Continental

I have Continental Sport Contact 3 tyres fitted to my Skoda Octavia VRS, and I am going to change them for a different brand once they wear out. They come with the above car as the standard tyre and cost around £100 to replace on a 205/45/R17. Dry weather grip: In the dry the amount of grip availble is impressive, my car has 225hp going through the front weels and these tyres can cope with that allowing zero amount of wheel spin. Wet weather grip: Their performance is just as good in the wet due to the design and layout of the tread which very efficiently expels the surface water away from the contact patch of the tyre. Road feedback: ...  Read the complete review

Yes ...its true that this Continental tyre drives rather well and apparently better than equivalents from Goodyear, Dunlop. Bridgestone, Falken and Kumho. If you got the money, go for the ContinentalConti2. But for those on a budget, there is another alternative that is perhaps one of best kept secret around...and that is the Pirelli 3000. It may be slightly noisier than the Continental but performance and grip wise, it is the Pirelli that have the the last ...  Read the complete review

Continetal EcoContact - Advantages: Better cornering, Better ride, Just better all round! - Disadvantages: None found so far