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Select Vehicle or Tire SizeThe ExtremeContact DWS (DWS for Dry, Wet & Snow) is Continental's Ultra High Performance All-Season radial developed for drivers of sports cars, sports coupes, performance sedans and sport trucks. The ExtremeContact DWS is designed to satisfy their year-round driving needs by blending dry and wet road performance with light snow and slush traction.
ExtremeContact DWS features an advanced silica-based, high-grip, all-season tread compound molded into a unique asymmetrical tread design with stable shoulder blocks and a continuous, notched intermediate rib on the outboard side to enhance responsiveness and cornering stability. The center of the tread features independent blocks separated by high-angle, crisscross grooves to provide the biting edges necessary to deliver wet road and light snow traction while independent inboard shoulder blocks help disperse water to further enhance hydroplaning resistance and foul weather traction.
The ExtremeContact DWS features Tuned Performance Indicators visible letters molded into the second rib from the outboard shoulder to alert drivers of the tire's performance levels. A visible "DWS" indicates the tire has sufficient tread depth for dry conditions, as well as wet roads and light snow. After the "S" has worn away, the remaining "DW" indicates the tire only has sufficient tread depth for dry and most wet road conditions. And after the "W" and "S" have both worn away, the remaining "D" indicates the tire has appropriate tread depth for dry conditions only.
The tire's internal structure includes twin steel belts reinforced with spirally wound jointless nylon cap plies to provide long-term integrity under high-speed conditions while reducing weight and helping to provide more uniform ride quality.
El neumático ExtremeContact DWS (Dry, Wet y Snow: seco, mojado y nieve) de Continental pertenece a la categoría: Ultra Alto Rendimiento Para Toda Estación y fue desarrollado para conductores de autos deportivos, cupé deportivo, sedán de rendimiento y camiones ligeros deportivos. El ExtremeContact DWS ha sido diseñado para satisfacer la necesidad que tienen los conductores, durante todas las estaciones del año, al combinar el rendimiento sobre superficies secas y mojadas, con tracción sobre poca nieve y aguanieve.
El ExtremeContact DWS (Dry, Wet y Snow: seco, mojado y nieve) posee una mezcla de caucho basada en sílice de gran agarre para su uso durante todas las temporadas del año. Esta mezcla es moldeada en una banda de rodamiento asimétrica con bloques o tacos estables en los hombros y un segmento intermedio cóncavo continuo en la parte de afuera (opuesta al motor), que mejora la respuesta y la estabilidad al tomar curvas. El centro de la banda de rodamiento posee bloques independientes separados por ángulos abiertos, además, ranuras que se cruzan proveen la "mordida" necesaria para proporcionar tracción sobre superficies mojadas y con poca nieve. Bloques independientes en el hombro interno (cerca del motor), ayudan a dispersar el agua y así mejoran la resistencia al deslizamiento en agua (hydroplaning) y la tracción en condiciones climatológicas difíciles.
El ExtremeContact DWS posee indicadores Tuned Performmance, estos, son letras moldeadas en el segundo segmento de la parte exterior del hombro, que alertan al conductor los niveles de rendimiento del neumático. Una marca visible con las letras DWS indica que el neumático tienen suficiente profundidad para su uso sobre superficies secas, mojadas y con poca nieve. Luego de que la letra "S" se desgasta las letras "DW" indican que el neumático solamente posee un profundidad para trabajar óptimamente sobre superficies secas y la mayoría de superficies mojadas. Y cuando se desgasta, la letra "W" la letra restante "D", indica que la profundidad de la banda solo es apropiada sobre superficies secas.
La estructura interna del neumático incluye correas gemelas de acero reforzadas con capas sin unión de nailon envuelto en espiral, para proporcionar una integridad a largo plazo bajo velocidades elevadas, al mismo tiempo de reducir peso y proporcionar un andar más uniforme.
SIZE | UTQG | MAX. LOAD | Max. Inflation Pressure | Tread Depth | Tire Weight | Rim Width Range | Meas. Rim Width | Sect. Width | Tread Width | Overall Diam. | Revs. Per Mile | Country of Origin* |
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You drive a sporty car, want responsive handling and good overall traction. You need one tire to do it all, and it needs to perform during the summer, as well as cope with winter weather. We tested two of the newest tires to see if they're single-focus specialists or one of the more well-rounded athletes on the Ultra High Performance All-Season team.
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Everyone must be too busy driving.
In the do-it-all world we live in today, it's no surprise we want one tire that can do everything: have reasonable road manners for our commute, responsive handling when a back road blast beckons, and slush and light snow winter traction.
We did a Real World Road Ride and Performance Track Drive to see if one tire really could do it all.
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Michelin wants to change the game and reduce seasonal performance trade-offs with the Ultra High Performance All-Season Pilot Sport A/S 3. Packed with new technology, it's traction/handling levels approach those of summer performance tires and offer winter traction as well.
To see if they've raise the bar, we compared it to the top tires in the category.
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Michelin wants to change the game and reduce seasonal performance trade-offs with the Ultra High Performance All-Season Pilot Sport A/S 3. Packed with new technology, it's traction/handling levels approach those of summer performance tires and offer winter traction as well.
How well do they perform in winter? We found out during our tests in Sweden where snow and ice prevail!
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View Road Manners & Dry/Wet Track Results Video
Tire companies always work to improve on successful designs. Many succeed, but not all.
Continental hit a home run with the ContiExtremeContact Ultra High Performance All-Season tire but then challenged their design team to improve dry road handling and road manners without sacrificing winter traction. Their solution - the new ExtremeContact DWS.
Pirelli faced a similar challenge with the popular P Zero Nero M+S as they developed the P Zero Nero All Season.
Did Continental and Pirelli succeed in raising the bar? Watch the video to learn how.
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After a successful run as a top-selling Ultra High Performance All-Season tire, Bridgestone replaced the Potenza RE960AS Pole Position with the new Potenza RE970AS Pole Position. While only a few numbers in the name have changed, there is plenty of advanced technology packed into this tire.
Watch as we test it against three top tires in the category.
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How well do Ultra High Performance All-Season tires perform in the snow and on the ice? We took the top-selling Bridgestone Potenza RE970AS and three other tires from the category to Sweden to find out.
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You drive a sporty car, want responsive handling and good overall traction. You need one tire to do it all, and it needs to perform during the summer, as well as cope with winter weather.
To find out if the newest tires are single-focus specialists or more well rounded athletes, we went to Swedenâ¦where winter reigns supreme.
Read the Full Test Report
View Road Manners & Dry/Wet Track Results Video
You drive a sporty car, want responsive handling and good overall traction. You need one tire to do it all, and it needs to perform during the summer, as well as cope with winter weather. We tested two of the newest tires to see if they're single-focus specialists or one of the more well-rounded athletes on the Ultra High Performance All-Season team.
Read the Full Test Report
View Snow Traction/Handling Results Video
Our three-part Arctic Circle winter series from January of 2009 concludes with this evaluation of the effectiveness of Ultra High Performance All-Season tires -- during the height of the winter season -- in Northern Sweden.
These tires' three-season focus usually comes at some expense in the fourth season's wintertime traction levels. Our test revealed just how much, or little, snow traction is provided in these all-season designs by comparing the Bridgestone Potenza RE960AS Pole Position, Continental ExtremeContact DWS, Goodyear Eagle F1 All Season, Michelin Pilot Sport A/S Plus and Yokohama Avid W4s.
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