Owners of the Continental EcoContact 6 most often report short tread life and poor wet grip, although not everyone agrees. Around two in five criticise tread life, with many mid-life and end-of-life reports describing rapid wear, while some achieve good mileage. Around three in ten find wet grip lacking, and roughly one in ten criticise wet handling or steering feel. Low rolling resistance and good fuel economy are praised by around one in five owners. Ride comfort also attracts praise, though some find it lacking. Opinions on dry grip and road noise are divided.
What owners mention most counted across 157 reviews
Dry Grip: Fantastic and consistent for the whole duration of the tire. Grip seemed to fade after 45,000 Km.
Wet Grip: Didn't need it much but was quite pleased from it when needed.
Road feedback: Soft tyres with more that enough road feedback , especially when the road is not smooth.
Handling: More than enough for a passenger car
Wear: They tyre stayed consistent with its performance in all aspects until 45,000 Km which is good. But after that it needed replacement ASAP. I usually dont feel i should change tyres before 50k Km so the wear could be a bit better.
Comfort: Comfortable on comfortable roads, decent on bad roads.
Buy again: Definitely, the tyres best feature is the fuel consumption which saved me a lot over the time i was using it. Lower my average fuel consumption by about 0.2 L/100 Km.
At one time Continental would proudly have displayed "Engineered in Germany" on the sidewall. Not anymore and with the EcoContact 6 I am not surprised as it is a terrible tyre!
My new Dacia Duster had them fitted and I found them to have a very 'Wooly' feel about them along with very poor wet grip. I class myself as 'Captain Slow' when driving but these tyres inspired zero confidence. At just 426 mile covered they had ONLY 5mm tread!!!
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Not enough tread. Fitted to my brand new Duster - the tread looked quite shallow from new. At the first service it was noted that tyres were getting a bit low - not near the minimum but the thing has only done 2500 miles! And I'm a retired slow economy type driver, with mostly me and the wife aboard, with the weekly shopping for 2! Dreading having to get another set after about 6 or 7000 at this rate - my tyres normally get too old before the tread wears out! And they are £around £500 a set being a strange size.What a rip off - completely wipes out the mpg advantage of an efficient turbo car. ['m going to claim unfair wear and tear on the warranty if this happens - what are the chances?! Puts me off buying another car with these on
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I have the 6Q version of this tyre. It came fitted on my BYD Seal AWD (not listed here, so I chose MG since it's also a chinese car). The standout quality of this tyre is definitely comfort. It's very compliant and very, very quiet, probably the quietest tyre I've ever had. Road noise is almost nonexistent. But of course, being an eco tyre, performance is not the priority. Dry grip is fine when cruising at up to 120 km/h (75 mph), but not great when the car is driven spiritedly. It feels jittery, especially combined with the car's soft suspension. Handling is okay given its soft sidewall, but just doesn't feel grippy enough to inspire confidence to push the car in twisty roads. I never lost traction during acceleration, which is pleasantly surprising. In the wet, it feels quite slippery and wet braking is not as good as in the dry, but acceptable. Steering feels lazy and slow, and road feedback is minimal (it is an EV). I've only clocked 5000 km on them, and there's no noticeable wear yet, but I notice the tread is pretty shallow for an eco tyre. In conclusion, buy this tyre if you're after comfort and fuel economy. I wouldn't hesitate to put it on a family car or minivan. For cars with decent performance, I would look elsewhere.
Wanted a nice solid tyre with a particular focus on low rolling resistance. These Ecocontact 6s are quite nice. They are comfortable and quiet. The grip is unreal in comparison to the mishmash of Triangle, Yeada, Fronway, and iLink L-Grip (inspiring name) that the previous owner of this car decided to rock. These tyres are much more planted and I no longer engage ABS while braking for the traffic lights in the wet :)
These tyres were fitted from factory on my Megane. They do not excel in any category, the steering feels numb, dry grip is let's say average, wet grip is weak, noise level not great either. Honestly, my winter tyres, Vredestein Wintrac Pro feel safer in the dry and wet compared to the Conti Eco Contact 6. Despite the low amount of grip, wear is high, after 3 seasons they need replacing. I really can't find any strong points for these tyres. Maybe rolling resistance, allthough I don't see differences in fuel consumption compared to the winter tyres. Would not recommand these tyres. They are priced as premium tyres, but they really feel more like budget tyres to me. Maybe they would do ok on a small car that only drives around town.
These tyres should not be put on cars purchased in Great Britain, no good for our climate with roads cold and wet most of the year, mine only lasted 15 months
These came standard on our secondhand 2 y/o Lynk & Co 01 phev with 16k kms, and are the first/factory fitted tires. They will likely be finished after 23k kms, according to our garage mechanic. Since we did 3k of those projected 23k, it's difficult to offer any long time judgement. But for the 4k we've had them here in the Netherlands and during our French holiday, they were decent, but not great. They favor new and pristine asphalt, and handle a bit better in a warm and dry environment, wet and cold aren't its favorite circumstances.
I bought my car brand new. Continental has good road holding and good braking, but the tires are worn out after 20 thousand km. I think they are worn out early.
It's not a bad tyre performance wise, very good grip on corners at high speeds on country highway, wet grip is mediocre, when starting from an uphill traffic light, it skids easily. And the tread durability is very concerning. It came with only 6.5mm tread new and with only 7000km on those tyres they have shown very obvious wear. I probably won't buy them again as I drive a lot and these have bad durability, however if you don't drive a lot it's a decent performing tyre.
Being a Conti I expected the tyre to be a lot better than this, it was a very middle of the road tyre, and fairly noisier than expected. Wear was terrible 13 months and +/- 22k and they worn it, on a car that an EV (granted the weight ) that is used as a family city car 98% of the time. Hardly ever driven hard.
