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Continental PureContact looks discontinued: no new owner reviews or road tests in five years and no current EU tyre label.

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Continental Cross Contact A/T vs Continental PureContact — Compared

Relative Score (0–100): the weighted average of the categories below, each 60% road tests and 40% owner reviews. Based on 0 + 0 road tests and 14 + 29 owner reviews. How we score

PureContact is ahead, 68–62

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Continental PureContact
Tire BContinental

PureContact

All-Season Premium Touring tires

Tests – · none yet Owners 67 · 29 reviews

Category by category

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

  1. 64

    Dry

    PureContact +4
    68
    Why this score
    SourceCross Contact A/TPureContact
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 66 (est.)≈ 68 (est.)
    Reviews found online6268

    Cross Contact A/T: 60% × 65.5 (est.) + 40% × 62.2 = 64

    PureContact: 60% × 67.7 (est.) + 40% × 67.6 = 68

    No road tests of dry for Cross Contact A/T. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.40).

    No road tests of dry for PureContact. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.40).

  2. 64

    Wet

    PureContact +8
    72
    Why this score
    SourceCross Contact A/TPureContact
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 66 (est.)≈ 72 (est.)
    Reviews found online6373

    Cross Contact A/T: 60% × 65.7 (est.) + 40% × 62.5 = 64

    PureContact: 60% × 71.7 (est.) + 40% × 73.2 = 72

    No road tests of wet for Cross Contact A/T. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.56).

    No road tests of wet for PureContact. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.56).

  3. 53

    Snow

    PureContact +10
    63
    Why this score
    SourceCross Contact A/TPureContact
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 60 (est.)≈ 66 (est.)
    Reviews found online4158

    Cross Contact A/T: 60% × 60.4 (est.) + 40% × 41.3 = 53

    PureContact: 60% × 66 (est.) + 40% × 58.1 = 63

    No road tests of snow for Cross Contact A/T. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.33).

    No road tests of snow for PureContact. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.33).

  4. 65

    Comfort

    PureContact +3
    68
    Why this score
    SourceCross Contact A/TPureContact
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 68 (est.)≈ 69 (est.)
    Reviews found online6067

    Cross Contact A/T: 60% × 67.6 (est.) + 40% × 60.4 = 65

    PureContact: 60% × 68.8 (est.) + 40% × 67.2 = 68

    No road tests of comfort for Cross Contact A/T or PureContact. The test half is the tested tires’ average (69): owners’ comfort ratings barely follow the road tests.

  5. –

    Noise

    No comparison
    68
    Why this score
    SourceCross Contact A/TPureContact
    Professional tests (TWG score)–≈ 67 (est.)
    Reviews found online–69

    PureContact: 60% × 67.3 (est.) + 40% × 69.2 = 68

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

  6. 65

    Treadwear

    PureContact +1
    66
    Why this score
    SourceCross Contact A/TPureContact
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 65 (est.)≈ 66 (est.)
    Reviews found online6466

    Cross Contact A/T: 60% × 65.2 (est.) + 40% × 64.4 = 65

    PureContact: 60% × 65.7 (est.) + 40% × 66 = 66

    No road tests of treadwear for Cross Contact A/T. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.31).

    No road tests of treadwear for PureContact. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.31).

  7. 62

    Handling (owners)

    No comparison
    –
    Why this score
    SourceCross Contact A/TPureContact
    Reviews found online62–
Scores at a glance
CategoryContinental Cross Contact A/TContinental PureContact
Relative Score 62 68
Dry 64 68
Wet 64 72
Snow 53 63
Comfort 65 68
Noise – 68
Treadwear 65 66
Handling (owners) 62 –

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

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Headline score

Cross Contact A/T

PureContact

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 Cross Contact A/T

Pros

  • Excellent on-road comfort and handling with acceptable noise levels
  • High potential longevity and mileage for many users, with sets lasting upwards of 50,000 to 80,000 km/miles
  • Competent dry and wet performance on paved surfaces

Cons

  • Susceptibility to punctures and fragile sidewalls reported by some drivers
  • Rapid, premature tread wear experienced by certain users
  • Poor traction and spinning issues in winter conditions such as snow and ice
All owner themes in the Cross Contact A/T review

Tire B PureContact

Pros

  • Exceptional wet and dry traction
  • Quiet and smooth ride quality
  • Great overall performance relative to price

Cons

  • Soft sidewalls can lead to reduced cornering confidence or understeer on certain light vehicles
  • Some users perceive the sidewalls as thin and vulnerable to minor punctures
  • Occasional reports of higher-than-expected road noise on specific vehicle applications
All owner themes in the PureContact review

Specs side by side

Attribute A · Continental Cross Contact A/T B · Continental PureContact
CategoryAll-Terrain tireAll-Season Premium Touring tires
Vehicle typeSUV and 4x4Passenger Car / Crossover
Treadwear warranty—70,000 mi
Sidewall—Blackwall
Max pressure—51 psi

Which one should you actually buy?

Continental Cross Contact A/T

Continental PureContact

Winner: Continental PureContact — better snow, wet and dry. It leads or ties in every category we score. Continental Cross Contact A/T rests on little evidence so far (0 tests, 14 reviews), so read this result as provisional.

Pick tire B You drive through snowy winters

Continental PureContact scores 63 vs 53 on snow.

Pick tire B Your priority is wet-weather safety

Continental PureContact scores 72 vs 64 on wet.

Pick tire B You want the most grip on dry roads

Continental PureContact scores 68 vs 64 on dry.

Pick tire B You want the most comfortable ride

Continental PureContact scores 68 vs 65 on comfort.

Tire A · Continental Cross Contact A/T
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Tire B · Continental PureContact
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Cross Contact A/T or PureContact?

Which is better in the wet, Cross Contact A/T or PureContact?

Continental PureContact, 72 vs 64 on our wet score.

Which grips better on dry roads, Cross Contact A/T or PureContact?

Continental PureContact, 68 vs 64 on our dry score.

Which is better in snow, Cross Contact A/T or PureContact?

Continental PureContact, 63 vs 53 on our snow score.

Which is more comfortable, Cross Contact A/T or PureContact?

Continental PureContact, 68 vs 65 on our comfort score.

Which lasts longer, Cross Contact A/T or PureContact?

Neither, by our numbers: 65 vs 66 on the treadwear score, within 3 points.

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