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Continental ContiSportContact 5 SSR vs Continental ContiSportContact 5P — 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 + 1 road tests and 14 + 123 owner reviews. How we score

ContiSportContact 5P leads, 61–57 Narrow edge

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Continental ContiSportContact 5P
Tire BContinental

ContiSportContact 5P

Summer

± 6

Tests 78 · 1 test Owners 48 · 123 reviews

Best test result: #1 of 9 in 2017 Motor Mag UHP Tyre Test (wet braking)

Category by category

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

  1. 57

    Dry

    ContiSportContact 5P +13
    70
    Why this score
    SourceContiSportContact 5 SSRContiSportContact 5P
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 1 tests≈ 61 (est.)78
    Reviews found online5159

    ContiSportContact 5 SSR: 60% × 61 (est.) + 40% × 51.1 = 57

    ContiSportContact 5P: 60% × 78.4 + 40% × 58.6 = 70

    No road tests of dry for ContiSportContact 5 SSR. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.41).

  2. 62

    Wet

    ContiSportContact 5P +7
    69
    Why this score
    SourceContiSportContact 5 SSRContiSportContact 5P
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 1 tests≈ 64 (est.)77
    Reviews found online5958

    ContiSportContact 5 SSR: 60% × 64.5 (est.) + 40% × 59.3 = 62

    ContiSportContact 5P: 60% × 76.7 + 40% × 57.8 = 69

    No road tests of wet for ContiSportContact 5 SSR. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.55).

  3. 56

    Snow

    ContiSportContact 5 SSR +3
    53
    Why this score
    SourceContiSportContact 5 SSRContiSportContact 5P
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 63 (est.)≈ 61 (est.)
    Reviews found online4642

    ContiSportContact 5 SSR: 60% × 62.8 (est.) + 40% × 46.4 = 56

    ContiSportContact 5P: 60% × 61.3 (est.) + 40% × 41.7 = 53

    No road tests of snow for ContiSportContact 5 SSR. 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 ContiSportContact 5P. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.32).

  4. 49

    Comfort

    ContiSportContact 5P +5
    54
    Why this score
    SourceContiSportContact 5 SSRContiSportContact 5P
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 63 (est.)≈ 64 (est.)
    Reviews found online3948

    ContiSportContact 5 SSR: 40% × 62.8 (est.) + 60% × 39 = 49

    ContiSportContact 5P: 40% × 64.5 (est.) + 60% × 47.7 = 54

    No road tests of comfort for ContiSportContact 5 SSR or ContiSportContact 5P. The test half is the tested tires’ average (69): owners’ comfort ratings barely follow the road tests.

  5. 62

    Noise

    ContiSportContact 5 SSR +3
    59
    Why this score
    SourceContiSportContact 5 SSRContiSportContact 5P
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 66 (est.)≈ 66 (est.)
    Reviews found online5648

    ContiSportContact 5 SSR: 60% × 66.4 (est.) + 40% × 55.5 = 62

    ContiSportContact 5P: 60% × 66.4 (est.) + 40% × 47.8 = 59

    No road tests of noise for ContiSportContact 5 SSR or ContiSportContact 5P. The test half is the tested tires’ average (66): owners’ noise ratings barely follow the road tests.

  6. 50

    Treadwear

    ContiSportContact 5 SSR +7
    43
    Why this score
    SourceContiSportContact 5 SSRContiSportContact 5P
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 57 (est.)≈ 53 (est.)
    Reviews found online4028

    ContiSportContact 5 SSR: 60% × 56.7 (est.) + 40% × 39.5 = 50

    ContiSportContact 5P: 60% × 52.7 (est.) + 40% × 28.2 = 43

    No road tests of treadwear for ContiSportContact 5 SSR. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.36).

    No road tests of treadwear for ContiSportContact 5P. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.36).

  7. –

    Handling (owners)

    No comparison
    55
    Why this score
    SourceContiSportContact 5 SSRContiSportContact 5P
    Reviews found online–55
Scores at a glance
CategoryContinental ContiSportContact 5 SSRContinental ContiSportContact 5P
Relative Score 57 61
Dry 57 70
Wet 62 69
Snow 56 53
Comfort 49 54
Noise 62 59
Treadwear 50 43
Handling (owners) – 55

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.

Recomputed
Headline score
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ContiSportContact 5 SSR

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ContiSportContact 5P

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 5 SSR

Not enough owner reviews yet to extract themes.

Tire B ContiSportContact 5P

Pros

  • Outstanding dry and wet traction providing confidence-inspiring grip
  • High level of steering feedback and precise high-speed cornering ability
  • Excellent ride comfort and bump absorption for an ultra-high-performance tire

Cons

  • Rapid and excessively fast tread wear, with many users replacing them under 10,000 miles
  • Prone to straight-line wheel spin and wheel hop during hard acceleration
  • Noticeable road noise as the tires wear down
All owner themes in the ContiSportContact 5P review

Specs side by side

Attribute A · Continental ContiSportContact 5 SSR B · Continental ContiSportContact 5P
CategorySummer tireSummer
Vehicle typePassenger Car / CrossoverPassenger Car / Crossover
Sizes available2541
Rim diameters17″ – 20″18″ – 22″
Tread depth9/32″8 - 10/32″
UTQG280 - 420 A - AA A240 - 280 AA A
SidewallBlack Side WallBlack Side Wall
Max pressure50 - 51 psi50 - 51 psi
Sizes in common66

Which one should you actually buy?

Continental ContiSportContact 5 SSR

Continental ContiSportContact 5P

Narrow edge: Continental ContiSportContact 5P — better dry, wet and comfort. Pick the Continental ContiSportContact 5 SSR if treadwear, snow and noise matter most to you. Continental ContiSportContact 5 SSR rests on little evidence so far (0 tests, 14 reviews), so read this result as provisional.

Pick tire B You want the most grip on dry roads

Continental ContiSportContact 5P scores 70 vs 57 on dry.

Pick tire A You want the longest tread life

Continental ContiSportContact 5 SSR scores 50 vs 43 on treadwear.

Pick tire B Your priority is wet-weather safety

Continental ContiSportContact 5P scores 69 vs 62 on wet.

Pick tire B You want the most comfortable ride

Continental ContiSportContact 5P scores 54 vs 49 on comfort.

Tire A · Continental ContiSportContact 5 SSR
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ContiSportContact 5 SSR or ContiSportContact 5P?

Which is better in the wet, ContiSportContact 5 SSR or ContiSportContact 5P?

Continental ContiSportContact 5P, 69 vs 62 on our wet score.

Which grips better on dry roads, ContiSportContact 5 SSR or ContiSportContact 5P?

Continental ContiSportContact 5P, 70 vs 57 on our dry score.

Which is better in snow, ContiSportContact 5 SSR or ContiSportContact 5P?

Continental ContiSportContact 5 SSR, 56 vs 53 on our snow score.

Which is quieter, ContiSportContact 5 SSR or ContiSportContact 5P?

Continental ContiSportContact 5 SSR, 62 vs 59 on our noise score.

Which is more comfortable, ContiSportContact 5 SSR or ContiSportContact 5P?

Continental ContiSportContact 5P, 54 vs 49 on our comfort score.

Which lasts longer, ContiSportContact 5 SSR or ContiSportContact 5P?

Continental ContiSportContact 5 SSR, 50 vs 43 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