Continental Max Contact 6 vs Bridgestone Potenza Adrenalin RE004: One of the latest tire in the touring segment is the Bridgestone RE004 which was launch in May 2020. We know from its predecessor RE003, it excels clearly in dry handling performances. From the marketing material, the RE004 is also focus heavily on “providing excellent handling and instantaneous response when taking corners and at straight-line driving.”
As there is no doubt that RE004 will also provide very strong dry handling , the question remains how about the rest of it performances? As the RE004 directly competes with the MC6, we will make a simple comparison of these two.The comparison below shows the EU label comparison which was taken from the label listing of the RE004 & MC6 tires in Korea.
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Wet Braking
Continental Max Contact 6 (MC6) : A
Bridgestone Potenza Adrenalin RE004 : C
As shown previously with its predecessor RE003, the RE004 do not perform well in wet braking. It has a label class “C” which is 2 label class down compare to MC6. Wet in clearly not the focus for RE004.
Rolling Resistance
Continental Max Contact 6 (MC6) : D
Bridgestone Potenza Adrenalin RE004 : D
As both the touring segments focuses on the dry & wet performances, rolling resistance is usually not its main priority. Both MC6 & RE004 has label class “D” which is pretty common in this segment.
UTQG wear rating
Continental Max Contact 6 (MC6) : 340
Bridgestone Potenza Adrenalin RE004 : 220
MC6 has a 120 points UTQG wear rating advantage compare to RE004. It is expected that the RE004 will not last longer than a MC6.
Price (Aug-2021)
215/50R17 Continental Max Contact 6 (MC6) : RM 400
215/50R17 Bridgestone Potenza Adrenalin RE004 : RM 460
RE004 is currently priced much higher in comparison with MC6. A RE004 215/50R17 donut will cost you RM 60 more than a MC6. Please check out our price table for the latest tire prices.
Summary
Overall, MC6 is better in terms of wet braking, UTQG wear rating & price. The only reason to buy RE004 is its extremely good dry handling performances (this is assuming that the RE004 produce the same or higher dry handling level compare to RE003)