Nissan Motor Company Limited

Tsuyoshi Matsunaga

Ryuuji Ootani

Kouji Hosomi

A vehicle body front structure includes a powertrain, a pair of side members, a suspension member, a first load transmission member and a second load transmission member. The powertrain has an engine and a continuously variable transmission that are juxtaposed to each other along the vehicle width direction. The side members are disposed on the outside of the power train in the vehicle width direction. The suspension member is disposed below the side members. The first and second load transmission members mounted to the side members and the suspension member. In the power train, the continuously variable transmission is disposed on the load-transmission-member side, and has a pair of variable speed pulleys (an input-side pulley and an output-side pulley). Thus, the load received by the first and second load transmission members can be reliably transmitted to the engine through the variable speed pulleys.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Tsuyoshi Matsunaga