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Triangle EffeXWinter

EU tyre label for every size: 65 sizes of this winter tyre compared with the rest of the market

The Triangle EffeXWinter is a winter tyre for passenger cars. Its supplier has registered it in the EU product database (EPREL) in 65 sizes (65 registrations including load and speed variants), for 16″ to 21″ rims.

Wet grip is rated B in every size, fuel efficiency B–D and external rolling noise 71–75 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 265/60 R18 (Wet grip B · Fuel efficiency B · 73 dB), the weakest 255/35 R20 (Wet grip B · Fuel efficiency D · 73 dB).

On the EU market since August 2024; the earliest production week registered is 32/2024.

Wet grip
B
B 100%
Fuel efficiency
BCD
B 5% · C 80% · D 15%
Rolling noise71–75 dBmedian 72 dB
Sizes65rims 16″ to 21″
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 (64 sizes had at least four rivals). A size scores when its label is at least as good as 75% of them.

Wet grip100% of compared sizes
Fuel efficiency84% of compared sizes
Rolling noise0% 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 65 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
0″ rims
CBPTW42126K19VFJ110V XLB–C–73 dBB–3PMSF20/2026
16″ rims
205/55R1694VB99%C99%72 dBB58%3PMSF01/2025
17″ rims
215/55R1798VB98%C97%72 dBB61%3PMSF01/2025
225/45R1794VB98%D58%72 dBB66%3PMSF01/2025
18″ rims
215/50R1896VB99%C96%72 dBB55%3PMSF01/2025
225/40R1892V XLB98%D59%72 dBB65%3PMSF36/2024
225/45R1895V XLB98%C97%72 dBB58%3PMSF36/2024
225/50R1899VB97%C95%72 dBB63%3PMSF01/2025
225/55R18102V XLB98%C92%72 dBB62%3PMSF36/2024
225/60R18104VB99%C94%72 dBB62%3PMSF01/2025
235/40R1895VB97%C99%72 dBB70%3PMSF01/2025
235/45R1898VB97%C98%72 dBB61%3PMSF01/2025
235/50R18101VB99%C96%72 dBB67%3PMSF01/2025
235/55R18104V XLB98%C90%72 dBB67%3PMSF36/2024
235/60R18107VB98%C90%72 dBB67%3PMSF01/2025
245/40R1897V XLB97%C99%72 dBB66%3PMSF36/2024
245/45R18100V XLB98%C95%72 dBB67%3PMSF36/2024
245/50R18100VB98%C95%71 dBB72%3PMSF01/2025
255/40R1899V XLB96%C95%73 dBB51%3PMSF20/2026
255/45R18103VB97%C96%73 dBB50%3PMSF01/2026
255/55R18109VB98%C90%73 dBB54%3PMSF01/2026
255/60R18112V XLB97%C85%73 dBB57%3PMSF20/2026
265/60R18114HB98%B100%73 dBB61%3PMSF01/2025
19″ rims
225/40R1993VB95%D41%72 dBB55%3PMSF01/2026
225/45R1996VB97%C97%72 dBB58%3PMSF36/2024
225/55R19103V XLB97%C92%72 dBB61%3PMSF32/2024
235/35R1991WB96%D49%72 dBB60%3PMSF01/2026
235/40R1996WB97%C98%72 dBB52%3PMSF01/2025
235/45R1999VB97%C96%72 dBB50%3PMSF01/2025
235/50R19103V XLB98%C90%72 dBB63%3PMSF36/2024
235/55R19105V XLB97%C86%72 dBB65%3PMSF36/2024
245/35R1993WB94%D49%72 dBB70%3PMSF01/2026
245/40R1998V XLB97%D37%72 dBB63%3PMSF36/2024
245/45R19102V XLB97%C94%72 dBB61%3PMSF36/2024
245/50R19105VB95%C90%72 dBB51%3PMSF01/2025
245/55R19107VB100%C94%72 dBB69%3PMSF01/2025
255/35R1996V XLB97%D37%73 dBB45%3PMSF36/2024
255/40R19100VB96%C95%73 dBB54%3PMSF01/2025
255/45R19104VB97%C91%73 dBB50%3PMSF01/2025
255/50R19107VB97%C88%73 dBB48%3PMSF01/2025
255/55R19111VB97%C90%73 dBB56%3PMSF01/2025
275/35R19100WB95%C98%73 dBB53%3PMSF01/2025
275/40R19105VB96%C96%73 dBB47%3PMSF01/2026
285/45R19111VB99%C96%72 dBA56%3PMSF23/2026
20″ rims
235/50R20104VB92%C81%72 dBB55%3PMSF01/2025
235/55R20105VB97%C91%72 dBB63%3PMSF01/2025
245/35R2095WB94%D46%72 dBB55%3PMSF01/2025
245/40R2099WB96%D31%72 dBB52%3PMSF01/2025
245/45R20103VB97%C95%72 dBB64%3PMSF01/2025
255/35R2097WB92%D40%73 dBB38%3PMSF01/2025
255/40R20101WB97%C97%73 dBB42%3PMSF01/2025
255/45R20105W XLB96%C92%73 dBB49%3PMSF36/2024
255/50R20109VB98%C88%73 dBB55%3PMSF01/2025
255/55R20110VB98%B100%73 dBB52%3PMSF01/2025
265/40R20104VB91%C80%73 dBB53%3PMSF01/2026
265/45R20108VB94%C83%73 dBB43%3PMSF01/2026
265/50R20111VB98%C85%73 dBB52%3PMSF01/2025
275/35R20102W XLB95%C96%73 dBB42%3PMSF36/2024
275/40R20106W XLB96%C93%73 dBB55%3PMSF36/2024
275/45R20110W XLB96%C90%73 dBB59%3PMSF36/2024
275/50R20113VB98%B100%73 dBB47%3PMSF01/2025
315/35R20110VB95%C97%73 dBB70%3PMSF01/2026
21″ rims
275/40R21107VB97%C93%73 dBB48%3PMSF01/2026
275/45R21110VB96%C89%73 dBB53%3PMSF01/2025
295/35R21107VB89%C96%75 dBB27%3PMSF01/2026

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 Triangle EffeXWinter a quiet tyre?

Its declared rolling noise ranges from 71 dB to 75 dB (median 72 dB). 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 Triangle EffeXWinter in the wet?

Its wet grip class is B. In 100% of compared sizes that is at least as good as three quarters of same-size rivals.

Is the Triangle EffeXWinter suitable for snow?

65 of 65 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 Triangle EffeXWinter launched?

It has been on the EU market since August 2024. The earliest production week in its registrations is 32/2024; 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 — 65 registrations, data as of 23 October 2026. Suppliers have updated 64 of these registrations since first publication. Label values are the supplier’s declaration.