Continental WinterContact SI
This model is a studless tire developed for the drivers of coupes, luxury sedans, family minivans, and premium crossover vehicles who are looking for enhanced traction on cold, wet, snow-covered, and icy roads. According to customers' reviews, this model is the ultimate winter tire with a powerful grip in rain, snow and even ice.
The WinterContact SI comes with innovative PolarPlus Technology combined with Continental's +Silane additives designed to provide a significant improvement in terms of grip, traction, and hydroplaning. This model has a special tread compound molded into a directional tread design combined with high-density multi-angled zigzag sipes added to increase the number of the tread surface's snow biting edges thus improving traction on snow and icy surfaces.
For safety reasons this model comes with a winter tread depth indicator molded into the tread design which lets the driver know that the remaining tread is approximately 50 percent worn.
The Traction Groove Technology base-of-the-groove ridges provide additional 3D snow-biting edges to improve braking traction in deep snow. This model is available from 15 to 20-inch sizes with a limited tread life warranty.
Features and benefits
Studless winter tread design.
Three Peak Mountain Snowflake symbol.
High level of safety protection against aquaplaning.
Cutting-edge rubber product that provides the best winter performance without any compromise when it comes to safety and comfort in ice and snow weather.
Excellent handling on snowy and wet roads due to the tire’s tread design that supports a direct distribution of forces.
Enhanced braking and accelerating features- due to silica-based tread compound.
One of the lowest tire noise and fuel usage in the non-studded class.
Tread depth indicator.