Continental Archive
16 Aug 2017
ContiRoadAttack 3 records test victory
The new ContiRoadAttack 3 has achieved its second test victory in just three months. Set up on the rims of a Suzuki GSX-S 750, the testers from the PS motorbike magazine ran six pairs of sports touring tires in sizes 120/70 ZR17 and 180/55 ZR17 around the test track. In the end there was one
02 Aug 2017
Continental’s new PremiumContact 6 summer tyre receives two design awards
Continental’s new PremiumContact 6 summer tyre for mid-range and luxury-class cars has received two internationally renowned design awards. The juries of both the IF Design Award 2017 and the red dot design award 2017 recognised the Continental yrre for its particularly attractive design. Continental tyre designer Ulrich Behr, who was involved in developing the new
01 Aug 2017
ContiSportAttack 3 tops tyre test
Motorcycle tyres by Continental have real winning genes in their compound and bring in several awards from the motorcycle trade press every year. The most recent test champion is the ContiSportAttack 3, which confidently beat four competitors in the August/September 2017 issue of Austrian Motorrad magazine. Competing in the test on a KTM 1290 Super
26 Jul 2017
ContiPremiumContact 5 takes top spot against ten competitors
Continental’s ContiPremiumContact 5 has taken top spot in this year’s ultimate tyre test from the UK’s no1 weekly selling car magazine, Auto Express. For years the Auto Express summer tyre test has been the benchmark for performance, celebrating the best of the best in the summer tyre market. The awards continue to highlight exceptional performance,
24 Jul 2017
Continental Tyres champions safety and efficiency
Continental Tyres is to highlight the importance of optimising tyre safety and efficiency in the materials handling workplace at the FLTA’s National Fork Lift Safety Conference 2017, September 20, Heart of England Events & Conference Centre. As part of the event’s seminar programme, Tony Gallagher, Continental Tyre’s Key Accounts Manager, National Fleets, will examine the
20 Jul 2017
Continental Tyres champions safety and efficiency
Continental Tyres is to highlight the importance of optimising tyre safety and efficiency in the materials handling workplace at the FLTA’s National Fork Lift Safety Conference 2017, September 20, Heart of England Events & Conference Centre. As part of the event’s seminar programme, Tony Gallagher, Continental Tyre’s Key Accounts Manager, National Fleets, will examine the
19 Jul 2017
Continental Tyre options keep D&P Haulage happy
Hull warehousing, logistics and haulage operator, D&P Haulage, is one of the strongest growing transport operations in the north east. Started in 1984 brothers by David and Paul Charlton, the business runs in excess of 60 trucks and 50 trailers on a variety of storage and distribution contracts, using its own warehousing, along with ongoing
28 Jun 2017
New PremiumContact 6 – the range extender
Continental’s new PremiumContact 6 has been available from dealers in 70 sizes since the spring of this year, ready for fitting to a wide spectrum of cars and SUVs in the mid-range and luxury class. This also includes electric and hybrid models for which this new premium summer tire makes a good choice. With five
28 Jun 2017
Continental with a focus on the future of ports
With the motto “Reliable Tyres, Intelligent Operations, Efficient Teminals” the technology Continental will showcase its high-performance port tyre and solutions portfolio and give an outlook on the future of ports at this year’s TOC. The fair for port, shipping and terminal technology will take place from June 27-29 in Amsterdam. Visitors will find Continental Commercial
31 May 2017
Continental launches AllSeasonContact
With the new AllSeasonContact, Continental is offering a tyre for urban use in moderate weather conditions. Continental has come up with an innovative blend of tread design, compound, tyre contour and construction. In this way, Continental has achieved a considerable reduction in the weaknesses previously present in the winter and wet-weather properties of tyres intended
31 May 2017
ContiPremiumContact 5 tops tyre test
In the recently published test conducted by Czech automobile club “Autoclub”, first place in an SUV tyre test went to the ContiPremiumContact 5 summer tyre(www.autoklub.cz). Experts tested 215/65 R 16 tyres fitted to a Volkswagen Tiguan, looking at a total of 12 criteria. The test line-up included ten patterns from European, American and Asian tyre