A vehicle wheel for a pneumatic tire of elastomeric material is provided. The bead portions of the tire are disposed on the radially inner periphery of the wheel rim, and the carcass of the tire is anchored in the bead portions by being looped-around pull and compression-resistant bead cores. The wheel has a rigid rim having essentially inwardly extending rim flanges and, axially inwardly thereof, rim seating surfaces for the bead portions of the tire. The rim flanges have abutment surfaces that face the bead portions of the tire and are inclined outwardly at an angle of between 5.degree. and 50.degree. relative to the radial direction.