Mercedes-Benz GLC : Tire labeling / All-weather tires and winter tires

Winter tires bear the
snowflake
symbol
and fulfill the requirements of the Rubber Manufacturers
Association (RMA) and the Rubber
Association of Canada (RAC) regarding the tire
traction on snow.
Load index
:
- No specification given: standard load (SL)
tire
- "XL" or "Extra Load": extra load tire or reinforced
tire
- "Light Load": light load tire
- "C", "D", "E": a load range that depends on
the maximum load that the tire can carry at a
certain pressure
1 "ZR" stated in the tire code.
2 Or "M+Si" for winter tires.
Specifying the speed rating as the "ZR" index
in tire code is optional for
tires up to
186 mph (300 km/h)...
Tire structure and characteristics: describes
the number of layers or the number of rubbercoated
belts in the tire contact surface and the
tire wall...
Other information:
Passive side impact protection is an additional
Parking Assist PARKTRONIC function which
warns the driver about obstacles at the side of
the vehicle. A warning is issued when obstacles
are detected between the front and rear detection
range. In order for an object on the side to
be detected, the sensors in the front and rear
bumper must first detect the object while you
are driving past it...
Yellow lane marking the course
the tires will
take at the current steering wheel angle
(dynamic)
Yellow guide line, vehicle
width (driven surface)
depending on the current steering
wheel angle (dynamic)
Red guide line at a distance of
approximately
1...