Tests – · none yet Owners 59 · 7 reviews
Head-to-head
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Continental 4x4 SportContact vs Continental SportContact 7 — 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 + 22 road tests and 7 + 1,642 owner reviews. How we score
SportContact 7 is ahead, 87–63
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Tests 84 · 22 tests Owners 81 · 1,642 reviews
Best test result: #1 of 18 in 2025 ADAC Summer Tyre Test (wet braking)
“On my 2nd set. Got decent mileage from them. 15k miles from the first set of rears and i've 11k on the 2nd set with 4.5mm still left on them.”
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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67
Dry
SportContact 7 +2996Why this score
Source 4x4 SportContact SportContact 7 Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 21 tests ≈ 67 (est.) 100 Reviews found online 67 91 4x4 SportContact: 60% × 67.5 (est.) + 40% × 66.8 = 67
SportContact 7: 60% × 99.9 + 40% × 90.5 = 96
No road tests of dry for 4x4 SportContact. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.42).
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66
Wet
SportContact 7 +2793Why this score
Source 4x4 SportContact SportContact 7 Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 22 tests ≈ 68 (est.) 96 Reviews found online 65 90 4x4 SportContact: 60% × 67.5 (est.) + 40% × 64.8 = 66
SportContact 7: 60% × 95.7 + 40% × 89.9 = 93
No road tests of wet for 4x4 SportContact. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.55).
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65
Comfort
SportContact 7 +267Why this score
Source 4x4 SportContact SportContact 7 Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 5 tests ≈ 68 (est.) 56 Reviews found online 63 75 4x4 SportContact: 40% × 67.5 (est.) + 60% × 62.7 = 65
SportContact 7: 40% × 55.6 + 60% × 75.4 = 67
No road tests of comfort for 4x4 SportContact. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.20).
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Noise
No comparison62Why this score
Source 4x4 SportContact SportContact 7 Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 19 tests – 59 Reviews found online – ≈ 66 (est.) SportContact 7: 60% × 59.2 + 40% × 66.3 (est.) = 62
No owner ratings of noise for SportContact 7. 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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54
Treadwear
SportContact 7 +1468Why this score
Source 4x4 SportContact SportContact 7 Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 1 tests ≈ 59 (est.) 72 Reviews found online 46 63 4x4 SportContact: 60% × 59.2 (est.) + 40% × 45.9 = 54
SportContact 7: 60% × 72 + 40% × 62.5 = 68
No road tests of treadwear for 4x4 SportContact. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.36).
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59
Handling (owners)
SportContact 7 +3089Why this score
Source 4x4 SportContact SportContact 7 Reviews found online 59 89 -
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Efficiency
No comparison72Why this score
Source 4x4 SportContact SportContact 7 Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 21 tests – 72
Scores at a glance
| Category | Continental 4x4 SportContact | Continental SportContact 7 |
|---|---|---|
| Relative Score | 63 | 87 |
| Dry | 67 | 96 |
| Wet | 66 | 93 |
| Comfort | 65 | 67 |
| Noise | – | 62 |
| Treadwear | 54 | 68 |
| Handling (owners) | 59 | 89 |
| Efficiency | – | 72 |
Higher is better. The Relative Score follows your weights below; category scores do not change.
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Wet grip starts at “Important”. Treadwear starts at “Neutral” here: road tests measured it for at most one of the two tires, so it rests on owner reviews. Move the sliders and the scores update instantly.
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Only one of the two tires has a score here, so this weight changes nothing in the head-to-head.
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Only one of the two tires has a score here, so this weight changes nothing in the head-to-head.
Recomputed
Headline score
63
/ 100
4x4 SportContact
87
/ 100
SportContact 7
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 4x4 SportContact
Pros
- Exceptional tread longevity for high-mileage drivers
- Consistent performance across multiple replacement sets
Cons
- Poor traction and wheel spin in wet conditions
- Inadequate grip on mud or loose surfaces
- Mediocre dry pavement handling
Tire B SportContact 7
Pros
- Phenomenal wet and dry grip with high cornering limits
- Precise steering response and excellent road feedback
- Strong braking performance and high stability at speed
Cons
- Faster-than-average tread wear, especially with spirited driving or track use
- Stiff sidewalls can contribute to a harsher, bumpier ride
- Elevated road noise reported on certain road surfaces
What real owners are saying
From Reddit, forums and review threads. Not part of our score
Tire A
Continental 4x4 SportContact
We haven't collected enough community discussion about this tire yet.
Tire B
Positive
Continental SportContact 7
The community generally regards the SportContact 7 as an excellent ultra-high-performance tire, praised for exceptional dry and wet grip, direct steering, quick warm-up, and good rim protection. Many rank it at or above the Michelin PS4S and ahead of the PS5 and Goodyear Asymmetric 6 for outright performance. The main criticisms are fast tread wear (often about 10–15k miles), low starting tread depth, softer sidewalls, some tramlining and noise, and poor durability on track.
bimmerforums.co.uk
·1 upvote ·2024-05-10
“and they don't have Bridgestone tyre model in both sizes I need. I guess it means I'm back to Camskill and consider either Turanza 6 Enliten or Conti Sport Contact 7. Both got good scores on TyreReviews.com. I could get whole set of Turanzas from Camskill, whereas with Continentals, I would need to buy rear ones elsewhere”
r/CarTalkUK
·1 upvote ·2025-12-12
“Just took the factory SC7’s off my gfs puma ST, they are super grippy, they feel even stickier than the PS4S on my car but I’d say they are less predictable at the limits and I always felt like they tramlined a bit too much and they weren’t a very comfortable tyre. Fronts have just under half their tread left after 11000 miles. Swapped em out for conti all season contact 2’s as she needs to be able to go out during any conditions and she doesn’t want to have two sets.”
forums.m3cutters.co.uk
·6 upvotes ·2024-01-29
“On my 2nd set. Got decent mileage from them. 15k miles from the first set of rears and i've 11k on the 2nd set with 4.5mm still left on them.”
Top themes
#Exceptional grip#Fast tread wear#Comparison with PS4S#Wet performance#Track durability#Comfort and noise#Rim protection#PremiumContact 7 alternative
Based on 115 community posts
Specs side by side
| Attribute | A · Continental 4x4 SportContact | B · Continental SportContact 7 |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Summer | Summer |
| Vehicle type | SUV and 4x4 | Passenger Car / Crossover |
| Sizes available | 2 | 123 |
| Rim diameters | 19″ – 20″ | 18″ – 24″ |
| Tread depth | — | 8 - 9/32″ |
| UTQG | 280 A A | 240 AA A |
| Sidewall | — | Black Side Wall |
| Max pressure | — | 50 - 51 psi |
Which one should you actually buy?
63
/ 100
Continental 4x4 SportContact
87
/ 100
Continental SportContact 7
Winner: Continental SportContact 7 — better handling, dry and wet. It leads or ties in every category we score. Continental 4x4 SportContact rests on little evidence so far (0 tests, 7 reviews), so read this result as provisional.
Pick tire B
You enjoy sharp, responsive handling
Continental SportContact 7 scores 89 vs 59 on handling.
Pick tire B
You want the most grip on dry roads
Continental SportContact 7 scores 96 vs 67 on dry.
Pick tire B
Your priority is wet-weather safety
Continental SportContact 7 scores 93 vs 66 on wet.
Pick tire B
You want the longest tread life
Continental SportContact 7 scores 68 vs 54 on treadwear.
Tire A · Continental 4x4 SportContact
Tire B · Continental SportContact 7
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4x4 SportContact or SportContact 7?
Which is better in the wet, 4x4 SportContact or SportContact 7?
Continental SportContact 7, 93 vs 66 on our wet score.
Which grips better on dry roads, 4x4 SportContact or SportContact 7?
Continental SportContact 7, 96 vs 67 on our dry score.
Which is more comfortable, 4x4 SportContact or SportContact 7?
Neither, by our numbers: 65 vs 67 on the comfort score, within 3 points.
Which lasts longer, 4x4 SportContact or SportContact 7?
Continental SportContact 7, 68 vs 54 on our treadwear score.
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