Mazda Motor Corporation

Eiji Yoshimura

Hiroki Uemura

Tomonori Ohtsubo

Takanori Tsubaki

Masanori Minamisawa

Kazuhiro Matsuhashi

Toshio Sakamoto

Toshimine Morino

Keisuke Iida

Hiroki Ohira

Yukio Iwayama

In a front air-flow streamlining structure of an automotive vehicle comprising a cover front portion of an under cover of a vehicle front portion and an air dam provided at a front bumper, a deflector is provided between the air dam and a front wheel house to be spaced rearward apart from the air dam, to project downward, and to extend in a vehicle width direction, an outward end portion, in the vehicle width direction, of the air dam is provided substantially continuously to the deflector, a pocket portion enclosed by the cover front portion, the air dam, and the deflector is provided such that an inward side, in the vehicle width direction, thereof opens, and a traveling-air intake portion which opens so as to take in traveling air toward the pocket portion is provided at the air dam.

Front air-flow streamlining structure of automotive vehicle

A floor board positioned in the foot area of an occupant seated in an occupant seat is allowed to be driven up or down. In an automobile movable floor apparatus, a floor boardthat covers the upper face of an automobile body floorand a raising-lowering drive mechanismthat drives the floor boardto be raised or lowered are provided in the foot area of an occupant seated in an occupant seat, and a toe board portionsloping down to the rear and a floor base portionthat extends toward the rear of the automobile body and is continuous with the rear end of the toe board portionare provided in the automobile body floor. The floor boardincludes a toe board corresponding portionthat corresponds to the toe board portionof the automobile body floor, and a floor base corresponding portionthat corresponds to the floor base portion, and the toe board corresponding portionand the floor base corresponding portionare formed in a flattened V-like shape when viewed from the side.

Automobile movable floor apparatus

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Higashihiroshima, Japan

Eiji Yoshimura