Relative Score (0–100): the weighted average of the categories below, each 60% road tests and 40% owner reviews (comfort 40/60). Based on 3 + 0 road tests and 6,420 + 5 owner reviews. How we score
ExtremeContact DWS 06 PLUS is ahead, 78–71
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Tests 76 · 3 tests Owners 81 · 6,420 reviews
Best test result: #1 of 9 in 2024 Tire Rack UHP All Season Tyre Test (ice braking)
“I ran the dws on my 700whp corvette ZR1 for 5 years . Never a problem and wear really good . I’ve tracked them in the qtr mile and roll racing . They hooked pretty good ls at the track . Had a 1.60 sixty foot on them”
Tests – · none yet Owners 71 · 5 reviews
Relative Score per category, 0–100. Open “Why this score” for the tests and owner ratings behind it.
| Source | ExtremeContact DWS 06 PLUS | N5000+ |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 3 / – tests | 76 | ≈ 71 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 88 | 75 |
ExtremeContact DWS 06 PLUS: 60% × 75.5 + 40% × 87.6 = 80
N5000+: 60% × 71 (est.) + 40% × 75.3 = 73
No road tests of dry for N5000+. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.41).
| Source | ExtremeContact DWS 06 PLUS | N5000+ |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 3 / – tests | 75 | ≈ 73 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 92 | 74 |
ExtremeContact DWS 06 PLUS: 60% × 74.8 + 40% × 91.5 = 81
N5000+: 60% × 72.7 (est.) + 40% × 74.3 = 73
No road tests of wet for N5000+. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.55).
| Source | ExtremeContact DWS 06 PLUS | N5000+ |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / – tests | 80 | ≈ 69 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 72 | 64 |
ExtremeContact DWS 06 PLUS: 60% × 80.3 + 40% × 71.5 = 77
N5000+: 60% × 68.5 (est.) + 40% × 64.2 = 67
No road tests of snow for N5000+. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.32).
| Source | ExtremeContact DWS 06 PLUS | N5000+ |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 3 / – tests | 74 | ≈ 70 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 83 | 75 |
ExtremeContact DWS 06 PLUS: 40% × 74.4 + 60% × 82.6 = 79
N5000+: 40% × 70 (est.) + 60% × 74.6 = 73
No road tests of comfort for N5000+. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.20).
| Source | ExtremeContact DWS 06 PLUS | N5000+ |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 3 / – tests | 71 | – |
| Reviews found online | 79 | – |
ExtremeContact DWS 06 PLUS: 60% × 71.3 + 40% × 79.1 = 74
| Source | ExtremeContact DWS 06 PLUS | N5000+ |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) | ≈ 68 (est.) | ≈ 67 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 71 | 67 |
ExtremeContact DWS 06 PLUS: 60% × 68.1 (est.) + 40% × 70.9 = 69
N5000+: 60% × 66.5 (est.) + 40% × 66.5 = 67
No road tests of treadwear for ExtremeContact DWS 06 PLUS. 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 N5000+. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.36).
| Source | ExtremeContact DWS 06 PLUS | N5000+ |
|---|---|---|
| Reviews found online | 83 | 74 |
| Category | Continental ExtremeContact DWS 06 PLUS | Nexen N5000+ |
|---|---|---|
| Relative Score | 78 | 71 |
| Dry | 80 | 73 |
| Wet | 81 | 73 |
| Snow | 77 | 67 |
| Comfort | 79 | 73 |
| Noise | 74 | – |
| Treadwear | 69 | 67 |
| Handling (owners) | 83 | 74 |
Higher is better. The Relative Score follows your weights below; category scores do not change.
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.
Only one of the two tires has a score here, so this weight changes nothing in the head-to-head.
ExtremeContact DWS 06 PLUS
N5000+
Only categories both tires have data for count toward the headline score.
Themes extracted from owner reviews found online — not the opinion of TireWheelGuide.
From Reddit, forums and review threads. Not part of our score
The community generally views the DWS 06 Plus as one of the best ultra-high-performance all-season tires. Owners praise its wet and dry grip, ride comfort, quietness, and light-snow manners, and many compare it favorably to the Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4, often at a lower price. Criticisms include inconsistent tread life (some report about 25k miles while others get 50k), balancing difficulty, soft sidewall or squirmy feel, noise as the tires age, and the fact that they are not a substitute for dedicated winter tires.
“Continental ExtremeContact DWS06 Plus are THE standard for a reason for high performance all-season tires. They have been the best for years and all other brands are only just now catching up to them. If you don't care as much about performance in dry then yeah the CC2 are a fine choice. Personally I deal with bad winters so I run DWS06 Plus as my summer set and then in the winter I switch to my Vredestein Wintrac Pro XL set on dedicated wheels. I run all-seasons in the summer in case we get some early ice/snow before I've swapped sets but nothing beats dedicated winter tires when you need them. Given, I live on a mountain with steep hills and a dirt road, I regularly deal with snow deep enough to high-center the car. If you don't deal with those conditions you can probably get away with all-seasons okay.”
“I just put them on my 17 Z06. $1190.00 for the set. Huge difference on cold days with regards to traction. I had these on my Chevy SS Sedan for years and loved them. Only complaint is that if the car sits for a couple of weeks you will notice a slight vibration due to low spot until they even out, at least that's what I encountered on the original DSW's. I also noticed since these are not run flats that the bumps are not as harsh, which hopefully will reduce potential rim cracks. That's the hope but with our MI roads it's a never ending battle! Good luck in your decision!”
“2.0T + Cont Extremecontact = win Replaced my stock tires at just shy of 35k miles with Continental Extremecontact DWS06 plus tires....my oh MY what a difference! Even when brand-new, the stock michelin all-seasons would spin out every time I'd try to launch...no longer an issue/these feel like a dream. I feel like I'm driving a completely different car now. Far better corner handling/lane changing as well, and they honestly seem to have less road noise as well. To anyone who feels they don't have enough grip/handling on their 2.0T, these are the answer. Haven't had the chance to test in heavy rain yet (or snow come winter), but I'm sure they'll handle well. 10/10 after about a hundred miles or so (likely not even "broken in" yet) Read more”
Based on 139 community posts
We haven't collected enough community discussion about this tire yet.
| Attribute | A · Continental ExtremeContact DWS 06 PLUS | B · Nexen N5000+ |
|---|---|---|
| Category | All Season | All Season |
| Vehicle type | Passenger Car / Crossover | Passenger Car / Crossover |
| Sizes available | 120 | — |
| Rim diameters | 16″ – 22″ | — |
| Tread depth | 10/32″ | — |
| UTQG | 560 - 740 A - AA A | — |
| Treadwear warranty | 50,000 mi | — |
| Sidewall | Black Side Wall | — |
| Max pressure | 50 - 51 psi | — |
Continental ExtremeContact DWS 06 PLUS
Nexen N5000+
Winner: Continental ExtremeContact DWS 06 PLUS — better snow, handling and wet. It leads or ties in every category we score. Nexen N5000+ rests on little evidence so far (0 tests, 5 reviews), so read this result as provisional.
Continental ExtremeContact DWS 06 PLUS scores 77 vs 67 on snow.
Continental ExtremeContact DWS 06 PLUS scores 83 vs 74 on handling.
Continental ExtremeContact DWS 06 PLUS scores 81 vs 73 on wet.
Continental ExtremeContact DWS 06 PLUS scores 80 vs 73 on dry.
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Continental ExtremeContact DWS 06 PLUS, 81 vs 73 on our wet score.
Continental ExtremeContact DWS 06 PLUS, 80 vs 73 on our dry score.
Continental ExtremeContact DWS 06 PLUS, 77 vs 67 on our snow score.
Continental ExtremeContact DWS 06 PLUS, 79 vs 73 on our comfort score.
Neither, by our numbers: 69 vs 67 on the treadwear score, within 3 points.
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
