Wheel cover for a passenger motor vehicle

A wheel cover for wheels of a passenger motor vehicle, the wheel cover including means for mounting the wheel cover to a wheel of the vehicle, the mounting means includes a plurality of retaining means located on the wheel cover, and locking elements adapted to engage in a recess of a rim of the wheel, characterized in that the retaining means further includes a bearing means associated with each locking element and adapted to be supported at a dish of the wheel, each of the retaining means are formed as a U-shaped retaining spring, the locking elements are formed by a radially outer leg of the retaining spring, the bearing means are formed by a radially inner leg of the retaining spring, the radially inner leg being adapted to press against a radially outwardly directed surface of the dish of the wheel, the radially inner and radially outer legs of each of the retaining springs respectively extend over a radially inner and a radially outer surface of the retaining ring, means are provided at the free ends of the respective legs for engaging the retaining ring, means are provided in the retaining ring for accommodating the engaging means including an axially extending groove having a predetermined width so as to enable a radial spring action of the legs of the retaining spring which is sufficient for the engaging means to contact inner walls of the axially extending grooves.