{"id":41,"date":"2019-04-03T19:59:21","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T19:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tires-easy.ca\/blog\/?p=41"},"modified":"2019-07-25T10:32:37","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T10:32:37","slug":"new-continental-winter-tire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tires-easy.ca\/blog\/new-continental-winter-tire\/","title":{"rendered":"Continental Tire Tests the new VikingContact 7 in Canada for Fall 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Continental announced that they are expanding their North American winter tire lineup by adding the new VikingContact 7. Winter performance testing was done in Canada in February, and plans are to release this new tire in Fall 2019.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_42\" style=\"width: 229px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42\" class=\"wp-image-42 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tires-easy.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/22095223\/Conti-Vikinf-Contact-7-219x300.jpg\" alt=\"Continental Viking Contact 7 tire and wheel\" width=\"219\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tires-easy.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/22095223\/Conti-Vikinf-Contact-7-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/www.tires-easy.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/22095223\/Conti-Vikinf-Contact-7-100x137.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.tires-easy.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/22095223\/Conti-Vikinf-Contact-7.jpg 289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-42\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Continental Viking Contact 7 is a new Directional Winter tire<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The directional tread pattern on the VikingContact 7 offers a balance of flexibility for cold, slippery road conditions and a stiffness for stability and longer tread life. The Continental VikingContact 7 will carry the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tires-easy.com\/blog\/mountainsnowflake-symbol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">three-peak\/mountain snowflake designation<\/a>, designating it for severe winter snow service.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.continental-tires.com\/car\/tires\/contivikingcontact-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Continental VikingContact 7<\/a> has a Nordic tread compound made with active silica for enhanced grip on wet roads while the rapeseed oil additive keeps the tread compound flexible in extreme cold conditions.\u00a0 The directional tread design features a unique groove network that reduces hydroplaning on wet and slushy roads. The interlocking tread blocks also improve traction and stability on snow. The multiple 3D sipes on the VikingContact 7 adds to increased traction while braking on snow-or ice-covered roads.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Continental VikingContact 7 will be available in many sizes from a 15-20-inch rim diameter and have speed ratings of T and H. The Viking Contact 7 will join the lineup of the seven other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tires-easy.ca\/tires\/?filtering=,price,season,Winter,tireBrand,Continental\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Continental winter<\/a> tires available in Canada and the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Tires-Easy Canada will carry a full line of sizes of the new VikingContact 7 this fall for customers looking for premium winter tire performance.\u00a0 Shop our complete line of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tires-easy.ca\/tires\/continental-tires\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Continental Tires<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tires-easy.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tires-easy.ca<\/a> today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continental announced that they are expanding their North American winter tire lineup by adding the new VikingContact 7. Winter performance testing was done in Canada in February, and plans are to release this new tire in Fall 2019. &nbsp; The directional tread pattern on the VikingContact 7 offers a balance of flexibility for cold, slippery road conditions and a stiffness &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tires-easy.ca\/blog\/new-continental-winter-tire\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":43,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,30,9,8],"tags":[11,5,10],"class_list":["post-41","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-continental-tires","category-tire-reviews","category-tire-technology","category-winter-tires","tag-continental-tires","tag-tire-buying","tag-winter-tires"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tires-easy.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tires-easy.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tires-easy.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tires-easy.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tires-easy.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.tires-easy.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":208,"href":"https:\/\/www.tires-easy.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41\/revisions\/208"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tires-easy.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tires-easy.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tires-easy.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tires-easy.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}