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Nankang AW-6

EU tyre label for every size: 80 sizes of this 3PMSF-marked tyre compared with the rest of the market

The Nankang AW-6 is a 3PMSF-marked tyre for passenger cars. Its supplier has registered it in the EU product database (EPREL) in 80 sizes (82 registrations including load and speed variants), for 13″ to 20″ rims.

Wet grip is rated B–C depending on size, fuel efficiency B–D and external rolling noise 70–73 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 215/65 R16 (Wet grip B · Fuel efficiency B · 72 dB), the weakest 175/65 R17 (Wet grip C · Fuel efficiency D · 71 dB).

On the EU market since March 2018; the earliest production week registered is 16/2018.

Wet grip
BC
B 79% · C 21%
Fuel efficiency
BCD
B 10% · C 76% · D 15%
Rolling noise70–73 dBmedian 72 dB
Sizes80rims 13″ to 20″
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 (77 sizes had at least four rivals). A size scores when its label is at least as good as 75% of them.

Wet grip97% of compared sizes
Fuel efficiency87% of compared sizes
Rolling noise8% of compared sizes

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 (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

≈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 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
13″ rims
155/70R1375TC83%D90%71 dBB58%3PMSF44/2018
165/70R1383T XLC88%D90%71 dBB60%3PMSF28/2021
175/70R1382TC90%D86%70 dBB78%3PMSF04/2019
14″ rims
165/65R1479TC85%D91%70 dBB69%3PMSF16/2018
165/70R1485T XLC78%C100%71 dBB64%3PMSF24/2018
175/65R1482HC80%C100%70 dBB81%3PMSF24/2018
175/65R1486H XLC80%C100%70 dBB81%3PMSF29/2026
175/70R1488T XLC82%C100%71 dBB65%3PMSF36/2019
175/80R1488TC92%D89%71 dBB67%3PMSF28/2021
185/60R1482HC84%D86%70 dBB76%3PMSF11/2026
185/65R1486HC85%C100%70 dBB77%3PMSF24/2018
15″ rims
175/65R1588H XLC78%C99%71 dBB61%3PMSF24/2018
185/55R1586H XLC77%C100%71 dBB66%3PMSF24/2018
185/60R1588H XLC79%C99%71 dBB64%3PMSF28/2018
185/65R1592H XLC79%C99%71 dBB62%3PMSF24/2018
195/50R1582VB100%D83%71 dBB68%3PMSF51/2025
195/55R1589V XLB100%C100%72 dBB56%3PMSF32/2019
195/65R1595V XLB100%C98%72 dBB54%3PMSF32/2019
205/60R1595H XLB100%C99%72 dBB38%3PMSF32/2019
205/65R1599V XLB100%C98%72 dBB54%3PMSF32/2019
16″ rims
175/60R1682HC63%D97%70 dBB82%3PMSF04/2019
195/55R1691V XLB99%C99%72 dBB56%3PMSF32/2019
195/60R1693V XLB100%C98%72 dBB39%3PMSF28/2021
205/55R1694V XLB99%C99%72 dBB58%3PMSF32/2019
205/60R1696V XLB99%C97%72 dBB57%3PMSF32/2019
215/45R1690V XLB98%C100%72 dBB48%3PMSF32/2019
215/55R1697V XLB99%C98%72 dBB63%3PMSF32/2019
215/60R1699V XLB99%C96%72 dBB60%3PMSF32/2019
215/65R16102V XLB99%B100%72 dBB62%3PMSF32/2019
215/70R16100HB99%C98%72 dBB62%3PMSF01/2022
225/55R1699V XLB99%C98%72 dBB64%3PMSF32/2019
225/60ZR16102W XLB–C–72 dBB–3PMSF35/2021
17″ rims
175/65R1787VC45%D35%71 dBB30%3PMSF07/2024
205/45R1788V XLB98%C98%72 dBB58%3PMSF32/2019
205/50R1793V XLB98%C98%72 dBB64%3PMSF32/2019
205/55R1795V XLB98%C97%72 dBB58%3PMSF40/2019
215/40ZR1787W XLB100%D43%72 dBB36%3PMSF40/2020
215/45ZR1791W XLB100%C89%72 dBB39%3PMSF32/2019
215/50R1795V XLB98%C98%72 dBB64%3PMSF32/2019
215/50ZR1795W XLB100%C88%72 dBB50%3PMSF32/2019
215/55ZR1798W XLB100%C78%72 dBB47%3PMSF40/2019
215/60R17100V XLB99%B100%72 dBB63%3PMSF32/2019
215/65R17103V XLB98%B100%72 dBB63%3PMSF32/2019
225/45ZR1794W XLB100%C90%72 dBB47%3PMSF32/2019
225/50R1798V XLB98%C97%72 dBB65%3PMSF32/2019
225/55R17101V XLB99%B100%72 dBB67%3PMSF32/2019
225/60R17103V XLB99%B100%72 dBB65%3PMSF32/2019
225/65R17106V XLB99%C93%72 dBB67%3PMSF38/2021
235/45R1797V XLB98%C98%72 dBB59%3PMSF32/2019
235/55R17103V XLB98%C93%72 dBB69%3PMSF32/2019
235/60R17106V XLB100%C95%72 dBB62%3PMSF34/2021
235/65R17108V XLB99%B100%72 dBB69%3PMSF32/2019
245/45ZR1799Y XLB100%C64%72 dBB36%3PMSF40/2019
18″ rims
195/60R1896V XLB96%C87%72 dBB36%3PMSF49/2023
215/45ZR1893Y XLB–D–72 dBB–3PMSF50/2021
215/50ZR1892WB100%C95%71 dBB33%3PMSF32/2019
215/55R1899V XLB98%C96%72 dBB60%3PMSF32/2019
225/40R1892V XLB98%C99%72 dBB65%3PMSF32/2019
225/40ZR1892Y XLB98%C95%72 dBB58%3PMSF32/2019
225/45ZR1895Y XLB100%C97%72 dBB71%3PMSF40/2019
225/50R1899V XLB97%C95%72 dBB63%3PMSF32/2019
225/55R1898VB98%C92%72 dBB62%3PMSF32/2019
225/55R18102V XLB98%C92%72 dBB62%3PMSF32/2024
225/60ZR18104W XLB–C–72 dBB–3PMSF40/2019
235/40ZR1895Y XLB100%C92%72 dBB59%3PMSF52/2019
235/45ZR1898Y XLB100%C76%72 dBB60%3PMSF32/2019
235/50ZR18101YB100%C69%72 dBB31%3PMSF32/2019
235/55R18104V XLB98%B100%72 dBB67%3PMSF32/2019
245/40ZR1897Y XLB100%C96%72 dBB57%3PMSF40/2019
245/45ZR18100Y XLB100%C72%72 dBB53%3PMSF32/2019
255/55R18109V XLB98%C90%72 dBB84%3PMSF32/2019
19″ rims
225/40ZR1993Y XLB100%C100%72 dBB26%3PMSF38/2021
225/45ZR1996W XLB100%C97%72 dBB51%3PMSF38/2021
235/35ZR1991Y XLB98%D42%72 dBB53%3PMSF37/2021
235/40ZR1996Y XLB89%C100%72 dBB49%3PMSF36/2021
235/45ZR1999W XLB100%C64%72 dBB36%3PMSF24/2020
235/50ZR19103WB100%C71%72 dBB43%3PMSF48/2019
235/55ZR19105W XLB100%B100%72 dBB45%3PMSF32/2019
245/40ZR1998Y XLB96%C67%72 dBB33%3PMSF44/2019
245/45ZR19102Y XLB98%C69%72 dBB24%3PMSF32/2019
255/35ZR1996Y XLB92%C92%72 dBB71%3PMSF44/2019
20″ rims
275/40ZR20106Y XLB100%C83%73 dBB25%3PMSF10/2022

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 Nankang AW-6 a quiet tyre?

Its declared rolling noise ranges from 70 dB to 73 dB (median 72 dB). In 8% of the sizes we could compare, it is at least as quiet as three quarters of same-size rivals.

How good is the Nankang AW-6 in the wet?

Its wet grip class is B–C. In 97% of compared sizes that is at least as good as three quarters of same-size rivals.

Is the Nankang AW-6 suitable for snow?

82 of 82 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 Nankang AW-6 launched?

It has been on the EU market since March 2018. The earliest production week in its registrations is 16/2018; 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 — 82 registrations, data as of 25 October 2026. Suppliers have updated 78 of these registrations since first publication. Label values are the supplier’s declaration.