Factory fit on my Kia Sportage Hybrid. I have travelled 12500 miles in 10 months on these tyres and had seven punctures, all caused by stones piercing the carcass of the tyre. The design of the tread collects small stones, 50+ of them in each tyre and the carcass must be very thin. I've never had this before in 30 years of driving, same roads and type of driving and my other car which does similar mileage on the same roads hasn't had a puncture in years. Judging by complaints on Kia forums this is not uncommon. After four repairs and three replacement tyres i've abandoned them and have swapped them out for a different tyre.

They are fine in the dry and generally not a bad tyre for wet grip on a heavy SUV. The are undoubtedly good for fuel consumption as the replacement tyres are denting that slightly but whats the point in saving a few quid in fuel if you need to replace a £150 tyre every few months as you get a puncture?! If you buy thee tyres i'd recommend you get yourself a space saver spare tyre.

Quite simply, the worst tyres I have ever had the misfortune to endure. OEM on my new Fiesta, I am happy because I am replacing these tyres tomorrow morning! They have loads of miles left in them, but they just feel unsafe in the wet and I can't continue without confidence in them.
The highlights are they have probably saved me a few quid in fuel and they are relatively comfortable and quiet. The downsides are they are appalling in the wet, particularly so in deeper water where aquaplaning becomes the norm. In the dry, they understeer at the merest hint of enthusiastic driving, so absolutely no fun to be had. They are to be replaced with Goodyear F1 Asymmetric 6's tomorrow and I can't wait.

Very dangerous in the wet, I've already flown out of the curve twice!!!

These tyres were factory-fitted on my car. There are much better tyres out there with lower price. Not recommended.

Dead tires after 20,000km

The worst tyres I have ever had on a vehicle. The walls are terribly weak in comparison to any other tyre I have used.
Doesn't matter if it's a shallow pothole, these do not survive.

I have got tyre warranty with national tyres and I have had 8 tyres replaced in 11 months. It's always the walls bulging or popping.

25 years of driving experience and never seen anything like it

The car came fitted with this tyre and after about 10k km I think that I can share my opinion with them. To start with the good things i will say that the tyre is comfortable, has low fuel consumption(my 2.0tsi arteon cand average between 5-5.5l/100km when driven normally) , not very noisy and the wear is very good(yes they have aprox. 6.5-6.7 when new but after 10k km they have worn less than 1mm). Emergency braking în dry on normal and rough tarmac is good but over very smooth roads it is shockingly bad. The dry handling is also average and If you start to push the car înto bends it does lean and start to understeer quiet a lot(fwd car may also influence this, but it does seem a bit much). Without a doubt the worst part of the eco contact 6 is its wet grip. I haven't had any issues with aquaplaning but the wet traction is horrible. I can barely start from a standstill at anything but a sedated pace without wheelspin. Also at one time I could barely crawl to a start on a hill during a rainy day with the esp kicking in multiple times.
All in all I think that if you want a comfortable, efficient tyre that is not noisy and you drive sedately this tyre might satisfy your needs. But if you are driving a relatively heavy car and looking for a tyre that has above average grip and are concearned about handling I think that there are much better options out there.

In city/town speed use I have no major problems. However last year passing through Austria on the motorway late at night in heavy rain the tyres had ‘moments of tyre grip loss in straight lines when the vehicle had done less than 6000 miles from new and therefore the tread depths were good.
At just under 12000 miles I have 3mm front and 4-4.5mm rear left so I don’t think tyre wear is very good but I do except that PHEV’s and Fully electric vehicles are heavier and wear quicker.
My local driving is mostly short journeys on electric and I pride myself on the smoothness of my driving which I think is chauffeur like. Once on the motorways or in bad weather they are not as good as I would expect for an expensive tyre. I’m now considering fitting an all season tyre such as the Michellin cross contact 2

I wish I had found this site sooner. These Continental EcoContact 6’s were the factory-fitted tyre on my car and with all of the recent torrential wet weather I’ve noticed that they are somewhat unstable on wet road surfaces and really knock your confidence driving on them.
You can find the limit of wet grip quite quickly such as sliding when joining a motorway sliproad from a roundabout or even getting unwanted wheelspin on mini-roundabouts.
It feels as if the front tyres are struggling to bite into the surface, I think the EU tyre lane A-rating for wet grip is a bit of a gimmick especially for what is probably a very hard, low rolling resistant compound.
The tread depth is at mid wear point of 4-5mm, but the lack of wet grip has been persistent from the start and I can only imagine it’ll get worse.
I would not recommend these tyres for a LWB estate/SW car, I would probably opt for an Avon ZV7 or Hankook ventus prime 3 as a replacement as both perform very well in the wet from previous experience.

Bought car with 7560 miles on clock,now nearly 14000 +tyres nearly down to wear marks,wet +dry handling fine for me,being 69 no boy racer,very steady acceleration +braking but tyres have worn out evenly +quickly,even went to garage to make sure pressures were correct,won't be buying the same when I replace them.

These were factory fit on a Skoda Superb Combi. They started with 6.5mm tread and covered 47,000km to end up with 2.5mm tread. The wheels were rotated diagonally every 10,000km. I felt that they should have lasted longer given that they were not driven hard and I'd normally get at least another 10,000 km out of a set of tyres. I normally replace my tyres when the tread gets to 2mm but these were replaced early at 2.5mm as they began to feel unsafe in wet conditions. From the start, they were noisy on anything but smooth asphalt to the point where conversation in the car was difficult. They were grippy and predictable on dry roads and felt like they had low rolling resistance. They were acceptable in terms of comfort but felt very stiff over bumps. At 2.5mm they started to become unpredictable in the wet and had to be replaced. I would not recommend this tyre which has all the hallmarks of something developed to help manufacturers meet their emissions targets.

Update of my previous reviews , after 40.000 km , tread still at 3,5 mm