Continental VikingContact 8 vs Nokian Hakkapeliitta R5

Test Results

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

Out of these two tests:

• Continental VikingContact 8 finished ahead of the Nokian Hakkapeliitta R5 in two of the tests

While it might look like the Continental VikingContact 8 is better than the Nokian Hakkapeliitta R5 purely based on the higher number of test wins, tyres are very complicated objects which means where one tyre is better than the other can be more important in real world use.

Let's look at how the two tyres compare across multiple tyre test categories.

Real World Driver Reviews

Tyre Reviews also collects real world driver reviews for the Continental VikingContact 8 and Nokian Hakkapeliitta R5.

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

The Nokian Hakkapeliitta R5 has been reviewed 8 times and drivers have given the tyre 90% overall.

This means in real world driving, people prefer the Nokian Hakkapeliitta R5.

Overall Winner: Continental VikingContact 8

Footnote

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

Why is this important? Tyre 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 tyre test external condition changes are calculated into the overall results, but it is not possible to calculate this between tyre tests performed on different days or at different locations.

As a result you will see other tests on Tyre 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 tyre comparison, Tyre Reviews doesn't.