The Continental Cross Contact Winter is a tire for fast and heavy all-wheel vehicles. The winter tire show excellent resistance against aquaplaning and respond precisely to the steering. The advanced silica compound of Continental with patented polymer assures good traction in all type of weather conditions. The siped block design offer reduced braking distance and tremendous road hold. Being a winter player, the tire is also optimized with larger outer shoulder with progressive sinus sipes to achieve the best performance also on dry roads. The wide circumferential tread grooves with easy flow pattern carvings on the outer shoulder help in easy draining of water and the multi edge sipes and interlocked step design reduce stone catching in the tire.