Drivers generally describe the Continental Sport Contact 6 as a very high-grip UHP tire with strong dry handling, sharp steering response, and confidence-inspiring traction, with many also praising wet-road performance when the tire is fresh. Comfort and noise are often rated better than expected for this category, with several owners noting a quieter, smoother ride than their previous tires. The clear, recurring downside is very fast tread wear/short lifespan (often viewed as poor value), and a smaller subset report performance becoming less reassuring in cold conditions or as the tread gets low (including increased aquaplaning sensitivity).
What owners mention most counted across 91 reviews
Fantastic grip when cornering in the dry. I haven't driven on them in the wet much, but when I have there haven't been any grip issues (vehicle is AWD.)
As far as comfort and noise go- I can't say they rate too highly on my vehicle. You can feel every bump and the road noise on coarse road surfaces is very pronounced. I'll be dropping the pressures a little bit to see if that improves things. The vehicle is lowered along with other suspension mods.
The rim protector is very slim and is useless for even minor rubs on kerbs when parking.
If you want lots of grip- buy them. The short life span posted in other reviews doesn't concern me as I only average around 3000km per year.
great tire lots of feedback and never feel hard worked no matter how hard you push them,
as of today they have been on for 1 year and ive done 13,900 miles, ive also turned these
tires twice in the past year, so wear rate is no issue and still legal,
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These tires have very fragile sidewalls. A single hard kerbing incident can cut through to the structural cord and so destroy the tire and enforce an expensive replacment. Rival makes are a bit tougher in this respect.
I've purchased there tires to replace the almost 3 seasons old SportContact 5P. While the tires have great handling and response, after around 10K miles I was forced to change them as they were done, completely erased. I replaced all the tires this summer with Michelin PilotSport 4S and now after 10K miles they are at their half life. I not purchasing these again.
I have been using the sc6 from the sc5 sp.
The main thing i noticed from the sc6 is that it has a more balanced feel from the steering wheel compared to the sc5.
The sc5 tends to lock the steering at 10 and 2 o'clock; the sc6 turns in any direction without the added weight.
Noise is noticeably lower too from the sc5.
The main reason that is holding me back from purchasing the sc6 again is the immature tire wear.
I have had the tires for about 8 months now and it's almost kaput.
Nonetheless, it's a great tire for daily driving, comfortably or when that extra precision is needed when the roads opens up.
Cheers..
These were fitted on my rears, I also have the same tires on the front, but at size 235/35/19Y.
I changed to these from Pilot Supersports that the car came with. Really impressive grip regardless of tread depth or weather conditions.
Notably, the grip in the wet is leagues ahead of the MPSS, and quickly launching off the line at a junction to join a gap no longer resulted in DSC anchoring in on the power delivery.
The wear rate may be better than the CSC5, but they're still nowhere near Michelin levels of wear. The CSC6 is a softer tire after all. I have to say the wear pattern is very nice and gradual. Overall a great tire at a great price.
Handling is simply outstanding, especially sharp turn in during wet weather. At the wear markers on the front, the sharpness of the front end never let go.
I have used these tires for 1500 km (932 miles?), and I gives it the highest score except in one - Comfort. As more warm the tire becomes, as more noisy it is. Over approx 135 km/h it seems much noisy when the tire-surface become warm. First I thought it were me and my "head" :-) but I talked til Conti, which confirmed what I hear inside the car. I'm not sure I will buy the tire again, but the problem is, that there is nog tire in 2045-40-19 from the Premium Contact 6 which I would have bought. I bought the Sport Contact 6 instead.
I took a set of Pirelli Zero's off to fit these. The Pirellis were just about as bad as it gets in both the wet and dry.
The Continental Sport 6 have now been on for 2 days and today is the first dry day.
In the wet these tires are stunning. Feedback is perfect, grip is better than the Pirelli's were in the dry. Where the Pirelli's lacked stability the Sport 6 is rock steady on all surfaces with lots of feedback.
The real revelation was today though. First dry day and a chance to see just how good these tires are. Grip is astonishing and even when they do start to let go they still give you enough feedback to keep feeding the throttle in.
Comfort is on a par with the Pirelli's but the F Type is firm anyway.
I replaced the Sport Contact 5P on my C63 which were close to the wear indicators resulting in wheel spin at the lights and even when changing gears. Had high hopes with new tires opting for the Sport Contact 6 for all round performance, comfort and mainly wet grip using tire tests as a guide. After 500 miles or so my opinion is that the grip has given me more confidence although switching from wearing tires one should expect that anyway, but definitely good levels of grip. With so much torque in the car its hard to judge on wet grip but still more confident and braking is good. Another important factor for me was the comfort and these did feel more comfortable although I could have wished for less road noise from the tires. Then there is the question of wear that so many reviewers have cited. Although after only a few miles I cannot comment on this apart from the fact it LOOKS like it will wear fast as there seems to be less depth to the tread than say a Goodyear tire (I have purchased Goodyear Eagle F1AS2 for four cars). Am sure Continental mentioned there is less tread depth also but cannot confirm at this point. Overall a good tire for fast cars.
Great tire for driving and handling with supreme confidence in it but... oh boy the wear !!!
I don't drive or brake like a racer but at less than 6000 miles all 4 need replacing as tread just about legal !
