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Mastersteel Light Truck

EU tyre label for every size: 11 sizes of this summer tyre compared with the rest of the market

The Mastersteel Light Truck is a summer tyre for vans and light trucks. Its supplier has registered it in the EU product database (EPREL) in 11 sizes (13 registrations including load and speed variants), for 14″ to 16″ rims.

Wet grip is rated A–C depending on size, fuel efficiency B–C and external rolling noise 72 dB.

The label depends on the size. Sorted by wet grip, then fuel efficiency, then noise, the best-labelled size on sale is 195/70 R15C (Wet grip A · Fuel efficiency B · 72 dB), the weakest 235/65 R16C (Wet grip C · Fuel efficiency C · 72 dB).

On the EU market since November 2014; the earliest production week registered is 47/2014.

Wet grip
ABC
A 8% · B 8% · C 85%
Fuel efficiency
BC
B 15% · C 85%
Rolling noise72 dBmedian 72 dB
Sizes11rims 14″ to 16″
Snow & ice—3PMSF none · ice none

How it compares in its sizes

We compared each size with all other summer tyres of the same size and class in EPREL (11 sizes had at least four rivals). A size scores when its label is at least as good as 75% of them.

Wet grip18% of compared sizes
Fuel efficiency100% of compared sizes
Rolling noise0% of compared sizes

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

All 11 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
185R14CC2102/100RC50%C94%72 dBB57%—47/2014
15″ rims
195/70R15CC2104/102SC46%C94%72 dBB58%—47/2014
195/70R15CC2108/106RA100%B100%72 dBB58%—19/2025
225/70R15CC2112/110SC44%C92%72 dBB63%—47/2014
225/70R15CC2116/114RB87%B99%72 dBB63%—19/2025
16″ rims
185/75R16CC2104/102SC47%C93%72 dBB55%—47/2014
195/65R16CC2104/102TC46%C96%72 dBB59%—47/2014
195/75R16CC2107/105RC42%C93%72 dBB54%—47/2014
205/65R16CC2107/105TC44%C94%72 dBB59%—47/2014
215/65R16CC2109/107TC41%C91%72 dBB59%—47/2014
215/75R16CC2113/111SC40%C91%72 dBB60%—31/2017
225/65R16CC2112/110TC41%C91%72 dBB59%—47/2014
235/65R16CC2115/113TC38%C85%72 dBB58%—47/2014

Questions

Is the Mastersteel Light Truck a quiet tyre?

Its declared rolling noise is 72 dB in every size. In 0% of the sizes we could compare, it is at least as quiet as three quarters of same-size rivals.

How good is the Mastersteel Light Truck in the wet?

Its wet grip class is A–C. In 18% of compared sizes that is at least as good as three quarters of same-size rivals.

Is the Mastersteel Light Truck 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 Mastersteel Light Truck launched?

It has been on the EU market since November 2014. The earliest production week in its registrations is 47/2014; 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 — 13 registrations, data as of 25 October 2026. Suppliers have updated 0 of these registrations since first publication. Label values are the supplier’s declaration.