60 R17	£131 Buy	V	96	.
	215/65 R17	£97 Buy	V	99
	225/45 R17	£75 Buy	W	91
	225/45 R17	£79 Buy	Y	94
	225/45 R17	£75 Buy	Y	91
	225/45 R17	£75 Buy	V	91
	225/45 R17	£85 Buy	Y	91
	225/50 R17	£114 Buy	W	94
	225/50 R17	£107 Buy	Y	98
	225/50 R17	£100 Buy	Y	94
	225/50 R17	£99 Buy	V	94
	225/55 R17	£143 Buy	Y	97
	225/55 R17	£108 Buy	Y	101
	225/55 R17	£125 Buy	W	97
	235/45 R17	£85 Buy	Y	97
	235/45 R17	£79 Buy	Y	94
	235/45 R17	£84 Buy	W	94
	235/55 R17	£124 Buy	W	103
	235/55 R17	£108 Buy	W	103
	235/55 R17	£138 Buy	W	103
	235/60 R17	£107 Buy	V	102
	245/40 R17	£125 Buy	Y	95
	245/40 R17	£101 Buy	Y	91
	245/45 R17	£111 Buy	Y	95
	245/45 R17	£113 Buy	Y	99
	245/55 R17	£136 Buy	H	106
	255/40 R17	£122 Buy	Y	94
	255/60 R17	£124 Buy	V	106
	275/55 R17	£123 Buy	V	109
18"	205/40 R18	£113 Buy	Y	86
	205/40 R18	£128 Buy	W	86
	205/40 R18	£129 Buy	W	86
	215/40 R18	£129 Buy	Y	89
	215/45 R18	£122 Buy	Y	93
	215/55 R18	£111 Buy	V	99
	215/55 R18	£120 Buy	H	95
	225/40 R18	£83 Buy	W	92
	225/40 R18	£86 Buy	Y	92
	225/40 R18	£104 Buy	Y	92
	225/45 R18	£124 Buy	Y	95
	225/45 R18	£122 Buy	Y	95
	225/45 R18	£126 Buy	Y	95	MFS XL Mercedes
	225/45 R18	£165 Buy	Y	95	Mercedes
	225/45 R18	£143 Buy	V	95	.
	225/50 R18	£145 Buy	W	99
	225/50 R18	£146 Buy	W	95
	225/50 R18	£141 Buy	W	99	XL BMW
	225/50 R18	£147 Buy	W	99
	225/50 R18		W	99
	225/55 R18	£127 Buy	V	98
	225/55 R18	£114 Buy	V	98
	225/55 R18	£124 Buy	H	98
	225/60 R18	£117 Buy	V	104
	225/60 R18		V	104
	235/40 R18	£104 Buy	Y	95
	235/40 R18	£104 Buy	Y	91
	235/45 R18	£126 Buy	W	98
	235/45 R18	£133 Buy	W	98
	235/45 R18	£124 Buy	Y	98
	235/45 R18	£124 Buy	Y	94
	235/45 R18	£127 Buy	V	94	.
	235/45 R18	£160 Buy	Y	98
	235/50 R18	£140 Buy	H	101
	235/50 R18	£121 Buy	V	97
	235/50 R18	£128 Buy	Y	101
	235/55 R18	£105 Buy	H	100
	235/55 R18	£106 Buy	V	100
	235/55 R18	£140 Buy	W	100
	235/55 R18	£113 Buy	V	100
	235/60 R18	£127 Buy	V	103
	235/60 R18	£107 Buy	V	107
	235/60 R18	£107 Buy	V	103
	245/40 R18	£129 Buy	Y	97
	245/40 R18	£113 Buy	Y	97
	245/40 R18	£106 Buy	Y	93
	245/40 R18	£113 Buy	Y	97	MFS XL Mercedes
	245/45 R18	£118 Buy	Y	100
	245/45 R18	£116 Buy	Y	96
	245/45 R18	£125 Buy	Y	100
	245/50 R18	£141 Buy	Y	100
	245/50 R18	£167 Buy	H	104
	255/35 R18	£129 Buy	Y	94
	255/40 R18	£176 Buy	Y	99
	255/45 R18	£150 Buy	Y	103
	255/45 R18	£128 Buy	Y	99
	255/55 R18	£122 Buy	Y	109
	255/60 R18	£113 Buy	V	112
	275/40 R18	£202 Buy	Y	103
19"	205/55 R19	£123 Buy	V	97
	225/45 R19	£179 Buy	W	92
	225/45 R19	£164 Buy	W	96	.
	225/45 R19		W	92
	225/45 R19		W	96	.
	225/50 R19	£178 Buy	W	100	MFS XL
	225/55 R19	£114 Buy	V	103
	225/55 R19	£135 Buy	V	99
	225/55 R19	£113 Buy	Y	103
	225/55 R19	£111 Buy	V	99	.
	225/55 R19		V	103
	235/35 R19	£126 Buy	Y	91
	235/40 R19	£158 Buy	W	96	MFS XL
	235/40 R19	£165 Buy	Y	96
	235/40 R19	£164 Buy	W	96
	235/40 R19	£157 Buy	W	96
	235/40 R19	£155 Buy	W	96
	235/40 R19		W	96
	235/40 R19	£208 Buy	W	96
	235/45 R19	£163 Buy	V	99
	235/45 R19	£171 Buy	V	99
	235/50 R19	£135 Buy	V	103
	235/50 R19	£188 Buy	W	99
	235/50 R19		W	99	Mercedes
	235/50 R19	£131 Buy	V	99
	235/50 R19	£138 Buy	Y	103
	235/50 R19	£166 Buy	V	99
	235/55 R19	£121 Buy	V	105
	235/60 R19	£163 Buy	V	107	MFS XL
	235/65 R19	£142 Buy	W	109
	245/40 R19	£138 Buy	Y	98
	245/40 R19		Y	98
	245/40 R19	£180 Buy	W	98
	245/40 R19	£158 Buy	Y	98
	245/45 R19	£160 Buy	V	102
	245/45 R19	£175 Buy	Y	102
	245/45 R19	£167 Buy	Y	102
	245/45 R19	£183 Buy	Y	102	AO
	245/45 R19	£179 Buy	Y	98
	245/50 R19	£159 Buy	Y	101
	245/50 R19	£211 Buy	Y	101
	255/50 R19	£137 Buy	Y	107
	255/55 R19		H	111	MFS XL Mercedes
	255/55 R19	£125 Buy	V	111
	255/55 R19	£131 Buy	H	111
	265/50 R19	£156 Buy	Y	110
	265/55 R19	£222 Buy	Y	113	XL
	265/55 R19	£270 Buy	Y	113
	265/55 R19		Y	113
	275/35 R19	£361 Buy	Y	100
	275/40 R19	£187 Buy	Y	101
	275/45 R19	£167 Buy	Y	108
	275/55 R19	£172 Buy	W	111
20"	225/40 R20		Y	94
	225/40 R20	£207 Buy	Y	94
	225/40 R20	£230 Buy	Y	94
	235/45 R20	£171 Buy	W	100
	245/40 R20	£219 Buy	Y	99
	245/40 R20	£246 Buy	V	99
	245/40 R20	£204 Buy	V	99
	245/45 R20	£194 Buy	V	99
	245/45 R20	£197 Buy	Y	103
	245/50 R20	£257 Buy	V	105	MFS XL
	255/45 R20	£206 Buy	Y	105
	255/45 R20	£208 Buy	V	105
	255/45 R20	£266 Buy	W	105
	255/45 R20	£222 Buy	H	105	MFS XL
	255/45 R20	£254 Buy	H	105	MFS XL
	255/45 R20	£239 Buy	V	105	MFS XL
	255/50 R20	£175 Buy	H	109
	255/50 R20	£192 Buy	Y	109
	255/55 R20	£216 Buy	V	110
	255/55 R20	£254 Buy	V	110
	255/55 R20	£240 Buy	W	110
	255/55 R20	£212 Buy	Y	110
	265/50 R20	£267 Buy	V	111
	275/35 R20	£239 Buy	Y	102
	275/40 R20	£166 Buy	Y	106
	275/45 R20	£179 Buy	Y	110
	275/50 R20	£190 Buy	Y	113
	285/45 R20		H	112
	285/45 R20	£221 Buy	H	112	MFS XL
	285/50 R20	£249 Buy	W	116
	295/45 R20	£266 Buy	W	114
21"	245/40 R21	£221 Buy	Y	100
	245/45 R21	£251 Buy	Y	104
	255/45 R21	£264 Buy	V	105
	265/40 R21	£221 Buy	Y	105
	265/45 R21	£268 Buy	H	108
	265/45 R21	£229 Buy	H	108	AO
	275/40 R21		Y	107
	275/40 R21	£227 Buy	Y	107
	275/40 R21	£243 Buy	V	107
	275/40 R21	£220 Buy	V	107
	275/50 R21	£235 Buy	Y	113
	285/40 R21		H	109
	285/40 R21	£310 Buy	H	109
	285/45 R21	£355 Buy	Y	113
	315/35 R21	£265 Buy	Y	111
	315/45 R21	£246 Buy	Y	116
22"	255/40 R22	£143 Buy	V	103
	255/40 R22	£146 Buy	V	103	MFS XL Jaguar
	255/40 R22	£183 Buy	V	103
	265/40 R22		V	106
	275/35 R22		Y	104
	275/35 R22		W	104
	275/35 R22		W	104
	275/40 R22	£296 Buy	Y	107
	285/45 R22	£255 Buy	Y	114
	285/45 R22	£284 Buy	Y	114
	285/45 R22		Y	114	MFS XL Mercedes
	315/30 R22		Y	107
	315/30 R22		Y	107
	315/35 R22	£300 Buy	Y	111
	325/40 R22	£286 Buy	Y	114
	325/40 R22	£285 Buy	Y	114
	325/40 R22	£271 Buy	Y	114

Continental PremiumContact 6

Tyre rating 91 %

No. 8 of 777 summer tyres

Made in Slovakia/Germany/Czech republic

Price index: Premium

Continental summer tyres overall rating 84%

Pros and cons:

Properties

Wet

Aquaplaning - cross 68%

Aquaplaning - longitudal 78.9%

Wet braking 90.3%

Wet circle cornering 87.2%

Wet handling 87.8%

Wet handling - objective 88.8%

Wet safety 83.8%

Wet side guide 73%

Dry

Dry braking 90.8%

Dry driving behavior 81%

Dry handling 91.8%

Dry handling - objective 88.7%

Dry lane changing 94.5%

Safety 84.1%

Dry steering response 96.3%

Costs

Fuel efficiency 83.5%

Mileage 92%

Price/value 81.3%

Rolling resistance 74.3%

Wear 77.7%

Offroad

Handling on gravel 93%

Grass traction 70.5%

Gravel traction 64.5%

Mud traction 66%

Sand traction 85.5%

Comfort

Comfort 70.8%

Noise 68.3%

Exterior noise 63.7%

Interior noise 73.7%

Achievements

Ratings

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