Mazda Motor Corporation

Tomoe Matsuoka

Yoshikazu Nishimura

Takashi Narahara

Shuichi Nakagami

Hiroaki Fujii

Gunji Yoshii

Ai Nagira

Each rear pillar () includes a rear pillar inner panel () and a rear pillar reinforcement (). The rear pillar inner panel () and the rear pillar reinforcement () each include a substantially L-shaped corner portion (C, C) raised toward the rear pillar inner panel (), and a ridge portion (X, X). The corner portions (C, C) are arranged next to each other in the direction toward a reinforcement (), and an L-shaped closed cross section () is formed between the corner portions (C, C). The reinforcement () is, not via the closed cross section, directly connected to the corner portions (C, C). An upper portion of the L-shaped closed cross section () is connected to a closed rear header cross section ().

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Hiroshima, Japan

Tomoe Matsuoka