Patent ID: 6991015

Claim:
A pneumatic tire, having a tread surface that contains an inner tread surface portion that faces inward of the inner side of a vehicle from the tire equator and an outer tread surface portion that faces outward of the outer side of the vehicle from the tire equator, and having a non-symmetric pattern in which the land ratio of the tread pattern of the outer tread surface portion is larger than the land ratio of the tread pattern of the inner tread surface portion, wherein at least one concave groove extending substantially in the circumferential direction of the tire is formed on the outer tire side region formed between a grounding end of the outer tread surface portion and a maximum width position of the tire facing outward of the vehicle, and wherein no concave groove extending substantially in a circumferential direction of the tire is formed on an inner tire side region formed between a grounding end of the inner tread surface portion and a maximum width position of the tire facing inward of the vehicle.