FRONT STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE BODY

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a front structure of a vehicle body for preventing a floor panel from being collapsed and deformed in collision of a vehicle by distributing a collision load input into front side frames to a tunnel part to effectively absorb impact and increasing the rigidity of the floor panel in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body. SOLUTION: This front structure of the vehicle body comprises a pair of left and right front side frames 32, 32 extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body under an engine compartment 1. The front structure further comprises a center frame member 40 having a front section joined to the front side frames 32 and extending rearward of the vehicle body along the cabin outer lower end corner parts 39 of tunnel parts 5, 6 formed at the joint part where a dash panel 3 is joined to the floor panel 4. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT