A pneumatic tyre having a carcass (6) composed of at least one carcass ply extending from a tread (2) through sidewalls (3) and turned up around a bead core (5) in each of two beads (4), characterised in that the carcass ply (7) comprises a plurality of ply strips (9) which are continuously arranged in the tyre circumferential direction with overlapping portions and one end (E1) in the tyre circumferential direction of one ply strip (9a) overlaps the outer surface of the adjacent ply strip (9b) adjacently arranged on said one end side, and the other end (E2) in the tyre circumferential direction of said one ply strip overlaps the inner surface of an adjacent ply strip (9c) adjacently arranged on said other end side <IMAGE>
