Back in early July, we took 24 Autocar readers on the journey of a lifetime. Heading to some of the best roads in southern France, we gave them the keys to 12 hugely desirable cars – all shod with Continental’s range of high-performance tyres.
Their quest: to learn about the benefits of Continental’s advanced tyre technology, including the unique Black Chili compound – a special blend of ingredients which helps a Continental tyre stick to the road in the same way that chilli embeds itself into the pores of your tongue, or the tiny suction cups on a gecko’s feet grip the ground.
To get a taste of the 2019 Continental Black Chili Driving Experience, we’ve put together a highlights reel of all the best bits.
Or, if you want to find out what our Autocar readers thought of the cars, roads and tyres, simple read on our go back to read our live blog from the event.
To find out more about Continental’s high-performance tyres and the Black Chili compound, head to continental-tyres.co.uk/car/
The journey of a lifetime
In France, our Autocar readers got the chance to experience a wide array of different Continental tyre technologies via an intriguing blend of desirable performance cars.
Monday’s route took us north into the Castellane Prealps, tackling two of France’s most famous roads: the Route Napoleon and the Gorges du Verdon. It was a road that was particularly suited to the Porsche Boxster and its ultra-high-performance SportContact™ 6 tyre.
“The whole trip has been a fantastic experience,” said Lee Clarke. “I particularly enjoyed driving the Porsche Boxster. It’s a car I’ve been wanting to drive for some time.” Lee’s team-mate, and long-time mountain-biking buddy, Anthony Brinkman, echoed that view. “It has been fantastic getting to drive such a wide variety of cars, from the extremes of the Jaguar I-PACE to the Ford Mustang GT,” he said.
The Mustang GT was a particular favourite of Christopher Mather. “The Gorges du Verdon was a real highlight in the Mustang,” he said. “The Audi A3 also surprised me. It’s like my Golf GTI, but twice as good, and the roads we drove it on really showed off the car and its ContiSport Contact™ 5P tyres to the best of its ability.
“I’ve certainly learned a lot about tyres on this trip. There were definitely points on this journey where you could enjoy the car even more, because you knew the tyres were there to support you. In fact, the whole experience has been absolutely fantastic. I had high expectations, and they’ve only been bettered.”
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