Viking Wintech

The Viking Wintech is a Touring Winter tire designed to be fitted to Passenger Cars.

Tire review data from 16 tire reviews averaging 78% over 104,000 miles driven, and 6 tests with an average result of 21st.

Dry Grip 83%
Wet Grip 75%
Road Feedback 76%
Handling 74%
Wear 78%
Comfort 79%
Buy again 74%
Snow Grip 85%
Ice Grip 78%

First On MarketApril 2017
Wheel Size13 - 20"
Width145 - 275mm
Profile40 - 80
Rolling ResistanceC - E
Wet GripC - C
Noise (dB)71 - 73
Winter Rating3PMSF Rated

The Wintech is ranked 40th of 100 Winter Touring tires.

Tests Included

6

Best Result

11th

Worst Result

41st

Average Result

21st

Latest Tire Test Results

2024 ADAC 17 inch Winter Tire Test
11th of 16 tires
  • The Viking WinTech receives a satisfactory rating for driving safety, with weaknesses on dry roads limiting its overall performance. It lacks precision and feedback on dry surfaces, requiring frequent steering corrections and exhibiting a tendency to oversteer. While it offers satisfactory performance on wet and snowy roads, its handling is less precise, and it has a lower threshold for understeer and oversteer. However, it has strong environmental credentials, with a very long lifespan, low abrasion, and excellent fuel efficiency.
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2023 Auto Bild Winter Tire Test
19th of 22 tires
  • Affordable winter profile with good snow performance.
  • Limited wet grip, low safety reserves during aquaplaning, extended dry braking distances.
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2022 Tire Tests

2019 Tire Tests

SizeFuelWetNoise
13 inch
155/80 R 13 79 TEC71
14 inch
185/60 R 14 82 TEC71
185/70 R 14 88 TDC71
175/65 R 14 82 TEC71
165/70 R 14 81 TEC71
15 inch
195/65 R 15 95 T XLDC72
195/65 R 15 91 TDC72
195/65 R 15 91 HDC72
185/65 R 15 88 TDC71
195/55 R 15 85 HDC72
185/65 R 15 92 T XLDC71
16 inch
215/70 R 16 100 HDC72
215/60 R 16 99 H XLDC72
205/55 R 16 91 HDC72
205/55 R 16 94 H XLDC72
205/60 R 16 96 H XLDC72
205/55 R 16 91 TDC72
17 inch
205/50 R 17 93 V XLDC72
235/65 R 17 108 H XLDC72
225/60 R 17 103 H XLDC72
225/50 R 17 98 V XLDC72
225/45 R 17 94 V XLDC72
225/45 R 17 91 HDC72
215/55 R 17 98 V XLDC72
18 inch
235/60 R 18 107 V XLDC72
245/45 R 18 100 V XLDC72
225/40 R 18 92 V XLDC72
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Top 3 Viking Wintech Reviews

Given 58% while driving a Volkswagen Passat 2.0 TDi R Line Estate (215/55 R16) on mostly town for 15,000 spirited miles
I thought they were good tire but on one of then a chunk delaminated
Helpful 26 - tire reviewed on September 9, 2023
Given 100% while driving a Volkswagen Jetta 2.0 TDI (205/55 R16) on a combination of roads for 500 average miles
I was about to buy all-season tires on this car too but if i go to the mountains i don-t know if that is the best choice. I have on my golf 2017 GTD 225 40 18 all-season Hankook, they are very good in the dry and wet but never tested it on hard snow to make me buy it again. This new tire from Viking is best for you, cheep and its good, for me it has excellent grip in all conditions and it is quiet at 100km/h. Ok you don-t buy winter tires to go fast and do laps in the cold but they are good for normal driving conditions. I did not mark the wear because the tires are new and i don-t know how they will perform in time.
Helpful 22 - tire reviewed on November 20, 2023
Given 86% while driving a Subaru XV Crosstrek (225/55 R17 W) on a combination of roads for 4,000 average miles
For me all in all, very good tires if you have a low budget. Can recommend!
Helpful 73 - tire reviewed on April 29, 2019
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Latest Viking Wintech Reviews

Given 68% while driving a Volkswagen Polo 1.2 12V (165/70 R14) on mostly town for 7,000 easy going miles
Fairly good tires but very noisy. If you can get by the noise then they are fine, but it's a big if.
Helpful 2 - tire reviewed on November 17, 2024
Given 73% while driving a Fiat Punto evo 1.6 MJET (185/65 R15) on mostly country roads for 3,000 spirited miles
Budget tires, average grip in the wet and dry but snow perfomance is great, great tires for snowy areas
Helpful 16 - tire reviewed on January 20, 2024
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Given 80% while driving a SEAT ibiza 1.4 (195/55 R15) on mostly country roads for 6,000 average miles
Usually I buy midrange tires, but this time I didn't want to spend too much on an old car. Also wanted to see if I can tell the difference between budget and more expensive tires. So it turns out yes I do - while handling is quite good and predictable, there is a noticably longer cold wet braking distance. Snow and dry is ok.
Helpful 24 - tire reviewed on June 23, 2023
Given 84% while driving a Opel Vectra C Stationwagon 2.0 DTI, DIESEL 100BHP (215/55 R16) on a combination of roads for 18,000 average miles
Back again, year is 2023, the wear is not an issue, stil not at the winter wear mark, doing a good job in the winter months even without the snow, mostly dry tarmac during the winter and the Viking holds on. Fitted 4 more on my wife's Mondeo estate. Hope the Continental will improve them and keep them available, it is a tire I do not want to see replaced by some shittier quality new one. Bought them for the 2017 winter , rotated them only in the last 2 years, 100% they will be on next winter as well.
Helpful 24 - tire reviewed on January 26, 2023
Given 59% while driving a Fiat Punto Mk2b Sporting 1.4 (225/45 R17) on a combination of roads for 15,000 average miles
After 3 seasons of using them, these tires are showing a lot of problems in areas that they were excellent at before. Although the wear of the tires is excellent, they are seriously lacking performance in wet and snow after 3 years of using them (only using them over winter months). Tires are hard as a rock now even though they have about 5.5mm depth still on the threads. Still, they never failed me so far unlike other brands that I used before, so for a budget tire, I am giving them huge thumbs up
Helpful 39 - tire reviewed on April 24, 2021
Given 79% while driving a Skoda (215/55 R17 V) on a combination of roads for 10,000 average miles
Excellent value for money... a bit noisy...
Helpful 37 - tire reviewed on September 24, 2020
Given 76% while driving a BMW 116d (225/45 R18) on a combination of roads for 4,000 spirited miles
Very nice rolling and low noice, overall high comfort. Soft Overall feel when driving fast but predictable, not the sharpest steering. Only had very short time on snow with new tires and the grip was very good. Average behavior in the wet.
Helpful 43 - tire reviewed on April 28, 2020
Given 83% while driving a Opel Vectra C Stationwagon 2.0 DTI, DIESEL 100BHP (215/55 R16 H) on a combination of roads for 8,000 average miles
I had to buy winter tires on a buget and Viking Wintech fit it best. They proved to be ok until one day. This year on the 24 of January.
Imagine exiting a village, road just wet, raining but not a lot and in front of me just 100 maybe metres away cars half on the road, half in the ditch on both side of the road. ICE. Hit the brakes, car slows down, slid a little and stopped. On ICE. It was incredible. There was no other choice, I had too much speed to try to stop in any other way, to change the direction of the car was not a choice on that ICE. Then I drive 30km on this icy road, first gear, raining, strong wind from side mostly because this road is on the open field. I made it home in one piece and the car too.
They have proven to be good on dry and wet and crazy good on ice.
This size is also comfortable on bad roads.
Fuel consumption is an extra 0.5 l compared to my summer Michelin Primacy 3.(so the car computer shows)
Wear is ok, I have used them for 2 winters, this is the third and they look good.
Vectra C Caravan /wagon is a heavy car, 1,6t without passengers and luggage. The tires are not affected by the weight of the 2.0 DTI engine, I kept the same 2 tires on the front wheels with no problems.
When they will be worn out, maybe by 2022, I will buy a new set.
Helpful 43 - tire reviewed on December 19, 2019
Given 89% while driving a Opel Corsa C (155/80 R13) on mostly country roads for 3,000 miles
We put these tires on our second car,Opel Corsa C 2006y 1.0 Z10xep in 2017. Very good budget tires,best quality in this mid-range class,exceptional for smaller cars,in everyday use - for kids to school and on regional roads city-village and back. Wear is very good,good grip in wet and dry,very good in snow. But,this is only for normal driving. Only thing that I can say that they were very nice and soft in first season of use,now they are a little bit harder but this is not a problem, they are same as Barum and Matador in this case. In this dimension they are made in Romania,other dimensions are from Puchov Slovakia We didn't push them to the limit and never will...drive carefully.
Helpful 31 - tire reviewed on November 3, 2019
Given 77% while driving a Fiat Punto Mk2b Sporting 1.4 (185/55 R15 T) on a combination of roads for 5,000 spirited miles
Very good budget tire. Excellent grip in dry, wet and snow. Wear seems pretty good.

Only downside for me is the noise.

Recommend this tire if you are on a tight budget.
Helpful 41 - tire reviewed on March 2, 2019
Given 70% while driving a BMW E46 328CI (225/55 R16) on a combination of roads for 5,000 spirited miles
You can't compare these tires with an A brand like Conti or Michelin.
For a low budget these Vikings are the best winter tires I have driven.
Excellent comfort, and wet grip.
Road feedback and handling are nowhere near the A brand tires, but not as bad as I make it sound.
Wear is good.

Only thing I didn't like was the road noise they make, energy label is also pretty low. Not very economic tires.

All in all, very good tires if you have a low budget. Can recommend!

Helpful 44 - tire reviewed on October 31, 2018