Method for producing a vehicle tire with a tire carcass, tire beads with cores, a tire breaker belt and a tread, with the following steps: a) completing a tire carcass on a carcass drum, no tire building parts in the form of sidewalls (2, 3) being placed on the carcass drum, b) removing the tire carcass from the carcass drum by a carcass transfer unit, c) moving the carcass transfer unit with the tire carcass to a transfer position for arranging two sidewalls (2, 3), the two sidewalls (2, 3) being arranged on both sides of the tire carcass in an axial direction on a separate first sidewall drum and second sidewall drum respectively, d) moving the first and second sidewall drums (1, 4) in an axial direction toward the axial center of the tire carcass, the sidewalls (2, 3) being arranged on the sidewall drums (1, 4) coaxially in relation to the tire beads of the tire carcass and with a predetermined placement gage, e) expanding the first sidewall drum with the first sidewall, the first sidewall, which is lying against the first sidewall drum, being connected to the coaxially positioned tire carcass in the region of the first tire bead by way of the expansion movement, and f) expanding the second sidewall drum with the second sidewall, the second sidewall, which is lying against the second sidewall drum, being connected to the coaxially positioned tire carcass in the region of the second tire bead by way of the expansion movement, g) collapsing the sidewall drums (1, 4) and moving the first and second sidewall drums (1, 4) outward in an axial direction, the tire carcass being released for further transport, h) moving the carcass transfer unit with the tire carcass and the attached sidewalls (2, 3) so as to be coaxial in relation to a shaping drum, i) transferring the tire carcass from the carcass transfer unit to the shaping drum, j) moving the carcass transfer unit away from the shaping drum, k) shaping the tire carcass with the sidewalls (2, 3) attached on both sides, the sidewalls (2, 3) being turned up by a turning-up means to the sides of the tire carcass and the tire carcass being brought together as one with the coaxially arranged belt-tread assembly, l) completing the tire blank by further steps. a) completing a tire carcass on a carcass drum, no tire building parts in the form of sidewalls (2, 3) being placed on the carcass drum, b) removing the tire carcass from the carcass drum by a carcass transfer unit, c) moving the carcass transfer unit with the tire carcass to a transfer position for arranging two sidewalls (2, 3), the two sidewalls (2, 3) being arranged on both sides of the tire carcass in an axial direction on a separate first sidewall drum and second sidewall drum respectively, d) moving the first and second sidewall drums (1, 4) in an axial direction toward the axial center of the tire carcass, the sidewalls (2, 3) being arranged on the sidewall drums (1, 4) coaxially in relation to the tire beads of the tire carcass and with a predetermined placement gage, e) expanding the first sidewall drum with the first sidewall, the first sidewall, which is lying against the first sidewall drum, being connected to the coaxially positioned tire carcass in the region of the first tire bead by way of the expansion movement, and f) expanding the second sidewall drum with the second sidewall, the second sidewall, which is lying against the second sidewall drum, being connected to the coaxially positioned tire carcass in the region of the second tire bead by way of the expansion movement, g) collapsing the sidewall drums (1, 4) and moving the first and second sidewall drums (1, 4) outward in an axial direction, the tire carcass being released for further transport, h) moving the carcass transfer unit with the tire carcass and the attached sidewalls (2, 3) so as to be coaxial in relation to a shaping drum, i) transferring the tire carcass from the carcass transfer unit to the shaping drum, j) moving the carcass transfer unit away from the shaping drum, k) shaping the tire carcass with the sidewalls (2, 3) attached on both sides, the sidewalls (2, 3) being turned up by a turning-up means to the sides of the tire carcass and the tire carcass being brought together as one with the coaxially arranged belt-tread assembly, l) completing the tire blank by further steps.