Pneumatic tire for passenger cars

A pneumatic tire for passenger cars having right and left beads, a bead core being embedded in each of the beads, a bead filler being disposed radially outwardly of the bead core, the bead filler having a radially outer edge that is located at a position closer to an radially inner side of the tire than a position of 50% of a section height of the tire, at least one carcass ply extending between the right and left beads through a tread, the at least one carcass ply having reinforcing cords that extend in a radial direction of the tire and are disposed at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction of the tire, a plurality of belt plies being placed radially outwardly of the at least one carcass ply in the tread,

• wherein a widest belt ply of the plurality of belt plies has opposing edges, the reinforcing cords of the at least one carcass ply having mean residual strain, the mean residual strain being −10% to 3% in a portion of the at least one carcass ply located in a region from each of the opposing edges to a position that is 30 mm away widthwisely inwardly of the tire therefrom.