Continental VikingContact 7 vs Bridgestone Blizzak WS90
The Continental VikingContact 7 and the Bridgestone Blizzak WS90 have met in 1 independent tests and the record is level at 0-0.
Performance profile
Their shared test recorded too few of the same measurements to chart, so the chart starts from each tire's Tire Reviews Score categories: its whole record, not the shared test.
Where each scores higher
VikingContact 7
Blizzak WS90
Point at or tap any spoke for both tires' figures.
Category scores are percentiles among tires of the same season and class: 90 means this tire out-performs 90% of them, measured across every test we hold, not only the ones it appeared in.
Where owners rate each higher
VikingContact 7
Blizzak WS90
Point at or tap any spoke for both tires' figures.
Owners rate the VikingContact 7 74% from 25 reviews and the Blizzak WS90 79% from 6. Each spoke is one question owners answer out of 10; reviews are vetted by hand before publication.
Head to head in 1 test in 2020
Each row is one published test in which both tires ran on the same car, in the same size, on the same day. The line is the whole field, winner on the left.
| Test | VikingContact 7 | Field | Blizzak WS90 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Best Winter Tires for 2020 | P1 of 19 | P1 of 19 |
VikingContact 7 vs Blizzak WS90: your questions
Is the Continental VikingContact 7 or the Bridgestone Blizzak WS90 the better tire?
The Continental VikingContact 7 and the Bridgestone Blizzak WS90 have met in 1 independent tests and the record is level at 0-0. On the Tire Reviews Score, which weighs every test and review we hold, the VikingContact 7 scores 8.6 and the Blizzak WS90 8.5 out of 10.
Which is quieter and more comfortable?
Owners rate comfort 8.5/10 for the VikingContact 7 and 6.4/10 for the Blizzak WS90.
What do owners say?
Owners rate the VikingContact 7 74% from 25 reviews and the Blizzak WS90 79% from 6. 64% of VikingContact 7 owners would buy it again, against 100% for the Blizzak WS90.
Run either of these?
Your review is the part of this page no test can supply: how the tire wore, how it aged, what it was like in the rain in year three. It takes about five minutes.
Where this data comes from
Finishing positions and measurements are transcribed from each published test. A test only counts here when both tires ran in it, so every figure was recorded on the same car, size and day as the one it is compared to.
About the TR Score
The Tire Reviews Score rates each tire out of 10 from every independent test result and vetted owner review we hold, so two tires can be compared even before a test has run them together.
Who does the testing
Every test published as a Tire Reviews test is run by Jonathan Benson, who has been testing tires independently since 2007.