· Super sports tire with new compound, tread technology, and structure
· Significant improvements in dry handling, steering precision, and high-speed suitability

Continental’s new SportContact 6 is a super sports tire for the high?performance segment that clearly improves on the handling, steering precision, and high?speed suitability of the previous model. To bring these improvements to the roads – with a performance boost of up to 14% in some cases – the technicians in Hanover have “reinvented” the chemical composition of the tread, the tread design, and the tire structure. From now on, 41 dimensions will be available for rims with diameters of 19 to 23 inches.

High-grip compound: “Black Chili” ensures optimum interaction with the road

To boost the performance of the new SportContact 6 even more, the chemists at Continental, the tire specialist, have further developed the “Black Chili” tread compound. In the new SportContact 6, two factors ensure optimum adhesion, even when pushed to the limits: The rubber compound is designed to mesh with the roughness of the road. At the same time, temporary atomic connections between the tire compound and the road surface ensure high adhesion, acting like small suction pads at nanoscopic level. Both factors make for the greatest possible adhesion in all directions – during braking, cornering, and acceleration and on both wet and dry roads.