Patent ID: 7987880

Claim:
A pneumatic tire having a tread rubber portion on the outside in the tire radial direction of a belt disposed around the outer circumference of a crown portion of a carcass, the tread rubber portion including a cap rubber layer serving as a grounding side, and a base rubber layer disposed between the cap rubber layer and the belt, the base rubber layer being formed out of a rubber composition comprising a rubber component containing not less than 15% by weight of a terminal-modified polybutadiene rubber having a number average molecular weight prior to modification of 150,000 to 400,000, a filler, and a compound represented by the following general formula (1) in an amount of 0.5 to 5 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the rubber component: (where in the formula, R represents a benzyl group, and n represents an integer of 3 to 12).