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Atlas Polarbear HP

EU tyre label for every size: 20 sizes of this winter tyre compared with the rest of the market

The Atlas Polarbear HP is a winter tyre for passenger cars. Its supplier has registered it in the EU product database (EPREL) in 20 sizes (25 registrations including load and speed variants), for 13″ to 16″ rims.

Wet grip is rated C–D depending on size, fuel efficiency C–D and external rolling noise 68 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 185/65 R15 (Wet grip C · Fuel efficiency C · 68 dB), the weakest 185/60 R15 (Wet grip D · Fuel efficiency D · 68 dB).

On the EU market since July 2020; the earliest production week registered is 23/2020.

Wet grip
CD
C 36% · D 64%
Fuel efficiency
CD
C 52% · D 48%
Rolling noise68 dBmedian 68 dB
Sizes20rims 13″ 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 (19 sizes had at least four rivals). A size scores when its label is at least as good as 75% of them.

Wet grip32% of compared sizes
Fuel efficiency100% of compared sizes
Rolling noise100% of compared sizes

Strongest point: fuel efficiency.

What the label means on the road (195/65R15)

Example: the 195/65R15 size, compared with the 779 other winter and 3PMSF tyres registered in this size.

Wet braking from 80 km/h

≈41 m with wet grip class C, the most common class in this size.

Fuel efficiency

Class C vs the typical D: ≈0.18 L/100 km less, about 28 litres less over 15,000 km for a 1,500 kg car.

Rolling noise

68 dB against a median of 72 dB in this size (4 dB quieter).

Estimates from the class ranges in Regulation (EU) 2020/740. A label class is a range, so a real tyre can sit anywhere inside it. Every 3 dB doubles the sound energy.

All 20 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
13″ rims
155/70R1375TD32%D90%68 dBA90%3PMSF23/2020
155/80R1379TD37%D88%68 dBA89%3PMSF23/2020
165/70R1379TD38%D90%68 dBA91%3PMSF23/2020
14″ rims
155/65R1475TD28%D89%68 dBA91%3PMSF23/2020
165/65R1479TD22%D91%68 dBA90%3PMSF23/2020
165/70R1481TD21%D84%68 dBA92%3PMSF23/2020
175/65R1482TD34%D79%68 dBA94%3PMSF23/2020
175/65R1486T XLD34%D79%68 dBA94%3PMSF23/2020
175/70R1484TD32%C100%68 dBA93%3PMSF23/2020
175/70R1488T XLD32%C100%68 dBA93%3PMSF23/2020
185/60R1482TD33%D86%68 dBA93%3PMSF23/2020
185/65R1486TD38%D81%68 dBA94%3PMSF23/2020
15″ rims
175/65R1584TD25%D81%68 dBA91%3PMSF23/2020
185/60R1584TD29%D72%68 dBA95%3PMSF23/2020
185/60R1588T XLD29%C99%68 dBA95%3PMSF23/2020
185/65R1588TC79%C99%68 dBA95%3PMSF23/2020
185/65R1592T XLD30%C99%68 dBA95%3PMSF23/2020
195/60R1588TC84%C99%68 dBA96%3PMSF23/2020
195/65R1591TC77%C98%68 dBA96%3PMSF23/2020
195/65R15 XL95T XLC–C–68 dBA–3PMSF23/2020
205/65R1594HC84%C98%68 dBA97%3PMSF23/2020
16″ rims
205/60R1692HC74%C97%68 dBA98%3PMSF23/2020
205/60R1696H XLC74%C97%68 dBA98%3PMSF23/2020
215/60R1699H XLC77%C96%68 dBA99%3PMSF23/2020
215/65R1698HC77%C94%68 dBA100%3PMSF23/2020

Same label values, different brand

These tyres have exactly the same label values as the Atlas Polarbear HP in most of the sizes they share, and both are registered in EPREL by the same manufacturer. Identical labels do not prove two tyres are the same: classes are broad. But consistent matches across many sizes point to a shared production family.

Best-labelled winter and 3PMSF tyres in 195/65R15

Other tyres on sale in the same size, sorted by wet grip, then noise, then fuel efficiency.

All tyres in 195/65 R15, ranked by label →

Questions

Is the Atlas Polarbear HP a quiet tyre?

Its declared rolling noise is 68 dB in every size. In 100% of the sizes we could compare, it is at least as quiet as three quarters of same-size rivals.

How good is the Atlas Polarbear HP in the wet?

Its wet grip class is C–D. In 32% of compared sizes that is at least as good as three quarters of same-size rivals.

Is the Atlas Polarbear HP suitable for snow?

25 of 25 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 Atlas Polarbear HP launched?

It has been on the EU market since July 2020. The earliest production week in its registrations is 23/2020; 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 — 25 registrations, data as of 25 October 2026. Suppliers have updated 25 of these registrations since first publication. Label values are the supplier’s declaration.