A rubber composition comprising, based on parts by weight per 100 parts by weight elastomer (phr): 100 phr of conjugated diene-based elastomers but exclusive of elastomers containing styrene and exclusive of polybutadiene elastomers having a vinyl 1,2-content in a range of from 15 to 60 percent, comprising: from 10 to 75 phr of a polybutadiene rubber having a Tg in a range of from -40°C to -10°C, determined by differential scanning calorimetry measurements at a temperature rising rate of 10°C per minute according to ASTM D7426, and an isomeric vinyl 1,2-content in a range of from more than 60 percent up to 85 percent, and from 90 to 25 phr of 1,4-polyisoprene rubber having a Tg in a range of from -65°C to -75°C, determined by differential scanning calorimetry measurements at a temperature rising rate of 10°C per minute according to ASTM D7426, and an isomeric cis 1,4- content of at least 95 percent; from 80 to 200 phr of a filler comprising a combination of silica and carbon black in a ratio of silica to carbon black of at least 9/1, together with a silica coupling agent having a moiety reactive with hydroxyl groups on the silica and another different moiety interactive with the diene-based elastomers; and from 10 to 60 phr of at least one additive comprising: a traction promoting resin comprising at least one of styrene/alphamethylstyrene resin, coumarone-indene resin, petroleum hydrocarbon resin, terpene polymer, terpene phenol resin, rosin derived resin and copolymers thereof, said resins having a softening point within a range of from 60°C to 150°C, determined in accordance with ASTM E28; and wherein the additive further comprises: a vegetable triglyceride rubber processing oil. 100 phr of conjugated diene-based elastomers but exclusive of elastomers containing styrene and exclusive of polybutadiene elastomers having a vinyl 1,2-content in a range of from 15 to 60 percent, comprising: from 10 to 75 phr of a polybutadiene rubber having a Tg in a range of from -40°C to -10°C, determined by differential scanning calorimetry measurements at a temperature rising rate of 10°C per minute according to ASTM D7426, and an isomeric vinyl 1,2-content in a range of from more than 60 percent up to 85 percent, and from 90 to 25 phr of 1,4-polyisoprene rubber having a Tg in a range of from -65°C to -75°C, determined by differential scanning calorimetry measurements at a temperature rising rate of 10°C per minute according to ASTM D7426, and an isomeric cis 1,4- content of at least 95 percent; from 10 to 75 phr of a polybutadiene rubber having a Tg in a range of from -40°C to -10°C, determined by differential scanning calorimetry measurements at a temperature rising rate of 10°C per minute according to ASTM D7426, and an isomeric vinyl 1,2-content in a range of from more than 60 percent up to 85 percent, and from 90 to 25 phr of 1,4-polyisoprene rubber having a Tg in a range of from -65°C to -75°C, determined by differential scanning calorimetry measurements at a temperature rising rate of 10°C per minute according to ASTM D7426, and an isomeric cis 1,4- content of at least 95 percent; from 80 to 200 phr of a filler comprising a combination of silica and carbon black in a ratio of silica to carbon black of at least 9/1, together with a silica coupling agent having a moiety reactive with hydroxyl groups on the silica and another different moiety interactive with the diene-based elastomers; and from 10 to 60 phr of at least one additive comprising: a traction promoting resin comprising at least one of styrene/alphamethylstyrene resin, coumarone-indene resin, petroleum hydrocarbon resin, terpene polymer, terpene phenol resin, rosin derived resin and copolymers thereof, said resins having a softening point within a range of from 60°C to 150°C, determined in accordance with ASTM E28; and wherein the additive further comprises: a vegetable triglyceride rubber processing oil. a traction promoting resin comprising at least one of styrene/alphamethylstyrene resin, coumarone-indene resin, petroleum hydrocarbon resin, terpene polymer, terpene phenol resin, rosin derived resin and copolymers thereof, said resins having a softening point within a range of from 60°C to 150°C, determined in accordance with ASTM E28; and wherein the additive further comprises: a vegetable triglyceride rubber processing oil.