Winter tire Updated October 2026

Continental IceContact 2 review

Name: Continental IceContact 2
Brand: Continental

Relative score 60% tests + 40% owners

Owners 69 · 2 reviews analysed Road tests 73 · 2 tests

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The Continental IceContact 2 is highly regarded as a robust winter tire, particularly well-suited for harsh Nordic and Baltic climates. Users consistently praise its exceptional grip on snow and ice, noting that while it performs well, its acoustic profile and ice-traction longevity are typical trade-offs for a studded tire.

Two scoring systems, side by side

Owner scores come from reviews found online; road-test scores come from instrumented tests. Where they disagree, it is usually a discipline owners rarely push to the limit.

How scores work

Relative score: 0–100. Blends road tests (60%) and owner reviews (40%) category by category, the same way on every TireWheelGuide page. With only one of the two, the missing half is estimated from it, so the score stays closer to average. It needs at least one road test or five owner reviews.
Road tests: 0–100 per score, from published tests, newer tests counting more. Each result is compared with every other tire in the same test, so a win against a strong field counts for more. The average tested tire gets 70, the best 100; with only one or two tests a tire stays nearer 70. The discipline rows show % of the best tire in that test.
Owner reviews: 0–100 from the owner reviews we found online, adjusted for how generously each site rates and scaled like the road tests: the average tested tire gets 70. With only a few reviews a tire stays near the average.

By owner reviews

69/100

From 2 owner reviews analysed, scaled like the road tests: the average tested tire gets 70.

Would buy again 95%

Dry

Overall dry

66.4

Corner stability

71.1

Dry traction

66.8

Steering response

69.7

Wet

Overall wet

72.1

Wet traction

71.6

Snow & ice

Overall snow & ice

75.3

Ice

68.7

Comfort

Overall comfort

62.8

Treadwear

Overall treadwear

64.6

Handling

Overall handling

70.9

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By road tests

73/100

Scaled across every tested tire: the average gets 70, the best 100.

Dry

71.3

Wet

70.4

Snow

77.6

What owners like and dislike

Themes extracted from 2 owner reviews found online.

Pros

Excellent traction on snow and ice-covered surfaces
Surprisingly comfortable and quiet ride for a studded tire
Reliable handling and stability in severe winter conditions
Strong performance on mixed and rural road surfaces

Cons

Increased road noise when driving on dry or clean pavement
Noticeable degradation in ice grip performance after two seasons of use
Requires precise tire pressure maintenance to ensure optimal wet-weather handling

Worth knowing

Users operating in rural or mixed-road environments report higher satisfaction than those primarily on dry highways.
The tire is specifically noted for its suitability in extreme northern climates like Sweden and the Baltic region.

4 published test appearances

Placement within each field. Open a test for the discipline-by-discipline result.

2021 Test World Winter Studded Tire Test R17 · 225/55R17

5th of 5

Only the final ranking was published for this test, not the results per discipline.

Source: Test World

2018 Vi Studded Winter tire Test · 205/55 R16

1st of 8

Best: Dry Braking · 1st Weakest: Rolling Resistance · 8th

Discipline	Placement	Field position
Wet Braking	2nd of 8
Dry Braking	1st of 8
Snow Braking	5th of 8
Snow Traction	4th of 8
Snow Handling	1st of 8
Ice Braking	1st of 8
Ice Handling	2nd of 8
Rolling Resistance	8th of 8
Ice Traction	2nd of 8