Rubber composition for the manufacture of a
tread for a winter tire, which contains: a rubber component, (a) a
zinc salt of an aliphatic C4-C 12 -
carboxylic acid or (b) an aliphatic C4-C 12 -
carboxylic acid and
zinc oxide and an oil or a
plasticizer, wherein the rubber component contains 45
mass% or more of butadiene rubber based on 100
mass% of the rubber component, wherein the amount of the
zinc salt (a) and the amount of the mixture (b) are 0.2 parts by
mass or more and 10 parts by mass or less, respectively, based on 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, and where in case (a), in the case of a zinc salt of an aliphatic C4-C 12 -
carboxylic acid, the aliphatic C4-C 12-
Carboxylic acid is a
saturated fatty acid selected from the group consisting of
heptanoic acid,
nonanoic acid, undecanoic acid, isobutanoic acid, isopentanoic acid,
pivalic acid, isohexanoic acid, isoheptic acid, isooctanoic acid, dimethyloctanoic acid, isononanoic acid, isodecanoic acid, isoundecanoic acid, isododecanoic acid, 2-ethylbutanoic acid, 2-ethylhexanoic acid, 2-butyloctanoic acid,
succinic acid,
glutaric acid,
adipic acid,
pimelic acid,
suberic acid and
sebacic acid or an unsaturated C4-C 12 -
fatty acid and where in case (b), with an aliphatic C4-C 12 -carboxylic acid and zinc
oxide, the aliphatic C4-C 12-
Carboxylic acid is a
saturated fatty acid selected from the group consisting of butanoic acid, pentanoic acid,
heptanoic acid,
nonanoic acid, undecanoic acid, isobutanoic acid, isopentanoic acid,
pivalic acid, isohexanoic acid, isoheptic acid, isooctanoic acid, dimethyloctanoic acid, isononanoic acid, isodecanoic acid, isoundecanoic acid, isododecanoic acid, 2-ethylbutanoic acid, 2-ethylhexanoic acid, 2-butyloctanoic acid,
succinic acid,
glutaric acid,
adipic acid,
pimelic acid,
suberic acid and
sebacic acid or an unsaturated C4-C 12 -
fatty acid.