Continental VikingContact 7 Test Results - Tire Reviews And Ratings

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The Best Studded / Friction Winter Tires for 2024

2024
Winner: Pirelli Ice Zero 2

The Continental ContiVikingContact 7, the previous year's winner, still showed strong performance, particularly in winter conditions. It maintained excellent grip on ice and snow, matching its succ...

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2023 Studless Friction Winter Tire Test

2023

The VikingContact7, despite being one of the oldest tires on the market, still performs at the top. Following a third-place finish in last year's test of SUV sizes, Continental is once again number...

Strong:
Ice Braking, Ice Handling, Snow Handling, Wet Handling

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2022 ViBilagare Nordic SUV Winter Tire Test

2022
Winner: Nokian Hakkapeliitta R5 SUV

VikingContact7 has several victories from our tests of traditional passenger car tires in the bag. Now it collects a bronze medal. To adapt to the higher weight of the SUVs, Continental has made a...

Strong:
Subj. Dry Handling, Ice Handling, Rolling Resistance, Wet Handling

Weak:
Noise, Snow Braking

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2022/23 Tire Reviews Studless Winter Tire Test

2022

The Continental was the best in the dry and had a small advantage in the wet grip tests, but did struggle in the deeper water of the two aquaplaning tests. It was excellent in the snow and ice, had...

Strong:
Noise, Dry Braking, Dry Handling, Subj. Dry Handling, Ice Handling, Subj. Ice Handling, Snow Traction, Subj. Snow Handling, Wet Handling

Weak:
Curved Aquaplaning, Straight Aqua

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