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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 PureContact vs Michelin CrossClimate+ — 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 + 13 road tests and 29 + 120 owner reviews. How we score

CrossClimate+ is ahead, 79–71

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Continental PureContact
Tire AContinental

PureContact

All-Season Premium Touring tires

± 8

Tests – · none yet Owners 71 · 29 reviews

Michelin CrossClimate+
Tire BMichelin

CrossClimate+

All Season

± 5

Tests 81 · 13 tests Owners 78 · 120 reviews

Best test result: #1 of 15 in 2019 Summer and All Season Tyre Test (dry handling)

Category by category

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

  1. 71

    Dry

    CrossClimate+ +16
    87
    Why this score
    SourcePureContactCrossClimate+
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 13 tests≈ 70 (est.)94
    Reviews found online7277

    PureContact: 60% × 69.7 (est.) + 40% × 72.3 = 71

    CrossClimate+: 60% × 93.9 + 40% × 77.4 = 87

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

  2. 76

    Wet

    CrossClimate+ +5
    81
    Why this score
    SourcePureContactCrossClimate+
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 13 tests≈ 75 (est.)81
    Reviews found online7881

    PureContact: 60% × 74.9 (est.) + 40% × 78.4 = 76

    CrossClimate+: 60% × 80.8 + 40% × 81.2 = 81

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

  3. 65

    Snow

    CrossClimate+ +3
    68
    Why this score
    SourcePureContactCrossClimate+
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 9 tests≈ 67 (est.)65
    Reviews found online6073

    PureContact: 60% × 67.3 (est.) + 40% × 60.4 = 65

    CrossClimate+: 60% × 65.1 + 40% × 72.8 = 68

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

  4. 68

    Comfort

    CrossClimate+ +7
    75
    Why this score
    SourcePureContactCrossClimate+
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 1 tests≈ 69 (est.)71
    Reviews found online6877

    PureContact: 40% × 68.6 (est.) + 60% × 68.4 = 68

    CrossClimate+: 40% × 70.9 + 60% × 77.1 = 75

    No road tests of comfort for PureContact. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.20).

  5. 69

    Noise

    PureContact +2
    67
    Why this score
    SourcePureContactCrossClimate+
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 9 tests≈ 66 (est.)68
    Reviews found online72≈ 66 (est.)

    PureContact: 60% × 66.4 (est.) + 40% × 71.8 = 69

    CrossClimate+: 60% × 67.6 + 40% × 66.4 (est.) = 67

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

    No owner ratings of noise for CrossClimate+. 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.

  6. 68

    Treadwear

    CrossClimate+ +14
    82
    Why this score
    SourcePureContactCrossClimate+
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 3 tests≈ 67 (est.)83
    Reviews found online6980

    PureContact: 60% × 67.3 (est.) + 40% × 68.7 = 68

    CrossClimate+: 60% × 83.2 + 40% × 79.7 = 82

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

  7. –

    Handling (owners)

    No comparison
    72
    Why this score
    SourcePureContactCrossClimate+
    Reviews found online–72
  8. –

    Efficiency

    No comparison
    74
    Why this score
    SourcePureContactCrossClimate+
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 8 tests–74
Scores at a glance
CategoryContinental PureContactMichelin CrossClimate+
Relative Score 71 79
Dry 71 87
Wet 76 81
Snow 65 68
Comfort 68 75
Noise 69 67
Treadwear 68 82
Handling (owners) – 72
Efficiency – 74

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

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PureContact

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CrossClimate+

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 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

Tire B CrossClimate+

Pros

  • Strong snow and cold-weather traction for an all-season tyre, with many owners reporting winter-tyre-like confidence on snow, slush and hills, including on front-wheel-drive cars.
  • Excellent dry handling and steering response with precise, summer-tyre-like feel, along with generally very good wet grip and braking.
  • Long tread life: many reports of 30,000–55,000+ km or miles with low wear, including taxi and van use and 4-year/50,000-mile ownership.

Cons

  • Performance degradation with age: several owners report grip (wet and snow), noise and ride deteriorating after about 1–2 years, with hardening or cracking of the rubber in some cases.
  • Limitations on ice, packed snow and deep or steep snow, where some owners found them inferior to dedicated winter tyres or to rivals such as the Goodyear Vector 4Seasons.
  • Wet-weather concerns for some, including aquaplaning, being pulled around by standing water, and scary steering feel as the tyres aged.
All owner themes in the CrossClimate+ review

Specs side by side

Attribute A · Continental PureContact B · Michelin CrossClimate+
CategoryAll-Season Premium Touring tiresAll Season
Vehicle typePassenger Car / CrossoverPassenger Car / Crossover
Sizes available—63
Rim diameters—13″ – 19″

Which one should you actually buy?

Continental PureContact

Michelin CrossClimate+

Winner: Michelin CrossClimate+ — better dry, treadwear and comfort. Where the Continental PureContact is ahead, it is by less than 3 points.

Pick tire B You want the most grip on dry roads

Michelin CrossClimate+ scores 87 vs 71 on dry.

Pick tire B You want the longest tread life

Michelin CrossClimate+ scores 82 vs 68 on treadwear.

Pick tire B You want the most comfortable ride

Michelin CrossClimate+ scores 75 vs 68 on comfort.

Pick tire B Your priority is wet-weather safety

Michelin CrossClimate+ scores 81 vs 76 on wet.

Tire A · Continental PureContact
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PureContact or CrossClimate+?

Which is better in the wet, PureContact or CrossClimate+?

Michelin CrossClimate+, 81 vs 76 on our wet score.

Which grips better on dry roads, PureContact or CrossClimate+?

Michelin CrossClimate+, 87 vs 71 on our dry score.

Which is better in snow, PureContact or CrossClimate+?

Michelin CrossClimate+, 68 vs 65 on our snow score.

Which is quieter, PureContact or CrossClimate+?

Neither, by our numbers: 69 vs 67 on the noise score, within 3 points.

Which is more comfortable, PureContact or CrossClimate+?

Michelin CrossClimate+, 75 vs 68 on our comfort score.

Which lasts longer, PureContact or CrossClimate+?

Michelin CrossClimate+, 82 vs 68 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