Carlstar Sure Trail
EU tyre label for every size: 12 sizes of this summer tyre compared with the rest of the market
The Carlstar Sure Trail is a summer tyre for passenger cars, vans and light trucks. Its supplier has registered it in the EU product database (EPREL) in 12 sizes (12 registrations including load and speed variants), for 10″ to 14″ rims.
Wet grip is rated C in every size, fuel efficiency C–D and external rolling noise 70–72 dB.
The label depends on the size. Sorted by wet grip, then fuel efficiency, then noise, the best-labelled size on sale (passenger cars) is 145/80 R13 (Wet grip C · Fuel efficiency C · 70 dB), the weakest 135/80 R13 (Wet grip C · Fuel efficiency D · 70 dB).
On the EU market since November 2022; the earliest production week registered is 44/2022.
How it compares in its sizes
We compared each size with all other summer tyres of the same size and class in EPREL (12 sizes had at least four rivals). A size scores when its label is at least as good as 75% of them.
Strongest point: fuel efficiency.
What the label means on the road (175/70R13)
Example: the 175/70R13 size, compared with the 619 other summer 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
70 dB against a median of 70 dB in this size.
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 12 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).
| Size | Load / speed | Wet | Fuel | Noise | Snow / ice | Production from |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10″ rims | ||||||
| 195/55R10CC2 | 98/96N | C100% | C100% | 72 dBB100% | — | 44/2022 |
| 12″ rims | ||||||
| 155/70R12CC2 | 104/102N | C73% | C95% | 72 dBB49% | — | 44/2022 |
| 185/60R12CC2 | 104/101N | C80% | C93% | 72 dBB56% | — | 44/2022 |
| 13″ rims | ||||||
| 135/80R13 | 74N | C91% | D84% | 70 dBB73% | — | 44/2022 |
| 145/80R13 | 79N XL | C90% | C100% | 70 dBB66% | — | 44/2022 |
| 155/70R13 | 75N | C71% | C99% | 70 dBB69% | — | 44/2022 |
| 155/80R13 | 84N XL | C70% | C99% | 70 dBB69% | — | 44/2022 |
| 165/70R13 | 79N | C74% | C100% | 70 dBB73% | — | 44/2022 |
| 175/70R13 | 86N XL | C72% | C99% | 70 dBB73% | — | 44/2022 |
| 185/70R13 | 86N | C76% | C98% | 70 dBB80% | — | 44/2022 |
| 195/50R13CC2 | 104/101N | C73% | C95% | 72 dBB53% | — | 44/2022 |
| 14″ rims | ||||||
| 195/70R14 | 96N XL | C68% | C98% | 70 dBB81% | — | 44/2022 |
Best-labelled summer tyres in 175/70R13
Other tyres on sale in the same size, sorted by wet grip, then noise, then fuel efficiency.
All tyres in 175/70 R13, ranked by label →
- Autogreen SportChaser-SC2A D 66 dB
- Arivo Premio Eco 6A C 67 dB
- MatraX ColomaA D 67 dB
- Arivo Premio Comfort 6A D 68 dB
- Bars UZ220A D 68 dB
- Falken Sincera SN832ECORUNA D 69 dB
Questions
Is the Carlstar Sure Trail a quiet tyre?
Its declared rolling noise ranges from 70 dB to 72 dB (median 70 dB). In 25% of the sizes we could compare, it is at least as quiet as three quarters of same-size rivals.
How good is the Carlstar Sure Trail in the wet?
Its wet grip class is C. In 42% of compared sizes that is at least as good as three quarters of same-size rivals.
Is the Carlstar Sure Trail suitable for snow?
No size carries the 3PMSF symbol, so it is not certified for severe snow. In countries with winter tyre rules it does not count as a winter tyre.
When was the Carlstar Sure Trail launched?
It has been on the EU market since November 2022. The earliest production week in its registrations is 44/2022; the DOT code on the sidewall shows the week and year of your tyre.
Source: EPREL, the European Commission’s product registry for energy labelling — 12 registrations, data as of 23 October 2026. Suppliers have updated 12 of these registrations since first publication. Label values are the supplier’s declaration.