Germany’s Continental made a number of bold statements, presenting its new flagship model Continental SportContact 7 in the end of last year, specifically noting that the new model significantly outperforms its predecessor — SportContact 6 — on wet and dry pavement. The Auto Express experts already tested the new Continental model, and the test drive showed that the new tire is indeed much more effective, first of all on wet pavement, but then again, many tire makers claim that their new models improve upon their predecessors’ performance, and most of the time these statements are indeed true. The key question, however, was how the SportContact 7 would fare against it direct competitors, and in order to answer that question, AE conducted a test at the Continental proving grounds in Uvalde (Texas, USA), comparing the new model with the Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S and Pirelli P Zero (PZ4), which had earlier both came out the winners in evo tests. The testers settled for size 235/35ZR19 91Y; all the tires were purchased retail.