Skip to content
Summer

Nexen AS-S01

EU tyre label for every size: 30 sizes of this summer tyre compared with the rest of the market

The Nexen AS-S01 is a summer tyre for passenger cars. Its supplier has registered it in the EU product database (EPREL) in 30 sizes (31 registrations including load and speed variants), for 14″ to 20″ rims.

Wet grip is rated A–C depending on size, fuel efficiency B–D and external rolling noise 69–72 dB.

The label depends on the size. Sorted by wet grip, then fuel efficiency, then noise, the best-labelled size on sale is 225/55 ZR16 (Wet grip A · Fuel efficiency B · 70 dB), the weakest 245/35 ZR19 (Wet grip C · Fuel efficiency C · 71 dB).

On the EU market since September 2019; the earliest production week registered is 30/2019.

Wet grip
ABC
A 16% · B 68% · C 16%
Fuel efficiency
BCD
B 39% · C 52% · D 10%
Rolling noise69–72 dBmedian 71 dB
Sizes30rims 14″ to 20″
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 (30 sizes had at least four rivals). A size scores when its label is at least as good as 75% of them.

Wet grip83% of compared sizes
Fuel efficiency90% of compared sizes
Rolling noise30% of compared sizes

Strongest point: fuel efficiency.

What the label means on the road (205/55R16)

Example: the 205/55R16 size, compared with the 1,042 other summer tyres registered in this size.

Wet braking from 80 km/h

≈37 m with wet grip class B, the most common class in this size.

Fuel efficiency

Class C, the most common class in this size: no difference to the typical tyre.

Rolling noise

71 dB against a median of 71 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 30 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
175/65R1482TC62%C97%70 dBB71%—30/2019
15″ rims
175/65R1584HB92%C95%70 dBB72%—30/2019
195/45R1578VA100%D69%71 dBB59%—30/2019
195/50R1582VB90%C99%71 dBB61%—30/2019
16″ rims
205/45ZR1687W XLB93%D46%71 dBB74%—30/2019
205/50ZR1687WB96%C98%71 dBB70%—30/2019
205/55R1691HB81%C84%71 dBB58%—30/2019
205/55ZR1694W XLB89%B100%69 dBA89%—30/2019
215/55ZR1697W XLC44%B100%71 dBB72%—30/2019
225/55ZR1699W XLA100%B100%70 dBB84%—30/2019
17″ rims
205/40ZR1784W XLB90%C98%72 dBB44%—30/2019
205/50ZR1793W XLB86%C91%71 dBB75%—30/2019
215/40ZR1787W XLB88%C92%71 dBB72%—30/2019
215/45ZR1791W XLC47%C92%71 dBB75%—30/2019
215/50ZR1791WB89%C89%71 dBB75%—30/2019
215/50ZR1795W XLB89%B100%70 dBB88%—30/2019
215/55ZR1794WB87%B100%71 dBB74%—30/2019
225/45ZR1794W XLA100%C91%71 dBB73%—30/2019
225/50ZR1798W XLB85%B100%71 dBB75%—30/2019
225/55ZR17101W XLB85%B100%71 dBB72%—30/2019
235/45ZR1797W XLC40%B100%71 dBB73%—30/2019
245/45ZR1799W XLB85%C90%71 dBB77%—30/2019
18″ rims
215/35ZR1884Y XLB90%D64%72 dBB51%—30/2019
225/40ZR1892W XLA100%B100%71 dBB75%—30/2019
235/40ZR1895W XLB84%C90%71 dBB75%—30/2019
245/40ZR1897W XLA100%B100%71 dBB78%—30/2019
245/45ZR18100W XLB83%B100%71 dBB78%—30/2019
255/35ZR1894W XLB83%B100%72 dBB70%—30/2019
19″ rims
235/35ZR1991Y XLB81%C92%72 dBB50%—30/2019
245/35ZR1993Y XLC27%C92%71 dBB73%—30/2019
20″ rims
255/35ZR2097Y XLB80%C91%71 dBB85%—30/2019

Same label values, different brand

These tyres have exactly the same label values as the Nexen AS-S01 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 summer 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 Nexen AS-S01 a quiet tyre?

Its declared rolling noise ranges from 69 dB to 72 dB (median 71 dB). In 30% of the sizes we could compare, it is at least as quiet as three quarters of same-size rivals.

How good is the Nexen AS-S01 in the wet?

Its wet grip class is A–C. In 83% of compared sizes that is at least as good as three quarters of same-size rivals.

Is the Nexen AS-S01 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 Nexen AS-S01 launched?

It has been on the EU market since September 2019. The earliest production week in its registrations is 30/2019; the DOT code on the sidewall shows the week and year of your tyre.

More from Nexen

Source: EPREL, the European Commission’s product registry for energy labelling — 31 registrations, data as of 23 October 2026. Suppliers have updated 31 of these registrations since first publication. Label values are the supplier’s declaration.