Mazda Motor Corporation

Yasuaki Setoh

Satoshi Nakamura

Taiki Yotsuyanagi

Yoshihiro Miyamoto

Akiko Kawamoto

Yoshikazu Nishimura

A vehicle-body front structure includes a partition wall portion which demarcates a vehicle cabin inside space, a motor arrangement portion which is formed by causing a part of the partition wall portion to bulge to an inside of a vehicle cabin, a panel reinforcement that is provided to a surface of the partition wall portion on the inside of the vehicle cabin and has a portion which extends in a vehicle width direction so as to surround at least a part of a periphery of the motor arrangement portion, and a central reinforcement which is provided to the surface of the partition wall portion on the inside of the vehicle cabin and extends from an intermediate portion of the panel reinforcement in the vehicle width direction to vehicle rear.

Vehicle-body front structure including a reinforcement structure with a rear portion mounted to a floor panel

A vehicle-body front structure includes a partition wall portion which demarcates a space inside a vehicle cabin, a motor arrangement portion which is formed by causing a part of the partition wall portion to bulge to an inside of the vehicle cabin and in which at least a part of a traveling motor is capable of being arranged, a reinforcement member which is inclined to be positioned lower toward vehicle rear, and a floor reinforcement which extends in a vehicle front-rear direction. A closed cross-section is configured with the motor arrangement portion, the reinforcement member, and the floor reinforcement.

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Hiroshima, Japan

Yasuaki Setoh