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

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Continental Sport Contact vs Goodyear Assurance All-Season — 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 18 + 51 owner reviews. How we score

Sport Contact leads, 63–61 Narrow edge

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Category by category

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

  1. 64

    Dry

    Sport Contact +3
    61
    Why this score
    SourceSport ContactAssurance All-Season
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 65 (est.)≈ 64 (est.)
    Reviews found online6258

    Sport Contact: 60% × 65.4 (est.) + 40% × 61.8 = 64

    Assurance All-Season: 60% × 63.7 (est.) + 40% × 57.8 = 61

    No road tests of dry for Sport Contact. 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 Assurance All-Season. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.42).

  2. 66

    Wet

    Sport Contact +2
    64
    Why this score
    SourceSport ContactAssurance All-Season
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 67 (est.)≈ 65 (est.)
    Reviews found online6461

    Sport Contact: 60% × 67.3 (est.) + 40% × 64.4 = 66

    Assurance All-Season: 60% × 65.3 (est.) + 40% × 60.8 = 64

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

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

  3. –

    Snow

    No comparison
    56
    Why this score
    SourceSport ContactAssurance All-Season
    Professional tests (TWG score)–≈ 63 (est.)
    Reviews found online–46

    Assurance All-Season: 60% × 62.8 (est.) + 40% × 45.8 = 56

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

  4. 61

    Comfort

    Level
    61
    Why this score
    SourceSport ContactAssurance All-Season
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 66 (est.)≈ 67 (est.)
    Reviews found online5858

    Sport Contact: 40% × 66.5 (est.) + 60% × 57.5 = 61

    Assurance All-Season: 40% × 66.6 (est.) + 60% × 58 = 61

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

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

  5. –

    Noise

    No comparison
    65
    Why this score
    SourceSport ContactAssurance All-Season
    Professional tests (TWG score)–≈ 66 (est.)
    Reviews found online–64

    Assurance All-Season: 60% × 66.3 (est.) + 40% × 63.6 = 65

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

  6. 58

    Treadwear

    Assurance All-Season +2
    60
    Why this score
    SourceSport ContactAssurance All-Season
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 62 (est.)≈ 63 (est.)
    Reviews found online5357

    Sport Contact: 60% × 61.6 (est.) + 40% × 52.7 = 58

    Assurance All-Season: 60% × 62.9 (est.) + 40% × 56.5 = 60

    No road tests of treadwear for Sport Contact. 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 Assurance All-Season. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.36).

  7. 61

    Handling (owners)

    Sport Contact +7
    54
    Why this score
    SourceSport ContactAssurance All-Season
    Reviews found online6154
Scores at a glance
CategoryContinental Sport ContactGoodyear Assurance All-Season
Relative Score 63 61
Dry 64 61
Wet 66 64
Snow – 56
Comfort 61 61
Noise – 65
Treadwear 58 60
Handling (owners) 61 54

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

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Headline score
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Sport Contact

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Assurance All-Season

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 Sport Contact

Pros

  • Excellent dry weather grip and cornering stability
  • Commendable tread life and durability for a performance-oriented tire
  • Predictable and progressive handling characteristics

Cons

  • Noticeable decline in wet weather performance as tread depth decreases
  • Inconsistent tread wear reports ranging from 6,000 to 40,000 miles
  • Increased road noise reported by some users
All owner themes in the Sport Contact review

Tire B Assurance All-Season

Pros

  • High level of ride comfort and low road noise
  • Excellent value for the price point
  • Reliable dry and wet weather traction for non-aggressive drivers

Cons

  • Inconsistent tread life, with reports of premature wear well before the warranty limit
  • Poor performance in winter conditions, specifically on ice and deep snow
  • Occasional reports of vibration and balance issues immediately after installation
All owner themes in the Assurance All-Season review

Specs side by side

Attribute A · Continental Sport Contact B · Goodyear Assurance All-Season
CategorySummerAll Season
Vehicle typePassenger Car / CrossoverPassenger Car / Crossover
Sizes available—51
Rim diameters—14″ – 20″
Tread depth—9/32″
UTQG—600 A B
Treadwear warranty—65,000 mi
Sidewall—Blackwall
Max pressure—51 psi

Which one should you actually buy?

Continental Sport Contact

Goodyear Assurance All-Season

Narrow edge: Continental Sport Contact — better handling and dry. Where the Goodyear Assurance All-Season is ahead, it is by less than 3 points. Continental Sport Contact rests on little evidence so far (0 tests, 18 reviews), so read this result as provisional.

Pick tire A You enjoy sharp, responsive handling

Continental Sport Contact scores 61 vs 54 on handling.

Pick tire A You want the most grip on dry roads

Continental Sport Contact scores 64 vs 61 on dry.

Tire A · Continental Sport Contact
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Sport Contact or Assurance All-Season?

Which is better in the wet, Sport Contact or Assurance All-Season?

Neither, by our numbers: 66 vs 64 on the wet score, within 3 points.

Which grips better on dry roads, Sport Contact or Assurance All-Season?

Continental Sport Contact, 64 vs 61 on our dry score.

Which is more comfortable, Sport Contact or Assurance All-Season?

Neither, by our numbers: 61 vs 61 on the comfort score, within 3 points.

Which lasts longer, Sport Contact or Assurance All-Season?

Neither, by our numbers: 58 vs 60 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