Method for producing a vehicle wheel in sheet metal construction, having a rim for receiving a tire and a wheel disc which is connected to the rim in a material-, force- and/or form-locking manner and has a connection region for releasable connection to a wheel carrier, comprising the following steps: a) Cold forming or cold preforming of a rim, b) Cold forming or cold preforming of a wheel disc, and c) Connecting the wheel disc to the rim to form a vehicle wheel, wherein a hardenable steel material with a carbon content of at least 0.15% by weight, in particular of at least 0.22% by weight, preferably of at least 0.27% by weight, is provided for the rim or the rim and wheel disc, characterized in that before step c), the cold-formed or cold-preformed rim or the cold-formed or cold-preformed rim and the cold-formed or cold-preformed wheel disc are first completely heated to a temperature above the A c1 temperature in a step j), preferably above the A c3 temperature, and then the warm rim or the warm rim and the warm wheel disc is partially hardened in a step k) or is completely hardened in a step l) and the vehicle wheel is used in commercial vehicles, trucks, special-purpose vehicles, buses, coaches, whether with internal combustion engine and/or electric drive, trailers or semi-trailers, wherein the steel material provided is a case-hardening steel, a manganese-containing steel or a heat-treatable steel. a) Cold forming or cold preforming of a rim, b) Cold forming or cold preforming of a wheel disc, and c) Connecting the wheel disc to the rim to form a vehicle wheel, wherein a hardenable steel material with a carbon content of at least 0.15% by weight, in particular of at least 0.22% by weight, preferably of at least 0.27% by weight, is provided for the rim or the rim and wheel disc, characterized in that before step c), the cold-formed or cold-preformed rim or the cold-formed or cold-preformed rim and the cold-formed or cold-preformed wheel disc are first completely heated to a temperature above the A c1 temperature in a step j), preferably above the A c3 temperature, and then the warm rim or the warm rim and the warm wheel disc is partially hardened in a step k) or is completely hardened in a step l) and the vehicle wheel is used in commercial vehicles, trucks, special-purpose vehicles, buses, coaches, whether with internal combustion engine and/or electric drive, trailers or semi-trailers, wherein the steel material provided is a case-hardening steel, a manganese-containing steel or a heat-treatable steel. wherein a hardenable steel material with a carbon content of at least 0.15% by weight, in particular of at least 0.22% by weight, preferably of at least 0.27% by weight, is provided for the rim or the rim and wheel disc, characterized in that before step c), the cold-formed or cold-preformed rim or the cold-formed or cold-preformed rim and the cold-formed or cold-preformed wheel disc are first completely heated to a temperature above the A c1 temperature in a step j), preferably above the A c3 temperature, and then the warm rim or the warm rim and the warm wheel disc is partially hardened in a step k) or is completely hardened in a step l) and the vehicle wheel is used in commercial vehicles, trucks, special-purpose vehicles, buses, coaches, whether with internal combustion engine and/or electric drive, trailers or semi-trailers, wherein the steel material provided is a case-hardening steel, a manganese-containing steel or a heat-treatable steel.