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Continental ContiSportContact 3 vs Michelin Premier A/S — 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 + 0 road tests and 16 + 7 owner reviews. How we score

Premier A/S leads, 61–59 Narrow edge

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Michelin Premier A/S
Tire BMichelin

Premier A/S

All Season

± 8Provisional

Tests – · none yet Owners 55 · 7 reviews

Category by category

Relative Score per category, 0–100. Open “Why this score” for the tests and owner ratings behind it.

  1. 62

    Dry

    Premier A/S +2
    64
    Why this score
    SourceContiSportContact 3Premier A/S
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 64 (est.)≈ 66 (est.)
    Reviews found online5862

    ContiSportContact 3: 60% × 64 (est.) + 40% × 58.3 = 62

    Premier A/S: 60% × 65.7 (est.) + 40% × 62.3 = 64

    No road tests of dry for ContiSportContact 3. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.42).

    No road tests of dry for Premier A/S. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.42).

  2. 64

    Wet

    Premier A/S +4
    68
    Why this score
    SourceContiSportContact 3Premier A/S
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 66 (est.)≈ 68 (est.)
    Reviews found online6267

    ContiSportContact 3: 60% × 66 (est.) + 40% × 62 = 64

    Premier A/S: 60% × 68.5 (est.) + 40% × 66.5 = 68

    No road tests of wet for ContiSportContact 3. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.54).

    No road tests of wet for Premier A/S. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.54).

  3. 46

    Snow

    Premier A/S +13
    59
    Why this score
    SourceContiSportContact 3Premier A/S
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 57 (est.)≈ 64 (est.)
    Reviews found online2951

    ContiSportContact 3: 60% × 57.1 (est.) + 40% × 29.1 = 46

    Premier A/S: 60% × 64.3 (est.) + 40% × 51.4 = 59

    No road tests of snow for ContiSportContact 3. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.32).

    No road tests of snow for Premier A/S. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.32).

  4. 57

    Comfort

    Premier A/S +5
    62
    Why this score
    SourceContiSportContact 3Premier A/S
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 66 (est.)≈ 67 (est.)
    Reviews found online5258

    ContiSportContact 3: 40% × 66 (est.) + 60% × 51.6 = 57

    Premier A/S: 40% × 67.2 (est.) + 60% × 58.2 = 62

    No road tests of comfort for ContiSportContact 3 or Premier A/S. The test half is the tested tires’ average (69): owners’ comfort ratings barely follow the road tests.

  5. 60

    Noise

    No comparison
    –
    Why this score
    SourceContiSportContact 3Premier A/S
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 67 (est.)–
    Reviews found online50–

    ContiSportContact 3: 60% × 66.5 (est.) + 40% × 50.2 = 60

    No road tests of noise for ContiSportContact 3. The test half is the tested tires’ average (67): owners’ noise ratings barely follow the road tests.

  6. 57

    Treadwear

    ContiSportContact 3 +10
    47
    Why this score
    SourceContiSportContact 3Premier A/S
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 61 (est.)≈ 55 (est.)
    Reviews found online5034

    ContiSportContact 3: 60% × 60.8 (est.) + 40% × 50.1 = 57

    Premier A/S: 60% × 55.3 (est.) + 40% × 34.4 = 47

    No road tests of treadwear for ContiSportContact 3. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.35).

    No road tests of treadwear for Premier A/S. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.35).

  7. –

    Handling (owners)

    No comparison
    61
    Why this score
    SourceContiSportContact 3Premier A/S
    Reviews found online–61
Scores at a glance
CategoryContinental ContiSportContact 3Michelin Premier A/S
Relative Score 59 61
Dry 62 64
Wet 64 68
Snow 46 59
Comfort 57 62
Noise 60 –
Treadwear 57 47
Handling (owners) – 61

Higher is better. The Relative Score follows your weights below; category scores do not change.

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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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Headline score
± 8

ContiSportContact 3

± 8

Premier A/S

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 ContiSportContact 3

Not enough owner reviews yet to extract themes.

Tire B Premier A/S

Pros

  • Comfortable ride quality with effective bump damping
  • Predictable and precise handling in dry conditions
  • Good center-line tracking and steering feedback

Cons

  • Disappointing tread life and premature wear
  • Poor traction and confidence in snow and ice
  • Susceptibility to hydroplaning at highway speeds
All owner themes in the Premier A/S review

Specs side by side

Attribute A · Continental ContiSportContact 3 B · Michelin Premier A/S
CategorySummer tireAll Season
Vehicle typePassenger Car / CrossoverPassenger Car / Crossover
Sizes available22—
Rim diameters16″ – 20″—
Tread depth9 - 10/32″—
UTQG280 A - B A—
SidewallBlack Side Wall—
Max pressure50 - 51 psi—

Which one should you actually buy?

Continental ContiSportContact 3

Michelin Premier A/S

Narrow edge: Michelin Premier A/S — better snow, comfort and wet. Pick the Continental ContiSportContact 3 if treadwear matters most to you. Continental ContiSportContact 3 rests on little evidence so far (0 tests, 16 reviews), so read this result as provisional. Michelin Premier A/S rests on little evidence so far (0 tests, 7 reviews), so read this result as provisional.

Pick tire B You drive through snowy winters

Michelin Premier A/S scores 59 vs 46 on snow.

Pick tire A You want the longest tread life

Continental ContiSportContact 3 scores 57 vs 47 on treadwear.

Pick tire B You want the most comfortable ride

Michelin Premier A/S scores 62 vs 57 on comfort.

Pick tire B Your priority is wet-weather safety

Michelin Premier A/S scores 68 vs 64 on wet.

Tire A · Continental ContiSportContact 3
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Tire B · Michelin Premier A/S
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ContiSportContact 3 or Premier A/S?

Which is better in the wet, ContiSportContact 3 or Premier A/S?

Michelin Premier A/S, 68 vs 64 on our wet score.

Which grips better on dry roads, ContiSportContact 3 or Premier A/S?

Neither, by our numbers: 62 vs 64 on the dry score, within 3 points.

Which is better in snow, ContiSportContact 3 or Premier A/S?

Michelin Premier A/S, 59 vs 46 on our snow score.

Which is more comfortable, ContiSportContact 3 or Premier A/S?

Michelin Premier A/S, 62 vs 57 on our comfort score.

Which lasts longer, ContiSportContact 3 or Premier A/S?

Continental ContiSportContact 3, 57 vs 47 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