Method for producing a vehicle tyre having a tyre carcass, tyre beads with cores, a breaker belt and a tread, having the following steps of: a) providing a carcass insert on a clamping and cutting device, b) clamping the carcass insert on both sides in the region of the cutting position for the carcass insert, c) stretching apart the end portions (13, 14) of the carcass insert in the region of the cutting position in the longitudinal direction of the carcass insert, wherein the reinforcing elements in the end portions (13, 14) of the carcass insert are spread apart and wherein the spacing of the spread reinforcing elements in the two end portions (13, 14) is much greater than in the middle portion of the carcass insert, d) severing the carcass insert between the two end portions (13, 14) of the carcass insert, e) providing a carcass drum for producing a tyre carcass, f) positioning the front end portion on the carcass drum with a servicer, g) recording the position of the front end portion on the carcass drum with a camera arranged over the carcass drum, h) analysing the images from the camera, wherein the width of the front end portion of the carcass insert and the position on the carcass drum are determined and saved in a data memory, i) calculating the necessary rotation of the carcass drum in order to lay the rear end portion with a predetermined overlap over the front end portion, j) rotating the carcass drum, wherein the carcass insert is wound onto the carcass drum, k) stopping the carcass drum and laying the rear end portion over the front end portion of the carcass insert with a predetermined overlap, wherein the two end portions (4, 5) are located one substantially over the other, l) pressing on the end portions (4, 5) of the carcass insert, wherein the two end portions (4, 5) penetrate into one another with the individual spread reinforcing elements, m) laying further tyre components on the carcass drum, n) finishing the vehicle tyre with further steps. a) providing a carcass insert on a clamping and cutting device, b) clamping the carcass insert on both sides in the region of the cutting position for the carcass insert, c) stretching apart the end portions (13, 14) of the carcass insert in the region of the cutting position in the longitudinal direction of the carcass insert, wherein the reinforcing elements in the end portions (13, 14) of the carcass insert are spread apart and wherein the spacing of the spread reinforcing elements in the two end portions (13, 14) is much greater than in the middle portion of the carcass insert, d) severing the carcass insert between the two end portions (13, 14) of the carcass insert, e) providing a carcass drum for producing a tyre carcass, f) positioning the front end portion on the carcass drum with a servicer, g) recording the position of the front end portion on the carcass drum with a camera arranged over the carcass drum, h) analysing the images from the camera, wherein the width of the front end portion of the carcass insert and the position on the carcass drum are determined and saved in a data memory, i) calculating the necessary rotation of the carcass drum in order to lay the rear end portion with a predetermined overlap over the front end portion, j) rotating the carcass drum, wherein the carcass insert is wound onto the carcass drum, k) stopping the carcass drum and laying the rear end portion over the front end portion of the carcass insert with a predetermined overlap, wherein the two end portions (4, 5) are located one substantially over the other, l) pressing on the end portions (4, 5) of the carcass insert, wherein the two end portions (4, 5) penetrate into one another with the individual spread reinforcing elements, m) laying further tyre components on the carcass drum, n) finishing the vehicle tyre with further steps.