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Pirelli Carrier Winter

EU tyre label for every size: 21 sizes of this winter tyre compared with the rest of the market

The Pirelli Carrier Winter is a winter tyre for vans and light trucks. Its supplier has registered it in the EU product database (EPREL) in 21 sizes (71 registrations including load and speed variants), for 14″ to 17″ rims.

Wet grip is rated A–C depending on size, fuel efficiency C–D and external rolling noise 68–73 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 225/65 R16C (Wet grip A · Fuel efficiency C · 68 dB), the weakest 215/65 R16C (Wet grip C · Fuel efficiency D · 73 dB).

On the EU market since February 2014; the earliest production week registered is 51/2013.

Wet grip
AC
A 58% · C 42%
Fuel efficiency
CD
C 73% · D 27%
Rolling noise68–73 dBmedian 73 dB
Sizes21rims 14″ to 17″
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 (21 sizes had at least four rivals). A size scores when its label is at least as good as 75% of them.

Wet grip62% of compared sizes
Fuel efficiency71% of compared sizes
Rolling noise14% of compared sizes

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

All 21 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
175/65R14CC290/88TC38%D83%73 dBB26%3PMSF49/2014
175/70R14CC295/93TC42%D73%73 dBB19%3PMSF03/2015
15″ rims
195/70R15CC2104/102RC63%D68%73 dBB40%3PMSF11/2014
195/70 R15CC2104/102RA100%D68%73 dBB40%3PMSF22/2025
205/65R15CC2102/100TC51%D92%73 dBB32%3PMSF06/2015
205/70R15CC2106/104RC52%D66%73 dBB31%3PMSF22/2014
215/70R15CC2109/107SC59%C100%73 dBB39%3PMSF20/2014
215/70 R15CC2109/107S · 109/107SA100%C100%73 dBB39%3PMSF52/2022
225/70R15CC2112/110RC57%C99%73 dBB42%3PMSF51/2013
16″ rims
185/75R16CC2104/102RC57%D72%73 dBB35%3PMSF29/2014
195/60R16CC299/97T · 99/97TC60%D76%73 dBB38%3PMSF19/2014
195/60 R16CC299/97T · 99/97TA100%C100%73 dBB38%3PMSF52/2022
195/65R16CC2104/102TC62%D64%73 dBB35%3PMSF19/2014
195/75R16CC2107/105RA100%C100%70 dBA97%3PMSF21/2017
195/75R16CC2110/108R · 110/108RC56%C100%73 dBB37%3PMSF31/2016
195/75 R16CC2110/108R · 110/108R · 110/108R · 110/108RA100%C100%73 dBB37%3PMSF52/2022
205/65R16CC2107/105T · 107/105TC60%D57%73 dBB42%3PMSF14/2014
205/65 R16CC2107/105T · 107/105T · 107/105T · 107/105TA100%C99%73 dBB42%3PMSF52/2022
205/75 R16CC2107/105T · 110/108RA100%C99%73 dBB43%3PMSF46/2023
205/75R16CC2110/108R · 110/108RC51%D49%73 dBB43%3PMSF19/2014
215/60R16CC2103/101TC54%D53%73 dBB35%3PMSF26/2014
215/65R16CC2109/107R (107T) · 109/107R (107T)C60%D52%73 dBB42%3PMSF14/2014
215/65 R16CC2109/107R · 109/107R · 109/107R · 109/107R (107T)A100%C99%73 dBB42%3PMSF52/2022
215/75R16CC2116/114R · 116/114RC57%C99%73 dBB44%3PMSF35/2016
215/75 R16CC2116/114R · 116/114R · 116/114R · 116/114RA100%C99%73 dBB44%3PMSF52/2022
225/65R16CC2112/110R · 112/110RC56%C99%73 dBB41%3PMSF14/2014
225/65R16CC2112/110RA100%C99%68 dBA100%3PMSF30/2017
225/65 R16CC2112/110R · 112/110R · 112/110R · 112/110RA100%C99%73 dBB41%3PMSF52/2022
225/75R16CC2118/116R · 118/116RC55%C98%73 dBB38%3PMSF32/2014
225/75 R16CC2118/116RA100%C98%73 dBB38%3PMSF22/2025
235/65R16CC2115/113R · 115/113RC52%C97%73 dBB38%3PMSF52/2013
235/65 R16CC2115/113R · 115/113R · 115/113RA100%C97%73 dBB38%3PMSF52/2022
235/65R16CC2118/116RA100%C97%69 dBA98%3PMSF30/2017
17″ rims
215/60R17CC2109/107TC46%C96%73 dBB39%3PMSF06/2020
215/60 R17CC2109/107TA100%C96%73 dBB39%3PMSF52/2022
215/60 R17CC2109/107T · 109/107TA100%D38%73 dBB39%3PMSF27/2025
225/55R17CC2109/107TC30%C100%73 dBB38%3PMSF06/2020
225/55 R17CC2109/107T · 109/107T · 109/107T · 109/107TA100%C100%73 dBB38%3PMSF52/2022

Questions

Is the Pirelli Carrier Winter a quiet tyre?

Its declared rolling noise ranges from 68 dB to 73 dB (median 73 dB). In 14% of the sizes we could compare, it is at least as quiet as three quarters of same-size rivals.

How good is the Pirelli Carrier Winter in the wet?

Its wet grip class is A–C. In 62% of compared sizes that is at least as good as three quarters of same-size rivals.

Is the Pirelli Carrier Winter suitable for snow?

71 of 71 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 Pirelli Carrier Winter launched?

It has been on the EU market since February 2014. The earliest production week in its registrations is 51/2013; 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 — 71 registrations, data as of 23 October 2026. Suppliers have updated 10 of these registrations since first publication. Label values are the supplier’s declaration.