Mazda Motor Corporation

Minoru Shitamori

Kazumi Okamura

Makoto Shinhama

Motoi Aoki

Tsunetoshi Yokokura

Megumi Toyota

Takashi Kanehira

Provided is a vehicle front structure capable of, without breaking a lid provided at a thermal insulating cover, reliably closing a bonnet and the lid even if an attempt is made to close the bonnet prior to closing the lid. In the present invention, a thermal insulating coverincluding a lidthat covers the upper side of an engine in an openable and closable manner is provided below a bonnetthat covers the upper side of an engine room in an openable and closable manner; the lidis provided with, in the vehicle front-rear direction, a hinge fulcrumon the same rear end side as a hinge fulcrumof the bonnetand is openable and closable independently of the bonnetand the lidincludes locking meansthat is locked to the bonnetwhen the lidis open and is released from the locking in conjunction with a closing operation of the bonnet

Vehicle front structure

There are provided an engine disposed between right and left front side frames provided in an engine room, a radiator disposed obliquely such that its upper end is located forward in a disposition space in front of the engine, an air cleaner disposed above the radiator, and an electronic control device disposed in a space above the radiator and below the air cleaner. Accordingly, there can be provided a disposition structure of engine functional components for a vehicle which can properly dispose the electronic control device with respective to the radiator and air cleaner, preventing the temperature of the electronic control device from increasing.

Disposition structure of engine functional components for vehicle

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Hiroshima, Japan

Minoru Shitamori