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Hankook WiNter i*cept evo2

EU tyre label for every size: 80 sizes of this winter tyre compared with the rest of the market

The Hankook WiNter i*cept evo2 is a winter tyre for passenger cars. Its supplier has registered it in the EU product database (EPREL) in 80 sizes (159 registrations including load and speed variants), for 15″ to 22″ rims.

Wet grip is rated B–C depending on size, fuel efficiency C–E and external rolling noise 70–75 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 205/60 R16 (Wet grip B · Fuel efficiency C · 70 dB), the weakest 195/55 R16 (Wet grip C · Fuel efficiency E · 72 dB).

On the EU market since May 2021; the earliest production week registered is 07/2015.

Wet grip
BC
B 13% · C 87%
Fuel efficiency
CDE
C 21% · D 79% · E 1%
Rolling noise70–75 dBmedian 72 dB
Sizes80rims 15″ to 22″
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 (78 sizes had at least four rivals). A size scores when its label is at least as good as 75% of them.

Wet grip40% of compared sizes
Fuel efficiency28% of compared sizes
Rolling noise13% of compared sizes

Weakest point: rolling noise, 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 D vs the typical C: ≈0.18 L/100 km more, about 28 litres more over 15,000 km for a 1,500 kg car.

Rolling noise

72 dB against a median of 72 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 80 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
15″ rims
185/65R1592H XLB100%D65%70 dBB80%3PMSF26/2018
205/60R1591HC83%D66%72 dBB38%3PMSF22/2020
225/60R1596HC–D–72 dBB–3PMSF48/2020
16″ rims
195/50R1688H XLC80%D66%72 dBB49%3PMSF47/2020
195/55R1687HC73%D62%72 dBB56%3PMSF30/2020
195/55R1687VC73%E10%72 dBB56%3PMSF47/2020
195/55R1691V XLB99%D62%70 dBB86%3PMSF26/2018
205/55R1691H · 91VC73%D52%72 dBB58%3PMSF47/2020
205/60R1692HB99%C97%70 dBB86%3PMSF01/2018
205/60R1692H · 92HC74%D52%72 dBB57%3PMSF29/2020
205/60R1696H XL · 96H XLC74%D52%72 dBB57%3PMSF10/2020
205/65R1695HC85%D54%72 dBB60%3PMSF47/2020
215/45R1690H XLC64%D44%72 dBB48%3PMSF47/2020
215/55R1693H · 93HC75%D53%72 dBB63%3PMSF28/2020
215/55R1697H XL · 97V XLC75%D53%72 dBB63%3PMSF47/2020
215/60R1699H XL · 99H XL · 99H XLC77%C96%72 dBB60%3PMSF34/2020
225/50R1696V XLC84%C89%72 dBB58%3PMSF48/2020
225/55R1695H · 95H · 95H · 95HC75%D54%72 dBB64%3PMSF21/2018
225/55R1699H XL · 99H XL · 99V XL · 99V XLC75%D54%72 dBB64%3PMSF47/2019
225/60R1698H · 98HC84%D48%72 dBB57%3PMSF47/2019
225/60R16102V XLC84%D48%72 dBB57%3PMSF48/2020
235/60R16100H · 100HC87%C95%72 dBB63%3PMSF47/2019
17″ rims
205/45R1788V XL · 88V XLC73%D64%72 dBB58%3PMSF09/2020
205/50R1789VC74%D57%72 dBB64%3PMSF47/2020
205/50R1793V XL · 93V XLC74%D57%72 dBB64%3PMSF30/2020
205/55R1791HB98%C97%70 dBB86%3PMSF01/2018
205/55R1791HC65%D42%72 dBB58%3PMSF47/2020
205/55R1795H XLB98%C97%70 dBB86%3PMSF46/2020
205/55R1795V XLC65%D42%72 dBB58%3PMSF13/2019
205/55R1795V XLB98%D42%72 dBB58%3PMSF47/2020
205/60R1797H XLB88%C98%72 dBB73%3PMSF09/2021
215/40R1787V XLB99%D64%72 dBB59%3PMSF47/2020
215/45R1791V XL · 91V XLC75%D59%72 dBB62%3PMSF44/2020
215/45R1791W XLB98%D59%71 dBB76%3PMSF26/2018
215/50R1795V XL · 95V XLB98%D51%72 dBB64%3PMSF37/2019
215/55R1798V XL · 98V XLC76%C97%72 dBB61%3PMSF18/2020
215/55R1798V XL · 98V XLC76%D48%72 dBB61%3PMSF03/2021
215/60R1796HC76%D48%72 dBB63%3PMSF36/2020
225/45R1791VC71%D58%72 dBB66%3PMSF47/2020
225/45R1794H XL · 94V XL · 94V XLC71%D58%72 dBB66%3PMSF07/2015
225/50R1794H · 94VC71%D50%72 dBB65%3PMSF47/2020
225/50R1794HB98%D50%72 dBB65%3PMSF09/2020
225/50R1798H XLB98%C97%71 dBB80%3PMSF45/2020
225/50R1798H XLB98%C97%72 dBB65%3PMSF45/2020
225/50R1798H XL · 98H XL · 98V XL · 98V XLC71%D50%72 dBB65%3PMSF25/2020
225/55R1797H · 97H · 97VC75%D46%72 dBB67%3PMSF47/2020
225/55R17101V XL · 101V XLC75%D46%72 dBB67%3PMSF01/2021
225/60R1799HC78%C94%72 dBB65%3PMSF48/2020
225/60R17103V XLC78%C94%72 dBB65%3PMSF48/2020
235/45R1797H XL · 97V XLC75%D50%72 dBB59%3PMSF16/2020
235/55R1799HC72%C93%72 dBB69%3PMSF01/2021
235/55R17103V XL · 103V XLC72%C93%72 dBB69%3PMSF29/2018
245/40R1795V XLC67%D29%72 dBB35%3PMSF48/2020
245/45R1799V XL · 99V XL · 99V XLC70%D53%72 dBB68%3PMSF21/2018
255/40R1798V XLC50%D67%73 dBB50%3PMSF30/2020
18″ rims
195/45R1887H XLB–D–70 dBB–3PMSF43/2020
215/45R1893V XLC69%D37%72 dBB46%3PMSF47/2020
215/55R1899V XLC72%C96%72 dBB60%3PMSF01/2021
225/40R1892V XL · 92V XL · 92V XLC71%D59%72 dBB65%3PMSF05/2020
225/45R1891HB98%D53%70 dBB92%3PMSF01/2018
225/45R1895H XLB98%C97%72 dBB58%3PMSF47/2020
225/45R1895V XL · 95V XL · 95V XLC73%D53%72 dBB58%3PMSF47/2020
225/45R1895V XLB98%D53%70 dBB92%3PMSF46/2020
225/50R1899V XLC63%D37%72 dBB63%3PMSF07/2021
225/60R18104V XLC78%C94%72 dBB62%3PMSF09/2020
235/40R1895V XLC69%D48%72 dBB70%3PMSF30/2020
235/40R1895VC69%D48%72 dBB70%3PMSF48/2020
235/45R1898V XL · 98V XLC72%D45%72 dBB61%3PMSF31/2019
235/50R18101V XL · 101V XLC73%C96%72 dBB67%3PMSF18/2020
245/40R1897V XL · 97V XLC72%D52%72 dBB66%3PMSF01/2021
245/45R18100V XL · 100V XL · 100V XLC73%D49%72 dBB67%3PMSF47/2020
245/50R18104V XLC76%C95%72 dBB58%3PMSF07/2021
255/35R1894V XL · 94V XLC72%D55%73 dBB48%3PMSF15/2018
255/40R1899V XLC76%D57%73 dBB51%3PMSF48/2020
255/45R18103V XLC75%C96%73 dBB50%3PMSF05/2021
255/50R18106V XLB100%C100%70 dBA100%3PMSF05/2020
265/35R1897V XLC92%D44%73 dBB38%3PMSF23/2020
275/40R18103V XLC67%D44%73 dBB46%3PMSF18/2020
275/45R18107V XLC84%D72%73 dBB48%3PMSF21/2020
19″ rims
225/40R1993V XLC63%D41%72 dBB55%3PMSF18/2020
235/35R1991W XL · 91W XLC63%D49%72 dBB60%3PMSF48/2020
235/40R1996V XL · 96V XLC66%D42%72 dBB52%3PMSF24/2020
235/50R19103H XLC71%C90%72 dBB63%3PMSF05/2018
245/35R1993W XLC61%D49%72 dBB70%3PMSF10/2017
245/40R1998V XLC66%D37%72 dBB63%3PMSF47/2020
245/45R19102V XLC68%D32%72 dBB61%3PMSF47/2020
245/45R19102V XLC68%C94%72 dBB61%3PMSF40/2020
255/35R1996V XL · 96V XLC64%D37%73 dBB45%3PMSF40/2020
255/40R19100V XL · 100V XLC65%D34%73 dBB54%3PMSF48/2020
255/45R19104V XLC63%D29%73 dBB50%3PMSF16/2020
255/45R19104V XL · 104V XLB97%C91%70 dBA91%3PMSF05/2020
265/35R1998W XLC58%D50%73 dBB50%3PMSF20/2020
275/35R19100V XLC68%D43%73 dBB53%3PMSF16/2020
275/40R19105V XLC71%C96%73 dBB47%3PMSF16/2020
295/30R19100W XLC50%D38%73 dBB88%3PMSF48/2020
20″ rims
245/35R2095W XLC78%D46%72 dBB55%3PMSF26/2020
245/40R2099W XLC74%D31%72 dBB52%3PMSF27/2020
245/45R20103V XLC75%D32%72 dBB64%3PMSF18/2020
255/35R2097W XL · 97W XLC63%D40%73 dBB38%3PMSF16/2020
255/40R20101W XLC68%D27%73 dBB42%3PMSF40/2020
265/35R2099V XL · 99W XLC46%D27%73 dBB46%3PMSF16/2020
265/40R20104W XLC55%D27%73 dBB53%3PMSF48/2020
275/30R2097W XLC71%D37%73 dBB44%3PMSF13/2020
275/35R20102W XLC69%D41%73 dBB42%3PMSF20/2020
285/35R20104W XLC63%D40%75 dBB38%3PMSF20/2020
295/30R20101W XLC50%C100%75 dBB32%3PMSF32/2020
21″ rims
245/40R21100V XLC43%D19%72 dBB57%3PMSF40/2019
22″ rims
285/30R22101W XLC43%D0%74 dBB29%3PMSF40/2019

Same label values, different brand

These tyres have exactly the same label values as the Hankook WiNter i*cept evo2 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 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 Hankook WiNter i*cept evo2 a quiet tyre?

Its declared rolling noise ranges from 70 dB to 75 dB (median 72 dB). In 13% of the sizes we could compare, it is at least as quiet as three quarters of same-size rivals.

How good is the Hankook WiNter i*cept evo2 in the wet?

Its wet grip class is B–C. In 40% of compared sizes that is at least as good as three quarters of same-size rivals.

Is the Hankook WiNter i*cept evo2 suitable for snow?

159 of 159 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 Hankook WiNter i*cept evo2 launched?

It has been on the EU market since May 2021. The earliest production week in its registrations is 07/2015; 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 — 159 registrations, data as of 25 October 2026. Suppliers have updated 156 of these registrations since first publication. Label values are the supplier’s declaration.