New Continental PremiumContact 6
We are starting to see the new Continental PremiumContact 6 in a wide range of sizes becoming available for supply and fitting. The new PremiumContact 6 will gradually replace its successful predecessors, the ContiPremiumContact 5 and ContiSportContact5 both of which were high-selling models in the original equipment and replacement markets.
The new PremiumContact 6 offers top-class braking performance, particularly on wet roads. The compounding experts at Continental in Hanover have come up with solutions that enable substantial progress in other tyre parameters without having to surrender the tyre's high safety reserves. On the EU Tyre Label the PremiumContact 6 achieves the top "A" rating for wet grip.
The new tyre also presents a 15 percent improvement in mileage compared to its predecessor, and at the same time interior and exterior tyre/road noise is down by as much as 10 percent progress achieved through the combination of an abrasion-resistant polymer compound with a supple tread pattern. Handling and rolling resistance are also respectively three and five per cent better, while wet and dry braking performance remains at the same level as with the outgoing tyre.
Alongside safety and comfort, Continental strove to give the PremiumContact 6 sportier handling than the ContiPremiumContact 5. To this end, Continental's tyre developers adopted the shoulder design from the SportContact 6 and combined it with asymmetrical tread rib geometry. This 'advanced macro-block design' employs long shoulder blocks that support one another, providing additional grip. The resultant complex block structure in the tyre shoulder is capable of effectively transferring very high forces, such as those generated under cornering. The asymmetrical rib structure in the tread delivers a similar level of performance in transferring lateral guidance forces.
"The main requirement of the new PremiumContact 6 is to deliver uncompromising safety," says Prof. Dr. Burkhard Wies, Head of Tyre Line Development EMEA/Americas OE and Replacement at Continental. "Developing a tyre that is so balance that is can meet this demanding requirement and at the same time deliver maximum comfort and precise, dynamic handling, as well as high mileage and low rolling resistance was both a major challenge and huge motivator."
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