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Nankang SW-7

EU tyre label for every size: 32 sizes of this 3PMSF-marked tyre compared with the rest of the market

The Nankang SW-7 is a 3PMSF-marked tyre for passenger cars. Its supplier has registered it in the EU product database (EPREL) in 32 sizes (32 registrations including load and speed variants), for 13″ to 18″ rims.

Wet grip is rated D–E depending on size, fuel efficiency D and external rolling noise 71–73 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 175/70 R13 (Wet grip D · Fuel efficiency D · 71 dB), the weakest 195/60 R14 (Wet grip E · Fuel efficiency D · 72 dB).

On the EU market since May 2018; the earliest production week registered is 24/2018.

Wet grip
DE
D 94% · E 6%
Fuel efficiency
D
D 100%
Rolling noise71–73 dBmedian 72 dB
Sizes32rims 13″ to 18″
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 (32 sizes had at least four rivals). A size scores when its label is at least as good as 75% of them.

Wet grip0% of compared sizes
Fuel efficiency25% of compared sizes
Rolling noise3% of compared sizes

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

≈47 m with class D, against ≈41 m for the most common class in this size (C).

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 32 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
165/80R1383TE7%D86%71 dBB38%3PMSF20/2019
175/70R1382TD42%D86%71 dBB62%3PMSF24/2018
185/70R1386TD51%D74%71 dBB88%3PMSF24/2018
14″ rims
175/65R1486T XLD34%D79%71 dBB65%3PMSF24/2018
175/70R1488T XLD32%D78%71 dBB65%3PMSF24/2018
185/65R1490T XLD38%D81%71 dBB61%3PMSF24/2018
185/70R1488TD43%D74%71 dBB62%3PMSF24/2018
195/60R1486TE3%D81%72 dBB53%3PMSF28/2019
195/65R1489TD39%D56%72 dBB41%3PMSF24/2018
15″ rims
185/55R1586T XLD24%D77%71 dBB66%3PMSF24/2018
185/65R1592T XLD30%D65%71 dBB62%3PMSF24/2018
195/55R1589T XLD27%D82%72 dBB56%3PMSF24/2018
195/65R1595T XLD28%D55%72 dBB54%3PMSF24/2018
205/60R1591TD30%D66%72 dBB38%3PMSF24/2018
205/65R1599T XLD33%D59%72 dBB54%3PMSF24/2018
205/70R15100T XLD44%D66%72 dBB57%3PMSF24/2018
215/65R15100H XLD29%D44%72 dBB52%3PMSF24/2018
16″ rims
205/55R1694T XLD25%D52%72 dBB58%3PMSF24/2018
205/60R1696T XLD27%D52%72 dBB57%3PMSF24/2018
215/55R1697T XLD24%D53%72 dBB63%3PMSF24/2018
215/60R1699T XLD28%D48%72 dBB60%3PMSF24/2018
215/65R16102T XLD31%D46%72 dBB62%3PMSF24/2018
215/70R16100HD27%D56%72 dBB62%3PMSF24/2018
17″ rims
215/60R17100T XLD29%D48%72 dBB63%3PMSF24/2018
225/45R1794T XLD26%D58%72 dBB66%3PMSF24/2018
225/50R1798T XLD25%D50%72 dBB65%3PMSF24/2018
225/60R17106T XLD31%D46%72 dBB65%3PMSF24/2018
235/65R17104T XLD33%D43%72 dBB69%3PMSF24/2018
265/65R17116T XLD39%D45%73 dBB60%3PMSF24/2018
18″ rims
225/40R1892T XLD22%D59%72 dBB65%3PMSF24/2018
235/50R18101T XLD28%D41%72 dBB67%3PMSF24/2018
235/60R18107T XLD30%D37%72 dBB67%3PMSF24/2018

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 SW-7 a quiet tyre?

Its declared rolling noise ranges from 71 dB to 73 dB (median 72 dB). In 3% of the sizes we could compare, it is at least as quiet as three quarters of same-size rivals.

How good is the Nankang SW-7 in the wet?

Its wet grip class is D–E. In 0% of compared sizes that is at least as good as three quarters of same-size rivals.

Is the Nankang SW-7 suitable for snow?

32 of 32 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 SW-7 launched?

It has been on the EU market since May 2018. The earliest production week in its registrations is 24/2018; 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 — 32 registrations, data as of 23 October 2026. Suppliers have updated 32 of these registrations since first publication. Label values are the supplier’s declaration.