Continental VikingContact 8 vs Michelin X Ice Snow

Test Results

Independent comparison tire tests are the best source of data to get tire information from, and the good news is there have been two tests which compare both tires directly!

Out of these two tests:

• Continental VikingContact 8 finished ahead of the Michelin X Ice Snow in two of the tests

While it might look like the Continental VikingContact 8 is better than the Michelin X Ice Snow purely based on the higher number of test wins, tires are very complicated objects which means where one tire is better than the other can be more important in real world use.

Let's look at how the two tires compare across multiple tire test categories.

Real World Driver Reviews

Tire Reviews also collects real world driver reviews for the Continental VikingContact 8 and Michelin X Ice Snow.

In total the Continental VikingContact 8 has been reviewed times and drivers have given the tire 0% overall.

The Michelin X Ice Snow has been reviewed 13 times and drivers have given the tire 83% overall.

This means in real world driving, people prefer the Michelin X Ice Snow.

Overall Winner: Continental VikingContact 8

Footnote

This page has been developed using tire industry testing best practices. This means we are only comparing tests which have had both tires in the same test.

Why is this important? Tire testing is heavily affected by things like surface grip levels and surface temperature, which means you can only compare values from the same day. During a tire test external condition changes are calculated into the overall results, but it is not possible to calculate this between tire tests performed on different days or at different locations.

As a result you will see other tests on Tire Reviews which feature both the %s and %s, but as they weren't conducted on the same day, the results are not comparable.

Lots of other websites do this sort of tire comparison, Tire Reviews doesn't.