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Comparison: Michelin e.Primacy vs. Michelin Primacy 5 vs. Michelin Primacy 4 vs. Continental EcoContact 6 vs. Michelin Primacy 3 vs. Continental UltraContact NXT

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Summary
Wet
Dry
Costs
Mutual tests
Buy %

#	Michelin e.Primacy /71%	Michelin Primacy 5 /90%	Michelin Primacy 4 /0%	Continental EcoContact 6 /0%	Michelin Primacy 3 /0%	Continental UltraContact NXT /95%

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Segment

1. Michelin e.Primacy Premium

2. Michelin Primacy 5 Premium

3. Michelin Primacy 4 Premium

4. Continental EcoContact 6 Premium

5. Michelin Primacy 3 Premium

6. Continental UltraContact NXT Premium

Number of sizes available

1. Continental EcoContact 6 676

2. Michelin Primacy 4 384

3. Michelin Primacy 3 182

4. Michelin Primacy 5 126

5. Michelin e.Primacy 111

6. Continental UltraContact NXT 23

Number of tests

1. Michelin Primacy 4 20x

2. Michelin Primacy 3 10x

3. Continental EcoContact 6 5x

4. Michelin e.Primacy 4x

5. Continental UltraContact NXT 2x

6. Michelin Primacy 5 1x

Best position in test

1. Michelin Primacy 3 1.

2. Michelin Primacy 5 1.

3. Continental UltraContact NXT 1.

4. Michelin Primacy 4 1.

5. Michelin e.Primacy 3.

6. Continental EcoContact 6 7.

Worst position in test

1. Michelin Primacy 5 1.

2. Continental UltraContact NXT 1.

3. Michelin Primacy 4 8.

4. Michelin Primacy 3 10.

5. Continental EcoContact 6 23.

6. Michelin e.Primacy 38.

Average position in tests

1. Michelin Primacy 5 1

2. Continental UltraContact NXT 1

3. Michelin Primacy 4 3.5

4. Michelin Primacy 3 6.1

5. Michelin e.Primacy 12

6. Continental EcoContact 6 13

Year of the last test

1. Continental UltraContact NXT 2025

2. Michelin e.Primacy 2025

3. Michelin Primacy 5 2025

4. Continental EcoContact 6 2022

5. Michelin Primacy 4 2022

6. Michelin Primacy 3 2018

Best rating in test

1. Michelin Primacy 3 Exemplary

2. Michelin Primacy 4 Highly recommended

3. Michelin Primacy 5 Test winner

4. Continental UltraContact NXT Test winner

5. Michelin e.Primacy Very good

6. Continental EcoContact 6 Satisfactory

Worst rating in test

1. Michelin Primacy 4 Recommended

2. Michelin Primacy 3 Recommended

3. Continental EcoContact 6 Satisfactory

4. Michelin e.Primacy Sufficient

5. Michelin Primacy 5 ?

6. Continental UltraContact NXT ?

Wet

(Overall rating)

Michelin
Primacy 4

76%

Michelin
Primacy 3

66%

Michelin
e.Primacy

62%

Continental
EcoContact 6

59%

Michelin
Primacy 5

58%

Continental
UltraContact NXT

54%

Aquaplaning - cross

1. Continental UltraContact NXT 68%

2. Michelin Primacy 3 65%

3. Michelin e.Primacy 65%

4. Michelin Primacy 4 59%

5. Continental EcoContact 6 40%

6. Michelin Primacy 5 0%

Aquaplaning - longitudal

1. Michelin Primacy 3 78%

2. Michelin Primacy 4 73%

3. Michelin e.Primacy 65%

4. Continental UltraContact NXT 65%

5. Continental EcoContact 6 61%

6. Michelin Primacy 5 51%

Wet braking

1. Michelin Primacy 3 87%

2. Michelin Primacy 4 86%

3. Continental EcoContact 6 66%

4. Michelin Primacy 5 65%

5. Michelin e.Primacy 62%

6. Continental UltraContact NXT 51%

Wet handling

1. Michelin Primacy 3 85%

2. Michelin Primacy 4 77%

3. Continental EcoContact 6 57%

4. Michelin e.Primacy 52%

5. Continental UltraContact NXT 45%

6. Michelin Primacy 5 0%

Wet circle cornering

1. Michelin Primacy 4 83%

2. Continental EcoContact 6 69%

3. Michelin e.Primacy 52%

4. Michelin Primacy 3 40%

5. Continental UltraContact NXT 1%

6. Michelin Primacy 5 0%

Wet braking according to EU label

1. Michelin Primacy 4 A

2. Michelin Primacy 3 A

3. Continental UltraContact NXT A

4. Michelin Primacy 5 A

5. Continental EcoContact 6 B

6. Michelin e.Primacy B

Dry

(Overall rating)

Michelin
Primacy 4

83%

Michelin
Primacy 3

83%

Continental
UltraContact NXT

80%

Continental
EcoContact 6

79%

Michelin
e.Primacy

78%

Michelin
Primacy 5

73%

Dry braking

1. Michelin Primacy 4 91%

2. Michelin Primacy 3 85%

3. Continental EcoContact 6 78%

4. Michelin Primacy 5 76%

5. Continental UltraContact NXT 63%

6. Michelin e.Primacy 63%

Dry handling

1. Michelin Primacy 4 81%

2. Michelin Primacy 3 80%

3. Michelin e.Primacy 80%

4. Continental EcoContact 6 70%

5. Michelin Primacy 5 69%

6. Continental UltraContact NXT 51%

Dry lane changing

1. Continental UltraContact NXT 100%

2. Michelin e.Primacy 93%

3. Michelin Primacy 4 90%

4. Continental EcoContact 6 87%

5. Michelin Primacy 3 0%

6. Michelin Primacy 5 0%

Comfort

(Overall rating)

Michelin
Primacy 3

85%

Continental
EcoContact 6

82%

Michelin
Primacy 4

80%

Michelin
e.Primacy

65%

Continental
UltraContact NXT

44%

Michelin
Primacy 5

1%

Exterior noise

1. Michelin Primacy 3 85%

2. Continental EcoContact 6 85%

3. Michelin Primacy 4 78%

4. Michelin e.Primacy 70%

5. Continental UltraContact NXT 42%

6. Michelin Primacy 5 0%

Comfort

1. Michelin Primacy 4 83%

2. Continental EcoContact 6 78%

3. Michelin e.Primacy 70%

4. Michelin Primacy 3 0%

5. Continental UltraContact NXT 0%

6. Michelin Primacy 5 0%

Outside noise accoring to EU label

1. Michelin Primacy 4 68 dB

2. Michelin Primacy 3 71 dB

3. Continental EcoContact 6 ?

4. Michelin e.Primacy ?

5. Continental UltraContact NXT ?

6. Michelin Primacy 5 ?

Costs

(Overall rating)

Continental
EcoContact 6

96%

Michelin
Primacy 4

89%

Michelin
e.Primacy

89%

Continental
UltraContact NXT

88%

Michelin
Primacy 3

85%

Michelin
Primacy 5

63%

Rolling resistance

1. Continental EcoContact 6 100%

2. Michelin Primacy 4 88%

3. Continental UltraContact NXT 88%

4. Michelin Primacy 3 85%

5. Michelin e.Primacy 67%

6. Michelin Primacy 5 63%

Fuel efficiency

1. Michelin e.Primacy 100%

2. Continental EcoContact 6 99%

3. Michelin Primacy 4 86%

4. Continental UltraContact NXT 0%

5. Michelin Primacy 3 0%

6. Michelin Primacy 5 0%

Mileage

1. Michelin e.Primacy 100%

2. Michelin Primacy 4 93%

3. Continental EcoContact 6 89%

4. Continental UltraContact NXT 0%

5. Michelin Primacy 3 0%

6. Michelin Primacy 5 0%

Fuel consumption according to EU label

1. Michelin e.Primacy A

2. Michelin Primacy 4 A

3. Continental EcoContact 6 A

4. Continental UltraContact NXT A

5. Michelin Primacy 5 B

6. Michelin Primacy 3 C

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