Patent ID: 8752600

Claim:
A pneumatic tire comprising: a tread pattern having a plurality of land portions each sandwiched between tire circumferential grooves, the land portions including a first land portion formed on a tire center line, a second land portion formed on a vehicle outer side area of the tread pattern with reference to the tire center line, and a third land portion formed on a vehicle inner side area of the tread pattern with reference to the tire center line, each of the land portions is in a shape protruding outward in a tire radial direction and has a first edge portion bordering a first one of the tire circumferential grooves facing to a tire inner side and formed by a groove wall of the first one of the tire circumferential grooves, a second edge portion bordering a second one of the tire circumferential grooves facing to a tire outer side and formed by a groove wall of the second one of the tire circumferential grooves, and a land portion surface, and for each of the land portions a most protruding point of the land portion is positioned substantially in a central position of the land portion in a tire width direction, each drop length of each position of the first edge portion from each position of the most protruding point along the tire radial direction is longer than each drop length of each position of the second edge portion from each position of the most protruding point along the tire radial direction, and the drop length at the first edge portion being 0.01 to 0.08 times the groove depths of the tire circumferential grooves.