The invention relates to a tire having at least one component (e.g. tread)
of a rubber composition comprised of an amine functionalized
styrene/conjugated diene copolymer elastomer (e.g. styrene/butadiene
and/or styrene/isoprene/butadiene copolymer elastomer) which contains
reinforcement comprised of silanol functionalized particulate carbon
black having silica domains covering a fraction of the carbon black
surface together with an alkoxysilane polysulfide coupling agent. The
silica domains on the carbon black surface contain hydroxyl groups (e.g.
silanol groups) on their surfaces which are reactive with the
alkoxysilane moiety of the coupling agent. The amine functionalized
styrene/butadiene elastomer is an organic solution polymerization
prepared elastomer which contains pendant and/or terminal amine groups as
one or more of primary amine, secondary amine, tertiary amine, and/or
heterocyclic amine groups. The amine functionalized elastomer may be tin
coupled.