Tests – · none yet Owners – · 3 reviews (needs 5)
BFGoodrich Winter Slalom looks discontinued: no new owner reviews or road tests in five years and no current EU tyre label.
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BFGoodrich Winter Slalom vs Continental EcoContact 6 — Compared
Relative Score (0–100): the weighted average of the categories below, each 60% road tests and 40% owner reviews (comfort 40/60). Based on 0 + 6 road tests and 3 + 3,279 owner reviews. How we score
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Tests 71 · 6 tests Owners 42 · 3,279 reviews
Best test result: #1 of 21 in 2022 Auto Bild Summer Tyre Test (noise)
“For efficiency I would recommend continental ecocontact 6/7. I get around 11kw/100km in the city and 14-15kw/100km on the highway. Would recommend. RWD 19 inch wheels Not very good on a rainy road tho”
Category by category
Relative Score per category, 0–100. Open “Why this score” for the tests and owner ratings behind it.
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Dry
No comparison64Why this score
Source Winter Slalom EcoContact 6 Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 5 tests – 77 Reviews found online – 45 EcoContact 6: 60% × 76.9 + 40% × 45.4 = 64
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Wet
No comparison51Why this score
Source Winter Slalom EcoContact 6 Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 5 tests – 53 Reviews found online – 47 EcoContact 6: 60% × 53.5 + 40% × 46.7 = 51
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Comfort
No comparison56Why this score
Source Winter Slalom EcoContact 6 Professional tests (TWG score) – ≈ 65 (est.) Reviews found online – 49 EcoContact 6: 40% × 64.8 (est.) + 60% × 49.4 = 56
No road tests of comfort for EcoContact 6. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.21).
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Noise
No comparison77Why this score
Source Winter Slalom EcoContact 6 Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 3 tests – 85 Reviews found online – ≈ 66 (est.) EcoContact 6: 60% × 84.8 + 40% × 66.3 (est.) = 77
No owner ratings of noise for EcoContact 6. The owner half is the owners’ average (66): owners’ noise ratings barely follow the road tests, so the tests say nothing about how owners would rate it.
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Treadwear
No comparison60Why this score
Source Winter Slalom EcoContact 6 Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 2 tests – 79 Reviews found online – 32 EcoContact 6: 60% × 79.2 + 40% × 31.9 = 60
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Handling (owners)
No comparison45Why this score
Source Winter Slalom EcoContact 6 Reviews found online – 45 -
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Efficiency
No comparison100Why this score
Source Winter Slalom EcoContact 6 Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 4 tests – 100
Scores at a glance
| Category | BFGoodrich Winter Slalom | Continental EcoContact 6 |
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| Relative Score | – | 58 |
| Dry | – | 64 |
| Wet | – | 51 |
| Comfort | – | 56 |
| Noise | – | 77 |
| Treadwear | – | 60 |
| Handling (owners) | – | 45 |
| Efficiency | – | 100 |
Higher is better. The Relative Score follows your weights below; category scores do not change.
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Headline score
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Winter Slalom
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EcoContact 6
Only categories both tires have data for count toward the headline score.
Pros, cons & observations
Themes extracted from owner reviews found online — not the opinion of TireWheelGuide.
Tire A Winter Slalom
Pros
- Strong traction in snow and wet conditions
- Aggressive tread profile
- Low road noise
Cons
- Significant loss of grip as the tire ages
- Performance degradation on wet surfaces after several years of use
Tire B EcoContact 6
Pros
- Excellent fuel efficiency and low rolling resistance
- Low road noise and high cabin comfort
- Good dry grip and stable handling under normal driving conditions
Cons
- Rapid and premature tread wear, especially on drive wheels
- Subpar wet-weather grip and high susceptibility to aquaplaning
- Shallow initial tread depth out of the box (approx. 6.0-6.5mm)
What real owners are saying
From Reddit, forums and review threads. Not part of our score
Tire A
BFGoodrich Winter Slalom
We haven't collected enough community discussion about this tire yet.
Tire B
Negative
Continental EcoContact 6
Community sentiment regarding the Continental Eco Contact 6 is overwhelmingly negative, with users frequently criticizing its poor wet weather grip, braking performance, and handling. While praised occasionally for low rolling resistance and energy efficiency, owners repeatedly report premature tread wear, cracking, and chunking or delamination under normal driving conditions.
r/AutoTuga
·3 upvotes ·2026-08-20
“Desgaste anormal Continental EcoContact 6 Q — BMW X3 BMW X3 (~72.000 km, cerca de 1 ano e pouco). Já trocou os 4 pneus uma vez e vai agora para o segundo jogo. O primeiro conjunto começou a escamar / sair aos bocados (principalmente à frente). A marca assumiu e colocou pneus iguais (Continental EcoContact 6 Q). Agora, ao fim de cerca de 20.000 km, está a acontecer exatamente o mesmo à frente. Para piorar, após notar perda de pressão lenta atrás, fomos verificar e os dois pneus traseiros estão completamente comidos por dentro. Mais alguém com problemas crónicos de desgaste prematuro com este modelo de pneu ou comportamento semelhante no X3? Read more”
r/CarTalkUK
·2025-05-31
“Continental tyres falling apart Thoughts on this? Continental EcoContact 6 on a Ford Focus hatch, covered 10k miles of mild to moderate driving and both fronts are covered in chunks like the photos. Can’t recall driving on any particular surface or road recently that would have caused such damage. Date stamp is 2423 so almost bang on two years old. Looks like delamination to me but I’m no expert. Anyone seen anything like this before? Read more”
r/KiaEV6
·1 upvote ·2026-07-27
“For efficiency I would recommend continental ecocontact 6/7. I get around 11kw/100km in the city and 14-15kw/100km on the highway. Would recommend. RWD 19 inch wheels Not very good on a rainy road tho”
Top themes
#poor wet grip#energy efficiency#premature wear#tread chunking#factory OE fitment#replacement alternatives
Based on 29 community posts
Specs side by side
| Attribute | A · BFGoodrich Winter Slalom | B · Continental EcoContact 6 |
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| Category | Winter Touring tires | Summer |
| Vehicle type | Passenger Car / Crossover | Passenger Car / Crossover |
| Sizes available | — | 104 |
| Rim diameters | — | 13″ – 22″ |
| Tread depth | — | 7/32″ |
| UTQG | — | 320 A A |
| Sidewall | — | Blackwall |
| Max pressure | — | 51 psi |
Which one should you actually buy?
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BFGoodrich Winter Slalom
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Continental EcoContact 6
Built for different seasons: BFGoodrich Winter Slalom is a winter tire, Continental EcoContact 6 a summer tire. Each score is measured against tires of its own season, so the two are not ranked against each other — pick by the season you drive in.
Tire A · BFGoodrich Winter Slalom
Tire B · Continental EcoContact 6
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How do we compare tires?
Every category score blends two independent signals. 60% comes from professional tire tests (braking distances, lap times, noise measurements), each result compared with every other tire in the same test and newer tests counting more. 40% comes from owner reviews found online, adjusted for how generously each site rates. Both use one scale: the average tested tire gets 70, the best 100. When a tire has only one of the two, the missing half is estimated from the other and the score stays closer to average; with no road test and fewer than five owner reviews it gets no score yet.
Handling is the exception: road tests measure it inside the dry and wet scores, so its own row comes from owner ratings only and starts as less important.
Community buzz from Reddit and forums is shown for context only — it never changes the score. Full methodology