Continental Terrain Contact HT Review

One of our most frequently recommended highway terrain tires, the Continental Terrain Contact HT offers mild off-road grip with on-road civility, all-season traction and long life.

PROS

• Excellent all-weather grip
• Exceptional wet traction
• Quiet and comfortable
• Light off-road traction
• Solid tread life, even for LT sizes

CONS

• Not overly engaging to drive

A true premium product, there isn’t much that the Terrain Contact HT doesn’t offer.

The simple tread design offers robust shoulder tread lugs that hold up well under cornering in larger trucks and SUVs. They also feature small noise-blockers that connect the tread and help to minimize road noise, so it sounds just like a luxury tire.

Deep circumferential grooves easily evacuate standing water, while lateral and angled slits in the tread blocks force water away to the sides of the tire. That, along with a Silane infused tread compound makes for excellent wet weather traction. In fact, these are some of the very best wet weather tires you can buy.

Full-depth zig-zag siping offers surprisingly good winter traction, trapping snow against the tread and using it as a friction point against the snow on the road. Grip isn’t quite as good as, say, the Michelin Defender LTX MS, but it’s superior to most all-season tires you can buy. The fact that the sipes are full depth is also important, meaning this level of traction is retained over the full life of the tire – not just for a few thousand miles at the start.

In addition to offering some light off-road traction, the tread compound is quite sturdy and chip resistant. As a result it wears well over time, even when used on dirt and gravel roads.

Overall the tread life warranty is 70,000 miles fo p-metric sizes and we’re impressed that LT sizes get a lengthy 60,000 mile warranty.

One of our very few critiques with this tire (and to be fair, we understand you can’t get everything you want) is driving dynamics. Overall grip in the dry is, well, fine. There’s really nothing wrong with it, but it does sacrifice some level of engagement in order to be so good in all those other areas.

Still, as we’ve said before, we wouldn’t let that dissuade you from getting these tires. In fact, these are an extremely smart purchase you will not regret.

Continental Terrain Contact HT Price

Pricing for the Continental Terrain Contact HT ranges from just under $200 per tire to just below $300 per tire for the largest fitments.

Continental Terrain Contact HT Warranty

Continental offers a a 70,000 mile tread life warranty on all Euro/P-metric sizes, with a 60,000 mile warranty on all LT sizes.

Like most Continentals, this tire is also backed by the brand’s Total Confidence Plan that includes a 60 day satisfaction guarantee, 12 months of road hazard protection (pop a tire in the first year of ownership and they’ll replace it for free), plus three years of roadside assistance (get a flat and they’ll change it to your spare for free or tow you up to 150 miles).

Continental Terrain Contact HT Sizes

16-inch sizes
245/75R16
265/70R16

17-inch sizes
225/60R17
LT235/80R17
245/65R17
245/70R17
LT245/70R17
LT245/75R17
255/65R17
255/70R17
265/65R17
LT265/70R17
265/70R17
265/70R17

18-inch sizes
245/60R18
255/70R18
265/60R18
265/65R18
LT265/70R18
265/70R18
275/65R18
LT275/65R18
LT275/70R18

19-inch sizes
245/55R19

20-inch sizes
255/50R20
255/55R20
LT265/60R20
275/55R20
275/55R20
275/60R20
275/60R20
LT275/65R20
LT285/60R20

22-inch sizes
285/45R22