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Gripmax Grip Ice X

EU tyre label for every size: 39 sizes of this winter tyre compared with the rest of the market

The Gripmax Grip Ice X is a winter tyre for passenger cars. Its supplier has registered it in the EU product database (EPREL) in 39 sizes (78 registrations including load and speed variants), for 14″ to 19″ rims.

Wet grip is rated C–D depending on size, fuel efficiency C–E and external rolling noise 71 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 205/55 R16 (Wet grip C · Fuel efficiency C · 71 dB), the weakest 155/65 R14 (Wet grip D · Fuel efficiency E · 71 dB).

On the EU market since July 2023; the earliest production week registered is 08/2023.

Wet grip
CD
C 49% · D 51%
Fuel efficiency
CDE
C 58% · D 41% · E 1%
Rolling noise71 dBmedian 71 dB
Sizes39rims 14″ to 19″
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 (38 sizes had at least four rivals). A size scores when its label is at least as good as 75% of them.

Wet grip16% of compared sizes
Fuel efficiency92% of compared sizes
Rolling noise42% of compared sizes

Strongest point: fuel efficiency. Weakest point: wet grip, where most same-size rivals do as well or better.

What the label means on the road (205/55R16)

Example: the 205/55R16 size, compared with the 839 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, the most common class in this size: no difference to the typical tyre.

Rolling noise

71 dB against a median of 72 dB in this size (1 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 39 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
155/65R1475QD28%D89%71 dBB58%3PMSF12/2023
155/65R1475QD28%E23%71 dBB58%3PMSF17/2025
165/65R1479Q · 79QD22%D91%71 dBB55%3PMSF10/2023
15″ rims
165/55R1575Q · 75QD33%D78%71 dBB89%3PMSF10/2023
165/60R1577Q · 77QD19%D90%71 dBB50%3PMSF10/2023
165/65R1581Q · 81QD19%D86%71 dBB49%3PMSF10/2023
175/55R1577Q · 77QD21%D92%71 dBB62%3PMSF17/2023
175/65R1584QD25%C99%71 dBB61%3PMSF14/2023
175/65R1584QD25%D81%71 dBB61%3PMSF17/2025
185/60R1584QD29%C99%71 dBB64%3PMSF18/2023
185/60R1584QD29%D72%71 dBB64%3PMSF17/2025
185/65R1588QD30%C99%71 dBB62%3PMSF14/2023
185/65R1588QD30%D65%71 dBB62%3PMSF17/2025
195/65R1591Q · 91QD28%C98%71 dBB71%3PMSF15/2023
16″ rims
165/50R1677T XL · 77T XLD–D–71 dBB–3PMSF17/2023
175/60R1682T · 82TD11%D97%71 dBB61%3PMSF17/2023
185/55R1683T · 83TD21%D62%71 dBB53%3PMSF13/2023
185/60R1686TD21%C100%71 dBB39%3PMSF20/2023
185/60R1686TD21%D67%71 dBB39%3PMSF17/2025
195/55R1687T · 87TD22%D62%71 dBB73%3PMSF20/2023
195/60R1689T · 89TD22%C98%71 dBB58%3PMSF20/2023
195/65R1692T · 92TD35%C95%71 dBB65%3PMSF14/2023
205/55R1691TC73%C99%71 dBB73%3PMSF12/2023
205/55R1691TC73%D52%71 dBB73%3PMSF17/2025
205/60R1696T XL · 96T XLC74%C97%71 dBB73%3PMSF15/2023
205/65R1695T · 95TC85%C96%71 dBB77%3PMSF17/2023
215/60R1695T · 95TC77%C96%71 dBB77%3PMSF17/2023
17″ rims
195/45R1781T · 81TD30%D90%71 dBB80%3PMSF17/2023
195/60R1790TD54%C92%71 dBB31%3PMSF18/2023
195/60R1790TD54%D46%71 dBB31%3PMSF17/2025
205/45R1788T XL · 88T XLC73%D64%71 dBB75%3PMSF14/2023
205/50R1793T XL · 93T XLC74%C98%71 dBB78%3PMSF19/2023
205/55R1795T XL · 95T XLC65%C97%71 dBB75%3PMSF12/2023
215/45R1791T XL · 91T XLC75%C99%71 dBB76%3PMSF17/2023
215/50R1795T XL · 95T XLC77%C98%71 dBB78%3PMSF17/2023
215/55R1798T XL · 98T XLC76%C97%71 dBB77%3PMSF17/2023
215/60R1796T · 96TC76%C94%71 dBB80%3PMSF17/2023
225/45R1794T XL · 94T XLC71%C99%71 dBB80%3PMSF18/2023
225/50R1798T XL · 98T XLC71%C97%71 dBB80%3PMSF18/2023
225/55R17101T XL · 101T XLC75%C96%71 dBB81%3PMSF17/2023
18″ rims
215/50R1896H XL · 96H XLC65%C96%71 dBB80%3PMSF17/2023
225/40R1892H XLC71%C99%71 dBB78%3PMSF15/2023
225/40R1892H XLC71%D59%71 dBB78%3PMSF17/2025
225/45R1895H XL · 95H XLC73%C97%71 dBB75%3PMSF18/2023
225/50R1899H XL · 99H XLC63%C95%71 dBB78%3PMSF17/2023
235/50R18101H XL · 101H XLC73%C96%71 dBB82%3PMSF08/2023
19″ rims
195/50R1988H · 88HD78%D78%71 dBB67%3PMSF21/2023

Best-labelled winter and 3PMSF tyres in 205/55R16

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

All tyres in 205/55 R16, ranked by label →

Questions

Is the Gripmax Grip Ice X a quiet tyre?

Its declared rolling noise is 71 dB in every size. In 42% of the sizes we could compare, it is at least as quiet as three quarters of same-size rivals.

How good is the Gripmax Grip Ice X in the wet?

Its wet grip class is C–D. In 16% of compared sizes that is at least as good as three quarters of same-size rivals.

Is the Gripmax Grip Ice X suitable for snow?

78 of 78 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 Gripmax Grip Ice X launched?

It has been on the EU market since July 2023. The earliest production week in its registrations is 08/2023; 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 — 78 registrations, data as of 25 October 2026. Suppliers have updated 38 of these registrations since first publication. Label values are the supplier’s declaration.