The new EcoContact 6 sets new standards – for rolling resistance and mileage in particular. It brings together maximum safety, comfort, precision steering response and good environmental properties at a level never before attained in a single product. To achieve this, the development engineers at Continental have come up with new compounds and components, as well as some innovative additives. Their efforts have led to improvements in wet braking performance, handling, rolling resistance and mileage of up to 20 percent compared to the predecessor model. This new premium summer tire is being manufactured for passenger cars and SUVs and volume production has already begun. Replacing the ContiEcoContact 5, the EcoContact 6 comes in 100 sizes for 13 to 22-inch rims, in widths between 145 and 315 mm, with aspect ratios between 80 and 30 percent and with approvals for speeds of up to 300 km/h.