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 + 76 owner reviews. How we score
SportContact 7 is ahead, 85–59
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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 53 · 76 reviews
Relative Score per category, 0–100. Open “Why this score” for the tests and owner ratings behind it.
| Source | SportContact 7 | Eagle RS-A |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 21 / – tests | 100 | ≈ 63 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 91 | 56 |
SportContact 7: 60% × 99.9 + 40% × 90.5 = 96
Eagle RS-A: 60% × 62.8 (est.) + 40% × 55.6 = 60
No road tests of dry for Eagle RS-A. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.42).
| Source | SportContact 7 | Eagle RS-A |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 22 / – tests | 96 | ≈ 61 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 90 | 53 |
SportContact 7: 60% × 95.7 + 40% × 89.9 = 93
Eagle RS-A: 60% × 61 (est.) + 40% × 53 = 58
No road tests of wet for Eagle RS-A. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.55).
| Source | SportContact 7 | Eagle RS-A |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) | – | ≈ 61 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | – | 42 |
Eagle RS-A: 60% × 61.5 (est.) + 40% × 41.7 = 54
No road tests of snow for Eagle RS-A. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.32).
| Source | SportContact 7 | Eagle RS-A |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 5 / – tests | 56 | ≈ 65 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 75 | 50 |
SportContact 7: 40% × 55.6 + 60% × 75.4 = 67
Eagle RS-A: 40% × 64.9 (est.) + 60% × 49.7 = 56
No road tests of comfort for Eagle RS-A. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.20).
| Source | SportContact 7 | Eagle RS-A |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 19 / – tests | 59 | ≈ 66 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | ≈ 66 (est.) | 63 |
SportContact 7: 60% × 59.2 + 40% × 66.3 (est.) = 62
Eagle RS-A: 60% × 66.3 (est.) + 40% × 63.1 = 65
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.
No road tests of noise for Eagle RS-A. The test half is the tested tires’ average (66): owners’ noise ratings barely follow the road tests.
| Source | SportContact 7 | Eagle RS-A |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / – tests | 72 | ≈ 63 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 63 | 56 |
SportContact 7: 60% × 72 + 40% × 62.5 = 68
Eagle RS-A: 60% × 62.9 (est.) + 40% × 56.3 = 60
No road tests of treadwear for Eagle RS-A. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.36).
| Source | SportContact 7 | Eagle RS-A |
|---|---|---|
| Reviews found online | 89 | 49 |
| Source | SportContact 7 | Eagle RS-A |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 21 / – tests | 72 | – |
| Category | Continental SportContact 7 | Goodyear Eagle RS-A |
|---|---|---|
| Relative Score | 85 | 59 |
| Dry | 96 | 60 |
| Wet | 93 | 58 |
| Snow | – | 54 |
| Comfort | 67 | 56 |
| Noise | 62 | 65 |
| Treadwear | 68 | 60 |
| Handling (owners) | 89 | 49 |
| 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
Eagle RS-A
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.
“I have Continental Sport Contact 7's on my S550 and the are better than the PS4S in my view (plus they stack up well in independent reviews as well)”
“I can also give my input, I'm running 245 front and 295 rears with 20inch. I have sc7s and honestly am a big fan of the tire. I can only compare them the pzero's and for me they feel more predictable and way better in the wet. The sidewall protection is quite decent although not sure how it compares to the michelins. Same as Gmuend I found the sc7s for 30% less so it was a no brainer.”
“and they don't have Bridgestone tyre model in both sizes I need. I guess it means I'm back to Camskill and consider either Turanza 6 Enliten or Conti Sport Contact 7. Both got good scores on TyreReviews.com. I could get whole set of Turanzas from Camskill, whereas with Continentals, I would need to buy rear ones elsewhere”
Based on 115 community posts
We haven't collected enough community discussion about this tire yet.
| Attribute | A · Continental SportContact 7 | B · Goodyear Eagle RS-A |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Summer | All Season |
| Vehicle type | Passenger Car / Crossover | Passenger Car / Crossover |
| Sizes available | 123 | 14 |
| Rim diameters | 18″ – 24″ | 15″ – 20″ |
| Tread depth | 8 - 9/32″ | 10 - 12/32″ |
| UTQG | 240 AA A | 260 - 340 A A |
| Sidewall | Black Side Wall | Black Side Wall - Vertical Serrated Band |
| Max pressure | 50 - 51 psi | 44 - 51 psi |
| Sizes in common | 5 | 5 |
Continental SportContact 7
Goodyear Eagle RS-A
Winner: Continental SportContact 7 — better handling, dry and wet. Pick the Goodyear Eagle RS-A if noise matters most to you.
Continental SportContact 7 scores 89 vs 49 on handling.
Continental SportContact 7 scores 96 vs 60 on dry.
Continental SportContact 7 scores 93 vs 58 on wet.
Continental SportContact 7 scores 67 vs 56 on comfort.
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Continental SportContact 7, 93 vs 58 on our wet score.
Continental SportContact 7, 96 vs 60 on our dry score.
Goodyear Eagle RS-A, 65 vs 62 on our noise score.
Continental SportContact 7, 67 vs 56 on our comfort score.
Continental SportContact 7, 68 vs 60 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
