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Continental SportContact 6

Technical Highlights

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Marketing Market Development Europe

Market Development U-UHP = 19"–23" Europe

0

500.000

1.000.000

1.500.000

2.000.000

2.500.000

3.000.000

3.500.000

4.000.000

4.500.000

5.000.000

19" 20" 21"+

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Yearly growth 2014–2020

19"–23" 19" 20" ≥21"

+ 9% + 8% + 10% + 14%

The U-UHP market in Europe will

continue to develop positively.

In particular, 21" and larger will

grow strongly.

Figures estimated by Continental.

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ContiEcoContact 5

Conti.eContact

ContiPremiumContact 5 ContiSportContact 5

ContiForceContact Track

14" 15" 16" 17" 18" 19" 20" 21" 22" 23"

Ultra-UHP

HP/UHP

Eco

UltraEco

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Incl. S

UV

Product Portfolio Continental PLT Summer Tyres

SportContact 6

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Requirements Guiding Principle

The new SportContact 6

The sportiest SportContact ever

› Maximum Grip

› Maximum dry & wet performance

› Maximum stability & safety

› Maximum Precision

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Realization Concept Maximum Grip & Precision

Cornering

Cornering

Power

Kamm‘s / Friction Circle

Acceleration Braking

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Dry Grip & Handling

CSC 5P SC 6

CSC 5P

SC 6

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Benefit

Technology

Feature

Force Vectoring

Maximum Control

Centre

Responsive

Rib Design

Advanced

Macro Block

Design

Aralon 350

Maximum Stability

Adaptive High Speed

Cap Ply

Black Chili

Maximum Grip

Micro

Flexible

Compound

Atomic

Force

Compa-

tibiliser

Compound Pattern Construction

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SportContact 6 – Solution Concept Technology

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SportContact 6 – Solution Concept Black Chili Compounding

Black Chili

enjoyment for ...

› Acceleration

› Cornering

› Braking

… on wet and dry roads

Acceleration Braking

Cornering

Cornering

Power

Maximum Grip in All Directions

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SportContact 6 – Solution Concept Engineering Rubber Properties for Ultimate Precision and Grip

Stiff at block bending strain

› Responsive & precise

Micro-flexible at road deformation

› Increased contact area

› Enhanced interlocking

Engineered Compound Stiffness

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Dynamical Strain Amplitude [%]

Pattern Stiffness

Reference

Black Chili

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Contact Area

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SportContact 6 – Solution Concept Engineering Rubber Stiffness

0 10 5 mm

Standard Tread Rubber Black Chili Compound

0 10 5 mm

Finite Element Method (FEM) simulation of rubber road contact

and friction

Increasing Real Rubber-Road Contact Area

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0 10 5 mm

› BlackChili compound with enhanced micro-flexibility

› Maximum contact area for increased adhesion

› Maximum interlocking between rubber and road-roughness

SportContact 6 – Solution Concept Engineering Rubber Stiffness

Enhanced Micro-Flexibility

Standard Tread Rubber Black Chili Compound

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Atomic

Force

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SportContact 6 – Solution Concept Maximum Grip – Adhesion Shear stress in the contact interface

FA FA FA

Shear force in one chain Number of

sticking chains

log v

Black Chili

› Ensures maximum number of molecular rubber-road interactions at the interface

› Tunes the velocity dependence according to sporty driving applications

Black Chili Compound

Atomic Force Compatibilizer

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SportContact 6 – Solution Concept Technology Shear stress in the contact interface

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SportContact 6 – Solution Concept Force Vectoring

Inside Outside

Asymmetric Center Rib Design

› Maximum control even with small steering movements / slip angles

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SportContact 6 – Solution Concept Force Vectoring

1

1

2

3

1. Large shoulder blocks

2. Interlocking and coupling elements

3. Macro structured system

Inside Outside

Advanced Macro Block Design

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SportContact 6 – Solution Concept Technology Shear stress in the contact interface

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SportContact 6 – Solution Concept Reinforcement Material: New CapPly Aralon 350

Casing Ply Belt

Aralon 350 Nylon

Aramid

1680x2 + 470x1 / 80 epdm

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Elongation [%]

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SportContact 6 – Solution Concept Aralon 350

Standard Hybrid

(CSC 5P)

Aralon 350

Pure Aramid

Nylon

Aramid

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SportContact 6 – Solution Concept Technology Shear stress in the contact interface

SportContact 6

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Steering Precision

High Speed

Wet Performance

Noise Wear

Limit Handling

Dry Handling

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The New Continental Spearhead Product SportContact 6 Performance Overview

› Best in Handling

› Best in Braking

› Improved High Speed Capabilities

› EU Tyre Label: Fuel Efficiency = E Wet Grip = A

SportContact 6

ContiSportContact 5P

= 100%

114%

110%

107% 107%

102% 104%

111%

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Market Launch Sizes

225/35 ZR 19

225/40 ZR 19

235/35 ZR 19

245/35 ZR 19

245/40 ZR 19

255/30 ZR 19

255/35 ZR 19

255/40 ZR 19

265/30 ZR 19

265/35 ZR 19

275/30 ZR 19

19"

275/35 ZR 19

285/35 ZR 19

295/30 ZR 19

305/30 ZR 19

315/25 ZR 19

225/35 ZR 20

235/30 ZR 20

235/35 ZR 20

245/30 ZR 20

245/35 ZR 20

255/30 ZR 20

255/35 ZR 20

265/35 ZR 20

275/30 ZR 20

275/35 ZR 20

295/25 ZR 20

20"

305/25 ZR 20

305/30 ZR 20

325/25 ZR 20

255/30 ZR 21

255/35 ZR 21

265/30 ZR 21

295/25 ZR 21

295/30 ZR 21

325/25 ZR 21

21"

265/30 ZR 22

295/30 ZR 22

305/25 ZR 22

335/25 ZR 22

22"

315/25 ZR 23

23"

Number of sizes: 41 sizes

Rim: 19"–23"

Width: 225–335

Speed index: ZR (Y)

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This Record Proves that our Target has been Achieved:

Maximum Grip – Maximum Control – Maximum High Speed Stability

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Continental SportContact 6 Supported the New Lap Time Record of Honda with its All New Civic Type R on “Nuerburgring Nordschleife”

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