Falken FK451 looks discontinued: no new owner reviews or road tests in five years and no current EU tyre label.
Relative Score (0–100): the weighted average of the categories below, each 60% road tests and 40% owner reviews. Based on 22 + 0 road tests and 1,605 + 10 owner reviews. How we score
SportContact 7 is ahead, 85–68
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Tests 83 · 22 tests Owners 79 · 1,605 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 67 · 10 reviews
Relative Score per category, 0–100. Open “Why this score” for the tests and owner ratings behind it.
| Source | SportContact 7 | FK451 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 21 / – tests | 99 | ≈ 67 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 88 | 65 |
SportContact 7: 60% × 98.7 + 40% × 88.1 = 94
FK451: 60% × 66.6 (est.) + 40% × 64.9 = 66
No road tests of dry for FK451. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.40).
| Source | SportContact 7 | FK451 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 22 / – tests | 94 | ≈ 70 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 85 | 70 |
SportContact 7: 60% × 94.4 + 40% × 85.2 = 91
FK451: 60% × 70 (est.) + 40% × 70.2 = 70
No road tests of wet for FK451. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.56).
| Source | SportContact 7 | FK451 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 5 / – tests | 56 | ≈ 69 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 73 | 67 |
SportContact 7: 60% × 56.4 + 40% × 73.4 = 63
FK451: 60% × 68.8 (est.) + 40% × 67.4 = 68
No road tests of comfort for FK451. The test half is the tested tires’ average (69): owners’ comfort ratings barely follow the road tests.
| Source | SportContact 7 | FK451 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 19 / – tests | 59 | – |
| Reviews found online | ≈ 67 (est.) | – |
SportContact 7: 60% × 59.1 + 40% × 67.3 (est.) = 62
No owner ratings of noise for SportContact 7. The owner half is the owners’ average (67): owners’ noise ratings barely follow the road tests, so the tests say nothing about how owners would rate it.
| Source | SportContact 7 | FK451 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / – tests | 72 | ≈ 66 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 65 | 68 |
SportContact 7: 60% × 71.7 + 40% × 64.7 = 69
FK451: 60% × 66.2 (est.) + 40% × 67.5 = 67
No road tests of treadwear for FK451. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.31).
| Source | SportContact 7 | FK451 |
|---|---|---|
| Reviews found online | 86 | 65 |
| Category | Continental SportContact 7 | Falken FK451 |
|---|---|---|
| Relative Score | 85 | 68 |
| Dry | 94 | 66 |
| Wet | 91 | 70 |
| Comfort | 63 | 68 |
| Noise | 62 | – |
| Treadwear | 69 | 67 |
| Handling (owners) | 86 | 65 |
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.
SportContact 7
FK451
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
Community members widely praise the Continental SportContact 7 for outstanding dry and wet grip, sharp steering precision, and strong value compared to key rivals like the Michelin Pilot Sport 4S. However, users frequently highlight faster tread wear, reduced initial tread depth, and occasional issues with road noise and comfort as main drawbacks.
“I have the Conti SportContact 7 as summer tires on my 500hp M2 Competition. Brilliant tire, tons of grip and very direct steering, and needs much less time to get up to temp than the 4S the car came on when I got it. I can't speak for the 5 but it's definitely a stiffer tire compound than the SC7 so it will last longer but will take more time to get up to temp and also less grippy.”
“US doesn't have the PS5 or PS5S yet but the 4s and 4 were top performing for years and still are. Sport contact 7 would be my 2nd choice.”
“Last week I fitted brand new tyres on my '03 Z4, replaced the worn GY asymmetric 6's with Conti SC7 and I'm not pleased at all. The car also has recently installed new KW V1's, already driven on the old GY's. Now it just feels chewy in the corners. The tires have a few 100km already. Anyone else disappointed with Conti SC7? Any suggestion on tyre pressures? They filled the tyres 2,5 bar all around, later I left out some air just on the front tyres, but still unhappy. I just don't trust the car in the corners.”
Based on 114 community posts
We haven't collected enough community discussion about this tire yet.
| Attribute | A · Continental SportContact 7 | B · Falken FK451 |
|---|---|---|
| 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
Falken FK451
Winner: Continental SportContact 7 — better dry, wet and handling. Pick the Falken FK451 if comfort matters most to you. Falken FK451 rests on little evidence so far (0 tests, 10 reviews), so read this result as provisional.
Continental SportContact 7 scores 94 vs 66 on dry.
Continental SportContact 7 scores 91 vs 70 on wet.
Continental SportContact 7 scores 86 vs 65 on handling.
Falken FK451 scores 68 vs 63 on comfort.
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Continental SportContact 7, 91 vs 70 on our wet score.
Continental SportContact 7, 94 vs 66 on our dry score.
Falken FK451, 68 vs 63 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
