Mazda Motor Corporation

Mazda Motor Corportion

Mitsusou Nakano

Tatsuo Maeda

Keizo Ito

Hiroyuki Chado

A vehicle body structure, in which seats are placed side by side above an engine mounted across a floor of a vehicle compartment, has a hole for an access to the engine. A seat mount platform, disposed above the access hole, is interconnected by a hinge mechanism foldable along a fold line so as to be turned up and down about the fold line, thereby opening and closing the access hole.

Body structure for automotive vehicle

A vehicle rear body structure including a rear side panel assembly comprising a rear inner panel made of a steel sheet and a rear fender made of a plastic material. The rear inner panel is formed at a lower portion with a tire house section. A tire house reinforcement of a closed cross section is formed along the tire house section and contiguous with a belt line reinforcement of a closed cross section formed along an upper edge portion of the rear inner panel. The tire house reinforcement and the belt line reinforcement are also contiguous with a center pillar structure of a closed cross section.

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Kure, Japan

Mitsusou Nakano