Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Vehicle front structure

Abstract:

A vehicle front structure having an upper member joined to a damper base and being capable of absorbing a larger load when a vehicle is in full-lap collision or offset collision and comprises a pair of left and right upper members disposed respectively on left and right sides of the vehicle a pair of left and right damper bases in each of which a damper is fitted, wherein each of the upper members includes a main upper member portion having a cross section in a rectangular shape that is perpendicular to an axis thereof, the left and right damper bases are joined respectively to the left and right upper members at upper portions of the main upper member portions, and each of the main upper member portions includes a lower portion having a pair of indented portions formed at both corner portions in a vehicle width direction of the lower portion of and a step portion formed to extend in the vehicle width direction and connect the pair of the indented portions.