Hankook WiNter i*cept evo3
EU tyre label for every size: 86 sizes of this winter tyre compared with the rest of the market
The Hankook WiNter i*cept evo3 is a winter tyre for passenger cars. Its supplier has registered it in the EU product database (EPREL) in 86 sizes (124 registrations including load and speed variants), for 17″ to 22″ rims.
Wet grip is rated B–D depending on size, fuel efficiency B–D 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 245/45 R19 (Wet grip B · Fuel efficiency B · 72 dB), the weakest 245/45 R18 (Wet grip D · Fuel efficiency D · 72 dB).
On the EU market since May 2021; the earliest production week registered is 23/2019.
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 (84 sizes had at least four rivals). A size scores when its label is at least as good as 75% of them.
Strongest point: wet grip. Weakest point: rolling noise, where most same-size rivals do as well or better.
What the label means on the road (215/60R17)
Example: the 215/60R17 size, compared with the 632 other winter and 3PMSF tyres registered in this size.
Wet braking from 80 km/h
≈37 m with class B, against ≈41 m for the most common class in this size (C).
Fuel efficiency
Class C, the most common class in this size: no difference to the typical tyre.
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 86 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17″ rims | ||||||
| 215/60R17 | 96H · 96H · 96H | B99% | C94% | 72 dBB63% | 3PMSF | 23/2020 |
| 225/60R17 | 99H · 99H · 99H | B99% | C94% | 72 dBB65% | 3PMSF | 42/2020 |
| 225/60R17 | 99H | B99% | C94% | 70 dBB91% | 3PMSF | 33/2024 |
| 225/60R17 | 103V XL | B99% | C94% | 72 dBB65% | 3PMSF | 42/2020 |
| 235/45R17 | 97H XL · 97V XL | B98% | C98% | 72 dBB59% | 3PMSF | 18/2020 |
| 235/50R17 | 100V XL | B96% | D45% | 72 dBB60% | 3PMSF | 02/2021 |
| 245/40R17 | 95V XL | B98% | D29% | 72 dBB35% | 3PMSF | 48/2020 |
| 245/45R17 | 99V XL | B96% | C96% | 72 dBB68% | 3PMSF | 03/2021 |
| 245/55R17 | 102V | B100% | C71% | 72 dBB63% | 3PMSF | 03/2021 |
| 255/40R17 | 98V XL | B100% | D67% | 73 dBB50% | 3PMSF | 12/2021 |
| 18″ rims | ||||||
| 205/40R18 | 86V XL | B96% | D63% | 72 dBB52% | 3PMSF | 52/2022 |
| 215/40R18 | 89V XL | B96% | D73% | 72 dBB59% | 3PMSF | 30/2020 |
| 215/45R18 | 93V XL · 93V XL | B98% | D37% | 72 dBB46% | 3PMSF | 22/2020 |
| 215/50R18 | 92V | B99% | C96% | 72 dBB55% | 3PMSF | 34/2020 |
| 215/55R18 | 99V XL | B98% | C96% | 72 dBB60% | 3PMSF | 02/2021 |
| 225/40R18 | 92V XL · 92V XL · 92V XL | B98% | D59% | 72 dBB65% | 3PMSF | 20/2020 |
| 225/45R18 | 95V XL · 95V XL · 95V XL | B98% | D53% | 72 dBB58% | 3PMSF | 34/2020 |
| 225/50R18 | 99V XL · 99V XL | B97% | C95% | 72 dBB63% | 3PMSF | 02/2021 |
| 225/50R18 | 99V XL | B97% | D37% | 72 dBB63% | 3PMSF | 22/2022 |
| 225/55R18 | 102H XL | B98% | C92% | 72 dBB62% | 3PMSF | 01/2026 |
| 235/40R18 | 95V XL | B97% | C99% | 72 dBB70% | 3PMSF | 31/2020 |
| 235/45R18 | 98V XL · 98V XL | B97% | D45% | 72 dBB61% | 3PMSF | 30/2020 |
| 235/45R18 | 98V | B97% | D45% | 72 dBB61% | 3PMSF | 22/2024 |
| 245/35R18 | 92V XL | B60% | D93% | 72 dBB73% | 3PMSF | 07/2023 |
| 245/40R18 | 97V XL | B97% | C99% | 72 dBB66% | 3PMSF | 48/2020 |
| 245/45R18 | 100V XL · 100V XL · 100V XL | B98% | D49% | 72 dBB67% | 3PMSF | 34/2020 |
| 245/45R18 | 100V XL | D25% | D49% | 72 dBB67% | 3PMSF | 01/2026 |
| 245/50R18 | 100H | B98% | D40% | 72 dBB58% | 3PMSF | 36/2022 |
| 245/50R18 | 104V XL | B98% | C95% | 72 dBB58% | 3PMSF | 02/2021 |
| 255/35R18 | 94V XL | B93% | D55% | 73 dBB48% | 3PMSF | 38/2020 |
| 255/40R18 | 99V XL | B96% | D57% | 73 dBB51% | 3PMSF | 22/2020 |
| 255/45R18 | 103V XL · 103V XL | B97% | C96% | 73 dBB50% | 3PMSF | 02/2021 |
| 265/35R18 | 97V XL | B96% | C99% | 73 dBB38% | 3PMSF | 12/2021 |
| 265/40R18 | 101V XL | B100% | C100% | 73 dBB91% | 3PMSF | 40/2019 |
| 265/45R18 | 101V | B– | D– | 73 dBB– | 3PMSF | 12/2021 |
| 275/40R18 | 103V XL | B98% | C96% | 73 dBB46% | 3PMSF | 07/2021 |
| 275/45R18 | 107V XL | B96% | C100% | 73 dBB48% | 3PMSF | 10/2021 |
| 19″ rims | ||||||
| HL195/45R19 | 91H XL | C– | C– | 71 dBB– | 3PMSF | 38/2023 |
| 205/55R19 | 97H XL | B95% | C86% | 72 dBB44% | 3PMSF | 01/2021 |
| 225/35R19 | 88W XL | B95% | D62% | 72 dBB62% | 3PMSF | 27/2020 |
| 225/40R19 | 93V XL | B95% | D41% | 72 dBB55% | 3PMSF | 38/2020 |
| 225/45R19 | 96V XL | B97% | D41% | 72 dBB58% | 3PMSF | 29/2020 |
| 235/35R19 | 91W XL · 91W XL | B96% | D49% | 72 dBB60% | 3PMSF | 26/2020 |
| 235/40R19 | 96V XL · 96V XL | B97% | C98% | 72 dBB52% | 3PMSF | 01/2021 |
| 235/45R19 | 99V XL · 99V XL | B97% | C96% | 72 dBB50% | 3PMSF | 35/2020 |
| 245/35R19 | 93W XL | B94% | D49% | 72 dBB70% | 3PMSF | 18/2020 |
| 245/40R19 | 98V XL | B97% | D37% | 72 dBB63% | 3PMSF | 40/2020 |
| 245/40R19 | 98V | B97% | D37% | 72 dBB63% | 3PMSF | 05/2022 |
| 245/45R19 | 102V XL · 102V XL | B97% | C94% | 72 dBB61% | 3PMSF | 23/2020 |
| 245/45R19 | 102W XL | B97% | B100% | 72 dBB61% | 3PMSF | 45/2023 |
| 255/35R19 | 96V XL | B97% | C99% | 73 dBB45% | 3PMSF | 29/2020 |
| 255/40R19 | 100V XL · 100V XL | B96% | C95% | 73 dBB54% | 3PMSF | 22/2020 |
| 255/45R19 | 104V XL · 104V XL · 104V XL · 104W XL · 104W XL | B97% | C91% | 73 dBB50% | 3PMSF | 20/2020 |
| 265/35R19 | 98W XL | B81% | C96% | 73 dBB50% | 3PMSF | 12/2021 |
| 265/40R19 | 102V XL | B87% | C91% | 73 dBB52% | 3PMSF | 47/2020 |
| 265/45R19 | 105V XL | B83% | C100% | 73 dBB50% | 3PMSF | 12/2021 |
| 275/35R19 | 100V XL | B95% | C98% | 73 dBB53% | 3PMSF | 19/2020 |
| 275/40R19 | 105V XL | B96% | C96% | 73 dBB47% | 3PMSF | 38/2020 |
| 285/30R19 | 98V XL | B90% | D50% | 75 dBB50% | 3PMSF | 38/2020 |
| 285/35R19 | 103V XL | B91% | D64% | 75 dBB55% | 3PMSF | 29/2020 |
| 285/40R19 | 107V XL | B97% | C76% | 75 dBB41% | 3PMSF | 09/2021 |
| 295/30R19 | 100W XL | B75% | D38% | 75 dBB38% | 3PMSF | 22/2020 |
| 295/35R19 | 104V XL | B87% | D40% | 75 dBB40% | 3PMSF | 12/2021 |
| 295/40R19 | 108V XL | B100% | C100% | 75 dBB50% | 3PMSF | 34/2020 |
| 20″ rims | ||||||
| 195/55R20 | 95H XL | B97% | C84% | 72 dBB32% | 3PMSF | 31/2020 |
| 215/45R20 | 95W XL | B84% | D30% | 72 dBB51% | 3PMSF | 09/2021 |
| 225/40R20 | 94V XL | B89% | D78% | 72 dBB44% | 3PMSF | 12/2021 |
| 235/35R20 | 92W XL | B93% | C100% | 72 dBB49% | 3PMSF | 26/2020 |
| 245/30R20 | 90W XL | B80% | D90% | 72 dBB100% | 3PMSF | 41/2020 |
| 245/35R20 | 95V XL | B94% | D46% | 71 dBB68% | 3PMSF | 26/2025 |
| 245/35R20 | 95W XL | B94% | C97% | 72 dBB55% | 3PMSF | 02/2021 |
| 245/40R20 | 99W XL | B96% | C93% | 72 dBB52% | 3PMSF | 02/2021 |
| 245/45R20 | 103V XL | B97% | C95% | 72 dBB64% | 3PMSF | 02/2021 |
| 255/35R20 | 97W XL | B92% | C99% | 73 dBB38% | 3PMSF | 36/2020 |
| 255/40R20 | 101W XL · 101W XL · 101W XL | B97% | C97% | 73 dBB42% | 3PMSF | 02/2021 |
| 265/30R20 | 94W XL | B67% | D67% | 73 dBB47% | 3PMSF | 09/2021 |
| 265/35R20 | 99V XL · 99W XL | B81% | C100% | 73 dBB46% | 3PMSF | 12/2021 |
| 265/40R20 | 104W XL | B91% | C80% | 73 dBB53% | 3PMSF | 23/2019 |
| 275/30R20 | 97V XL | B95% | D37% | 72 dBB49% | 3PMSF | 02/2021 |
| 275/30R20 | 97V XL · 97W XL | B95% | D37% | 73 dBB44% | 3PMSF | 02/2021 |
| 275/35R20 | 102W XL | B95% | C96% | 73 dBB42% | 3PMSF | 29/2020 |
| 285/30R20 | 99W XL | B96% | D38% | 75 dBB31% | 3PMSF | 09/2021 |
| 285/35R20 | 104W XL | B95% | C98% | 75 dBB38% | 3PMSF | 13/2021 |
| 295/30R20 | 101W XL | B91% | C100% | 75 dBB32% | 3PMSF | 25/2020 |
| 295/35R20 | 105W XL | B88% | C92% | 75 dBB31% | 3PMSF | 25/2020 |
| 305/30R20 | 103W XL | B81% | D31% | 75 dBB31% | 3PMSF | 40/2020 |
| 21″ rims | ||||||
| 245/35R21 | 96W XL | B91% | C94% | 72 dBB56% | 3PMSF | 02/2021 |
| 245/40R21 | 100V XL | B86% | C95% | 72 dBB57% | 3PMSF | 17/2024 |
| 255/35R21 | 98W XL | B83% | D39% | 73 dBB43% | 3PMSF | 30/2020 |
| 255/50R21 | 109H XL | B89% | C50% | 73 dBB39% | 3PMSF | 12/2021 |
| 275/35R21 | 103W XL | B87% | C90% | 73 dBB41% | 3PMSF | 26/2020 |
| 285/30R21 | 100W XL | B93% | D7% | 75 dBB67% | 3PMSF | 25/2020 |
| 295/30R21 | 102W XL | B89% | D5% | 75 dBB21% | 3PMSF | 47/2020 |
| 305/30R21 | 104V XL | B90% | C100% | 75 dBB10% | 3PMSF | 05/2025 |
| 315/30R21 | 105V XL | B97% | D45% | 75 dBB31% | 3PMSF | 12/2021 |
| 22″ rims | ||||||
| 255/40R22 | 103H XL | B83% | C72% | 73 dBB28% | 3PMSF | 12/2021 |
Best-labelled winter and 3PMSF tyres in 215/60R17
Other tyres on sale in the same size, sorted by wet grip, then noise, then fuel efficiency.
All tyres in 215/60 R17, ranked by label →
- Bridgestone Blizzak LM005A B 71 dB
- Bridgestone Blizzak LM005 DriveguardA D 71 dB
- Linglong Sport Master WinterA D 72 dB
- Crosswind Grip Peak WinterA D 72 dB
- Victory Road ASA D 72 dB
- Pirelli Cinturato WinterB C 67 dB
Questions
Is the Hankook WiNter i*cept evo3 a quiet tyre?
Its declared rolling noise ranges from 70 dB to 75 dB (median 72 dB). In 4% 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 evo3 in the wet?
Its wet grip class is B–D. In 98% of compared sizes that is at least as good as three quarters of same-size rivals.
Is the Hankook WiNter i*cept evo3 suitable for snow?
124 of 124 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 evo3 launched?
It has been on the EU market since May 2021. The earliest production week in its registrations is 23/2019; 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 — 124 registrations, data as of 25 October 2026. Suppliers have updated 107 of these registrations since first publication. Label values are the supplier’s declaration.