Relative Score (0–100): the weighted average of the categories below, each 60% road tests and 40% owner reviews (comfort 40/60). Based on 22 + 0 road tests and 1,642 + 5 owner reviews. How we score
SportContact 7 is ahead, 87–79
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Tests 84 · 22 tests Owners 81 · 1,642 reviews
Best test result: #1 of 18 in 2025 ADAC Summer Tyre Test (wet braking)
“On my 2nd set. Got decent mileage from them. 15k miles from the first set of rears and i've 11k on the 2nd set with 4.5mm still left on them.”
Tests – · none yet Owners 83 · 5 reviews
Relative Score per category, 0–100. Open “Why this score” for the tests and owner ratings behind it.
| Source | SportContact 7 | SP Sport 560 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 21 / – tests | 100 | ≈ 75 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 91 | 84 |
SportContact 7: 60% × 99.9 + 40% × 90.5 = 96
SP Sport 560: 60% × 74.6 (est.) + 40% × 83.9 = 78
No road tests of dry for SP Sport 560. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.42).
| Source | SportContact 7 | SP Sport 560 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 22 / – tests | 96 | ≈ 78 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 90 | 83 |
SportContact 7: 60% × 95.7 + 40% × 89.9 = 93
SP Sport 560: 60% × 77.7 (est.) + 40% × 83.4 = 80
No road tests of wet for SP Sport 560. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.55).
| Source | SportContact 7 | SP Sport 560 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 5 / – tests | 56 | ≈ 72 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 75 | 82 |
SportContact 7: 40% × 55.6 + 60% × 75.4 = 67
SP Sport 560: 40% × 71.5 (est.) + 60% × 82.3 = 78
No road tests of comfort for SP Sport 560. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.20).
| Source | SportContact 7 | SP Sport 560 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 19 / – tests | 59 | – |
| Reviews found online | ≈ 66 (est.) | – |
SportContact 7: 60% × 59.2 + 40% × 66.3 (est.) = 62
No owner ratings of noise for SportContact 7. 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.
| Source | SportContact 7 | SP Sport 560 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / – tests | 72 | ≈ 72 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 63 | 83 |
SportContact 7: 60% × 72 + 40% × 62.5 = 68
SP Sport 560: 60% × 72.4 (est.) + 40% × 82.9 = 77
No road tests of treadwear for SP Sport 560. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.36).
| Source | SportContact 7 | SP Sport 560 |
|---|---|---|
| Reviews found online | 89 | 83 |
| Source | SportContact 7 | SP Sport 560 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 21 / – tests | 72 | – |
| Category | Continental SportContact 7 | Dunlop SP Sport 560 |
|---|---|---|
| Relative Score | 87 | 79 |
| Dry | 96 | 78 |
| Wet | 93 | 80 |
| Comfort | 67 | 78 |
| Noise | 62 | – |
| Treadwear | 68 | 77 |
| Handling (owners) | 89 | 83 |
| Efficiency | 72 | – |
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.
Only one of the two tires has a score here, so this weight changes nothing in the head-to-head.
SportContact 7
SP Sport 560
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 regards the SportContact 7 as an excellent ultra-high-performance tire, praised for exceptional dry and wet grip, direct steering, quick warm-up, and good rim protection. Many rank it at or above the Michelin PS4S and ahead of the PS5 and Goodyear Asymmetric 6 for outright performance. The main criticisms are fast tread wear (often about 10–15k miles), low starting tread depth, softer sidewalls, some tramlining and noise, and poor durability on track.
“From 19’s to 18’s experience. When the factory 19’s cracked in shitty aussie roads, it was the perfect excuse for new wheels and tyres. I went with Konig ampliform 18-8.5 ET43, and conti sport contact 7 245/40. The ride changed a lot, the car feels much lighter to throw around, it’s a lot of fun and at the same time potholes don’t feel like a shock through the spine anymore. Read more”
“Can’t look past the sport contact 7s for me, both in terms of price and performance. I prefer them to the PS4S. The ride is better, they aren’t as loud, they are cheaper and wet grip is noticeable better. I’ve only used them on fairly big RWD stuff so can’t comment on how they’d be on something lighter and FWD. They are awesome on the 5 series and M3”
“The oil and tires question (summer edition) So, I have an EU i30N with GPF (for now anyway) I’m looking for a good summer oil for daily + weekend hooning + a few track days. Ambient temps can reach ~37°C, so I’m considering 5W-30, 5W-40, or maybe 0W-40, over the stock 0W30. Since it's (momentarily) got a GPF, it can't be a full-SAPS oil. Does anyone have any specific recommendations? Next thing is the tires. It's currently on some kind of P Zeros, probably just a later set of the stock model (from the previous owner). I'm looking to put something else onto it (cause I'm fed up with cold understeer and hop), but there's too much choice for me 😅. I know that I probably don't want SC7's because they're reportedly really stiff (despite all of their other pros). The roads are kinda ass where I live and it's already on the limit of my tolerance with the PZs. Read more”
Based on 115 community posts
We haven't collected enough community discussion about this tire yet.
| Attribute | A · Continental SportContact 7 | B · Dunlop SP Sport 560 |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Summer | Summer |
| Vehicle type | Passenger Car / Crossover | Passenger Car / Crossover |
| Sizes available | 123 | — |
| Rim diameters | 18″ – 24″ | — |
| Tread depth | 8 - 9/32″ | — |
| UTQG | 240 AA A | — |
| Sidewall | Black Side Wall | — |
| Max pressure | 50 - 51 psi | — |
Continental SportContact 7
Dunlop SP Sport 560
Winner: Continental SportContact 7 — better dry, wet and handling. Pick the Dunlop SP Sport 560 if comfort and treadwear matter most to you. Dunlop SP Sport 560 rests on little evidence so far (0 tests, 5 reviews), so read this result as provisional.
Continental SportContact 7 scores 96 vs 78 on dry.
Continental SportContact 7 scores 93 vs 80 on wet.
Dunlop SP Sport 560 scores 78 vs 67 on comfort.
Dunlop SP Sport 560 scores 77 vs 68 on treadwear.
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Continental SportContact 7, 93 vs 80 on our wet score.
Continental SportContact 7, 96 vs 78 on our dry score.
Dunlop SP Sport 560, 78 vs 67 on our comfort score.
Dunlop SP Sport 560, 77 vs 68 on our treadwear score.
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
