This pneumatic tire is provided with: a pair of carcass layers arranged so as to extend from the respective left and right beads of the tire across the tread; and a plurality of crossing belts arranged on the outside of the carcass layers in the radial direction of the tire. The pair of carcass layers is arranged so as to overlap each other in the tire width direction. The overlapping width (Wc) of the carcass layers is in the range of 0.5 mmWc40 mm.

A method manufactures a wheel and tire assembly for a mobile vehicle. The method includes the steps of: extruding a cylindrical sprocket structure out of a first polymer; sliding the structure over a cylindrical tire building drum; forming an annular reinforcement layer by wrapping a ply around inflatable bladders; transferring the reinforcement layer and bladders to a sprocket structure; positioning the bladders and ply to correspond to curved indentations of the sprocket structure; inflating the bladders to tension and appropriately position the ply; extruding a cylindrical ring structure out of a second polymer; sliding the ring structure over the tire building drum; positioning the bladders and ply to correspond to curved indentations of the ring structure; forming cylindrical cavities by the curved indentations of the sprocket structure and ring structure; securing an annular layer about an outer surface of the ring structure; deflating the bladders; contracting the tire building drum; removing the bladders and tire build drum from a complete structure including the sprocket structure, the ply, the ring structure, and the layer; curing the complete structure; and mounting the complete, cured structure on a vehicle wheel.