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Continental SportContact 7 vs Bridgestone Potenza Sport
Both released in 2021, the
Continental SportContact 7 and
Bridgestone Potenza Sport are premium tyre models produced by two of the biggest tyre manufacturers in the world.
Between the two models, significant technological advancements were formed from both Continental and Bridgestone, making the tyres sought-after products from car owners globally.
Continental SportContact 7 Overview
The SportContact 7 is a
premium tyre model manufactured by German tyre company Continental.
The SportContact 7 features Continental’s Black Chili rubber compound to improve the maximum grip during acceleration, along with enhancement of cornering and breaking in
all seasons.
The premium tyres also has an adaptive tread pattern, giving the SportContact 7 safe driving behaviour that can adapt to both wet and dry surfaces.
Continental’s 2021 model replaced the previous SportContact model –
Continental SportContact 6.
Bridgestone Potenza Sport Overview
The Potenza Sport is a high-performance tyre made by tyre manufacturing company
Bridgestone.
Bridgestone has developed the Potenza Sport with an efficient asymmetrical tread design for controlled cornering and maximised steering response.
For optimal short braking distance, the Bridgestone Potenza Sport is equipped with a sporty profile shape and tread compound, giving the tyre stability in grip performance.
The Potenza Sport replaced the
Bridgestone Potenza S001.
How Do The Tyres Measure Up?
Given the information we have here at Blackcircles.com, from both manufacturer details and customer insights, we can start to unravel how these two popular tyre models measure up.
Tyre Label Ratings
Tyre label ratings are an EU regulated measurement of how the tyre performs within 3 different categories: Fuel Efficiency, Wet Grip, and Tyre Noise.
These ratings will vary for the tyres depending on the tyre size, although will typically see similar ratings throughout each size.
Ratings for each category are ranked as the following:
Fuel Efficiency – Ranked A to G
Wet Grip – Ranked A to G
Tyre Noise – Ranked A to C and Decibels
SportContact 7 Label Ratings
Depending on tyre size, Continental’s SportContact 7 tyre model fuel efficiency rating ranged between B and D, having an average rating of C.
The wet grip rating sees an impressive rating of A across all tyre sizes.
The SportContact 7’s tyre noise ratings are between 72B and 75B, having 73B as an average noise rating.
Potenza Sport Label Ratings
The Bridgestone Potenza Sport has an average fuel efficiency rating of C, with different tyre sizes having a rating of either E, D, C or B.
The Potenza Sport has a wet grip rating of either C, B or A depending on tyre size, however, a rating of A is predominantly featured across each tyre sizes.
Tyre noise ratings for the Bridgestone model range between 68A and 73B, with an average tyre noise rating of 72B.
SportContact 7 Awards
The
Continental SportContact 7 has won multiple awards since its inception, including the WhatTyre Tyre of the Year in 2022. Other awards include the Red Dot Award’s ‘Product Design’, as well as the iF Design Award – both granted in 2022.
These awards were given to the model due to the featured overlayed previously, such as the tread design, tread pattern, and wet grip performance.
Potenza Sport Awards
Bridgestone’s Potenza Sport has also won various awards, including their most prestigious award for the most to date – the 2022 Auto Express Summer Tyre Test. The
Summer Tyre Test award was given to the model due to the wet and dry grip proficiencies and how the tyre has a fantastic braking advantage.
SportContact 7 Customer Reviews
Our customer review process is powered by DriverReviews, which breaks down 4 categories for our customers to rank their tyres from:
Over 160 customers have reviewed the SportContact 7 on the Blackcircles.com website. According to our review process, customer rank the tyre model as follows:
Potenza Sport Reviews
Reviewed by over 80 of our customers, the Bridgestone Potenza Sport also has impressive reviews, as follows:
SportContact 7 Common Tyre Sizes
The most popular tyre size for the SportContact 7 is
255/35 R19 tyres.
The following are also amongst the most popular tyre sizes:
- 255/35 R19
- 235/35 R19
- 225/40 R18
- 225/40 R19
- 255/35 R20
Potenza Sport Common Tyre Sizes
Much like the SportContact 7, the Bridgestone Potenza Sport has many tyre sizes available for purchase, most popular size being
225/40 R18 tyres.
The most popular size of tyre for the model are as follows:
- 225/40 R18
- 225/45 R17
- 205/45 R17
- 235/35 R19
- 255/35 R20
SportContact 7 Common Car Models
Potenza Sport Common Car Models
- BMW 3 Series
- BMW 1 Series
- Volkswagen Golf GTI
Price Ranges
Prices for any tyre models will vary depending on the size of the set of tyres.
The Continental SportContact 7 has fully fitted pricing from £106.81 to £381.00*.
Fully fitted prices of the Bridgestone Potenza Sport ranged from £102.30 to £492.76*.
*Please note, these prices may fluctuate and are the prices of each tyre model as of this date (10/08/2023).