Summer

Continental ContiSportContact 5 SSR

EU tyre label for every size: 25 sizes of this summer tyre compared with the rest of the market

The Continental ContiSportContact 5 SSR is a summer tyre for passenger cars. Its supplier has registered it in the EU product database (EPREL) in 25 sizes (64 registrations including load and speed variants), for 17″ to 20″ rims.

Wet grip is rated A–D depending on size, fuel efficiency C–D and external rolling noise 71–75 dB.

The label depends on the size. Sorted by wet grip, then fuel efficiency, then noise, the best-labelled size on sale is 245/45 R20 (Wet grip A · Fuel efficiency C · 72 dB), the weakest 255/55 R18 (Wet grip D · Fuel efficiency D · 73 dB).

On the EU market since June 2011; the earliest production week registered is 22/2011.

Wet grip

ABCD

A 16% · B 81% · C 2% · D 2%

Fuel efficiency

C 38% · D 63%

Rolling noise71–75 dBmedian 72 dB

Sizes25rims 17″ to 20″

Snow & ice—3PMSF none · ice none

How it compares in its sizes

We compared each size with all other summer tyres of the same size and class in EPREL (25 sizes had at least four rivals). A size scores when its label is at least as good as 75% of them.

Wet grip40% of compared sizes

Fuel efficiency32% of compared sizes

Rolling noise12% of compared sizes

Weakest point: rolling noise, where most same-size rivals do as well or better.

What the label means on the road (225/45 R 17)

Example: the 225/45 R 17 size, compared with the 420 other summer tyres registered in this size.

Wet braking from 80 km/h

≈37 m with wet grip class B, the most common class in this size.

Fuel efficiency

Class C, the most common class in this size: no difference to the typical tyre.

Rolling noise

71 dB against a median of 71 dB in this size.

Estimates from the class ranges in Regulation (EU) 2020/740. A label class is a range, so a real tyre can sit anywhere inside it. Every 3 dB doubles the sound energy.

All 25 sizes

The small figure under each class is the share of same-size, same-season tyres this size matches or beats (“–” when fewer than five tyres share the size).

Size	Load / speed	Wet	Fuel	Noise	Snow / ice	Production from
17″ rims
225/45 R 17	91W · 91W	B63%	C84%	71 dBB59%	—	33/2016
225/45 R 17	91W · 91W · 91W	B63%	D28%	71 dBB59%	—	22/2011
225/50 R 17	94W · 94W · 94W	B70%	D21%	71 dBB61%	—	44/2011
225/50 R 17	94W	B70%	C79%	71 dBB61%	—	35/2018
255/45 R 17	98W · 98W · 98W	B90%	D49%	72 dBB54%	—	44/2011
18″ rims
215/40 R 18	85Y · 85Y	A100%	D45%	71 dBB62%	—	13/2018
225/40 R 18	88Y	B63%	D36%	71 dBB65%	—	13/2018
225/40 R 18	92W XL	B63%	D36%	72 dBB47%	—	48/2018
225/40 R 18	92W XL	A100%	D36%	72 dBB47%	—	33/2025
225/45 R 18	91V · 91Y · 91Y	B65%	D18%	71 dBB58%	—	05/2012
225/45 R 18	95Y XL	B65%	D18%	71 dBB58%	—	23/2015
225/45 R 18	95Y XL · 95Y XL	B65%	C68%	72 dBB37%	—	35/2013
225/50 R 18	95W	B64%	D17%	71 dBB55%	—	04/2013
225/50 R 18	99W XL	B64%	C64%	72 dBB25%	—	13/2018
235/50 R 18	97V · 97V	B72%	C73%	71 dBB68%	—	27/2013
245/35 R 18	88Y · 88Y	B45%	D61%	71 dBB77%	—	31/2011
245/40 R 18	97Y XL	B67%	C83%	72 dBB49%	—	35/2013
255/35 R 18	90Y · 90Y	A100%	D47%	72 dBB61%	—	35/2017
255/40 R 18	95Y · 95Y	B62%	D28%	72 dBB59%	—	04/2012
255/45 R 18	99W	B61%	D18%	72 dBB61%	—	09/2013
255/55 R 18	109H XL	D7%	D20%	73 dBB44%	—	22/2011
255/55 R 18	109V XL · 109V XL	B81%	C78%	73 dBB44%	—	40/2015
255/55 R 18	109V XL	C45%	D20%	73 dBB44%	—	22/2011
19″ rims
225/40 R 19	89W	B54%	C69%	71 dBB57%	—	09/2014
225/40 R 19	89Y · 89Y	B54%	D21%	71 dBB57%	—	40/2018
225/40 R 19	93Y XL · 93Y XL	A100%	D21%	72 dBB38%	—	01/2014
225/40 R 19	93Y XL	B54%	C69%	72 dBB38%	—	38/2026
225/45 R 19	92W · 92W	B64%	D11%	71 dBB65%	—	44/2012
235/45 R 19	95V	B63%	C57%	71 dBB63%	—	39/2017
245/35 R 19	93Y XL	A100%	D39%	72 dBB60%	—	05/2014
255/35 R 19	92Y	B62%	D29%	72 dBB63%	—	40/2018
255/35 R 19	92Y	B62%	C83%	72 dBB63%	—	31/2025
255/35 R 19	96Y XL	A100%	D29%	73 dBB35%	—	01/2014
255/40 R 19	96W · 96W	B60%	D17%	72 dBB61%	—	44/2012
255/50 R 19	103W	B72%	D16%	72 dBB63%	—	22/2011
255/50 R 19	107W XL · 107W XL	B72%	C68%	71 dBB84%	—	14/2013
285/45 R 19	111W XL	B75%	C92%	73 dBB73%	—	27/2013
285/45 R 19	111W XL	B75%	C92%	75 dBB30%	—	25/2025
20″ rims
245/45 R 20	103Y XL	A100%	C53%	72 dBB36%	—	39/2020
275/40 R 20	106W XL	B72%	C76%	72 dBB77%	—	22/2013
275/40 R 20	106W XL	B72%	C76%	73 dBB55%	—	20/2025
315/35 R 20	110W XL · 110W XL	B65%	C86%	74 dBB49%	—	22/2013

Best-labelled summer tyres in 225/45 R 17

Other tyres on sale in the same size, sorted by wet grip, then noise, then fuel efficiency.

All tyres in 225/45 R17, ranked by label →

Questions

Is the Continental ContiSportContact 5 SSR a quiet tyre?

Its declared rolling noise ranges from 71 dB to 75 dB (median 72 dB). In 12% of the sizes we could compare, it is at least as quiet as three quarters of same-size rivals.

How good is the Continental ContiSportContact 5 SSR in the wet?

Its wet grip class is A–D. In 40% of compared sizes that is at least as good as three quarters of same-size rivals.

Is the Continental ContiSportContact 5 SSR suitable for snow?

No size carries the 3PMSF symbol, so it is not certified for severe snow. In countries with winter tyre rules it does not count as a winter tyre.

When was the Continental ContiSportContact 5 SSR launched?

It has been on the EU market since June 2011. The earliest production week in its registrations is 22/2011; the DOT code on the sidewall shows the week and year of your tyre.

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Source: EPREL, the European Commission’s product registry for energy labelling — 64 registrations, data as of 25 October 2026. Suppliers have updated 11 of these registrations since first publication. Label values are the supplier’s declaration.