165/65R15 Against 175/60R15: What Changes and What It Costs

Of the 12 models Shaharyar Traders prices in both 165/65R15 and 175/60R15, 10 cost more in 175/60R15, 2 cost the same and none of the 12 costs less. The prices quoted here were last updated on 3 June 2026.

The physical gap between the two sizes is small, but it is not zero, and that matters more than the price difference for anyone weighing one against the other.

10 mm wider, 2 mm less sidewall, 5 mm less diameter

Going from 165/65R15 to 175/60R15 adds 10 mm of section width while the sidewall drops from 107 mm to 105 mm. Because the sidewall counts twice in the overall diameter (once above the rim, once below), the tyre ends up 5 mm smaller across: 591 mm against 596 mm, a change of 0.8%.

The circumference follows, from 1,871 mm down to 1,857 mm. The smaller tyre has to turn about 539 times to cover a kilometre, against about 535 for 165/65R15.

What 0.8% does to the speedometer

A 591 mm tyre covers 14 mm less ground per turn than a 596 mm one, so a speedometer set up for 165/65R15 shows about 0.8% more than the car is doing once 175/60R15 goes on. Put 165/65R15 on a car set up for 175/60R15 and it shows less than the car is doing.

That is why this comparison is not for anyone hoping to switch sizes to save a few hundred rupees. A different overall diameter changes what the speedometer shows, and the size on the car's door-jamb placard is the one to buy.

On CircleWheels, the Changan Lumin (2024) page is the one car page that lists both sizes, alongside a third: 165/65/15, 165/70/14 and 175/60/15. Those three sizes can belong to different Lumin versions, so the page is not a sign that one Lumin takes 165/65R15 and 175/60R15 interchangeably.

Same model, two prices

The two Nexen models are the pair whose price does not move between sizes. Because the Kumho models rise a little in 175/60R15, the four tyres from Kumho and Nexen end up sharing the lowest price for a comparable model-name tyre in that size.

The Dunlop pair carries the steepest step in this table, Rs 4,000 for four, and that reshuffles the brand order. In 165/65R15 Dunlop starts below Bridgestone; in 175/60R15 both brands start from Rs 26,000.

The Dunlop Enasave EC300 / Enasave EC300+ listing is left out above because its page covers more than one model or price; it shows Rs 25,000 in 165/65R15 and Rs 26,000 in 175/60R15, the same step as the EC203 and EC250.

Where each size starts

In 165/65R15 the two Kumho Ecowing models open the model-name list on their own at Rs 20,750; in 175/60R15 they move to Rs 21,000 and meet the two Nexen models there. The Rs 1,000 extra for four in 175/60R15 belongs to the Kumho pair, not to the two sizes in general.

Below them, each size has 53 brand-only listings from 53 brands, all at one price within the size: Rs 16,750 in 165/65R15 and Rs 17,500 in 175/60R15. Brand makes no difference to the price in that tier. Stepping up to the cheapest model-name tyre adds Rs 16,000 for four in 165/65R15 and Rs 14,000 for four in 175/60R15, so the jump from a brand-only listing is smaller in the size where the floor is higher.