TIRE

DRIVE September 7, 2016
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This disclosure is to provide a passenger vehicle pneumatic tire having increased cornering power and improved noise performance. The tire comprising: a carcass toroidally extending between a pair of bead portions; and inclined belt layers having cords inclined with respect to a tire circumferential direction and a circumferential belt layer having cords extending along the tire circumferential direction, the inclined belt layers and the circumferential belt layer being disposed on a tire radial outer side of a crown portion of the carcass, wherein: the inclined belt layers include at least two inclined belt layers having different tire widthwise widths; an inclination angle ¸ 1 with respect to the tire circumferential direction of the cords forming the inclined belt layer having the widest width and an inclination angle ¸ 2 with respect to the tire circumferential direction of the cords forming the inclined belt layer having the narrowest width satisfy correlations that 30°¤ ¸ 1 ¤85°, 10°¤ ¸ 2 ¸ 2 ; and a tire widthwise width W 1 of the inclined belt layer having the widest width and a tire widthwise width W 2 of the inclined belt layer having the narrowest width satisfy a correlation that W 2 ¤0.6W 1 .

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