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Aoteli Winter Defender

EU tyre label for every size: 16 sizes of this winter tyre compared with the rest of the market

The Aoteli Winter Defender is a winter tyre for vans and light trucks. Its supplier has registered it in the EU product database (EPREL) in 16 sizes (16 registrations including load and speed variants), for 14″ to 16″ rims.

Wet grip is rated C–D depending on size, fuel efficiency D and external rolling noise 72–73 dB. Every size carries the three-peak mountain snowflake (3PMSF), the mark for tyres tested in severe snow.

The label depends on the size. Sorted by wet grip, then fuel efficiency, then noise, the best-labelled size on sale is 185R14C (Wet grip C · Fuel efficiency D · 72 dB), the weakest 185/75 R16C (Wet grip D · Fuel efficiency D · 73 dB).

On the EU market since June 2022; the earliest production week registered is 24/2022.

Wet grip
CD
C 94% · D 6%
Fuel efficiency
D
D 100%
Rolling noise72–73 dBmedian 73 dB
Sizes16rims 14″ to 16″
Snow & ice3PMSF ✓3PMSF all sizes · ice none

How it compares in its sizes

We compared each size with all other winter and 3PMSF tyres of the same size and class in EPREL (16 sizes had at least four rivals). A size scores when its label is at least as good as 75% of them.

Wet grip50% of compared sizes
Fuel efficiency38% of compared sizes
Rolling noise31% of compared sizes

Strongest point: wet grip.

All 16 sizes

The small figure under each class is the share of same-size, same-season tyres this size matches or beats (“–” when fewer than five tyres share the size).

SizeLoad / speedWetFuelNoiseSnow / iceProduction from
14″ rims
185R14CC2102/100QC64%D77%72 dBB65%3PMSF24/2022
185R14LTC2102/100QC100%D50%72 dBB86%3PMSF24/2022
15″ rims
185R15CC2103/102QC39%D61%72 dBB47%3PMSF24/2022
185R15LTC2103/102QC100%D100%72 dBB100%3PMSF24/2022
195R15CC2106/104QC60%D67%72 dBB56%3PMSF24/2022
195R15LTC2106/104QC100%D100%72 dBB100%3PMSF24/2022
215/70R15LTC2104/101QC100%D100%73 dBB75%3PMSF24/2022
215/70R15CC2109/107QC59%D45%73 dBB39%3PMSF24/2022
215/75R15LTC2100/97QC100%D85%73 dBB62%3PMSF24/2022
225/70R15LTC2107/103QC100%D100%73 dBB100%3PMSF24/2022
225/70R15CC2112/110QC57%D49%73 dBB42%3PMSF24/2022
235/75R15LTC2104/101QC100%D55%73 dBB55%3PMSF24/2022
16″ rims
185/75R16CC2104/102RD18%D72%73 dBB35%3PMSF10/2025
195/75R16CC2107/105RC56%D55%72 dBB72%3PMSF10/2025
215/75R16LTC2107/103QC100%D73%73 dBB36%3PMSF24/2022
215/75R16CC2113/111QC57%D45%73 dBB44%3PMSF24/2022

Questions

Is the Aoteli Winter Defender a quiet tyre?

Its declared rolling noise ranges from 72 dB to 73 dB (median 73 dB). In 31% of the sizes we could compare, it is at least as quiet as three quarters of same-size rivals.

How good is the Aoteli Winter Defender in the wet?

Its wet grip class is C–D. In 50% of compared sizes that is at least as good as three quarters of same-size rivals.

Is the Aoteli Winter Defender suitable for snow?

16 of 16 registrations carry the 3PMSF symbol, which means the tyre passed the EU severe-snow test. Check the exact size in the table.

When was the Aoteli Winter Defender launched?

It has been on the EU market since June 2022. The earliest production week in its registrations is 24/2022; the DOT code on the sidewall shows the week and year of your tyre.

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Source: EPREL, the European Commission’s product registry for energy labelling — 16 registrations, data as of 23 October 2026. Suppliers have updated 14 of these registrations since first publication. Label values are the supplier’s declaration.