Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Yasuyuki Katou

Hirokuni Kumekawa

Makoto Kurita

Makoto Watanabe

Yosuke Kimura

Norihiro Obama

Yasunori Takeda

A vehicle body lateral section contains an upper stiffener, which extends upward from a rear wheel housing and overlaps a bottom end of a pillar inner. The upper stiffener is provided with an extension that continues to the pillar inner. The vehicle body lateral section has: a first closed-cross-section section formed from the rear wheel housing and the upper stiffener; and a second closed-cross-section section formed from the pillar inner and a pillar stiffener.

Vehicle body lateral structure

A vehicle body rear structure includes a left and right rear-side frame and a rear panel assembly. The left and right rear-side frames extend in the front-back direction of the vehicle body. The rear panel assembly forms a closed-cross-section section extending in the direction of vehicle width intersecting the rear-side frames, is provided to the back end of the rear-side frames, and configures the bottom of a vehicle body rear opening. The rear panel assembly is provided with a bulkhead that is disposed in the closed-cross-section section at the upper surface of the rear-side frames, and that partitions the interior of the closed-cross-section section with surfaces oriented in the direction of vehicle width.

Vehicle body rear structure

A vehicle body rear structure that is able to rotatably support a tailgate at a left hinge attachment section of a rear outer panel with a left hinge member therebetween. The left hinge member is provided with: a vehicle-body-side hinge section affixed to the left hinge attachment section; and a door-side hinge section connected rotatably to the vehicle-body-side hinge section. A left rear combination lamp is provided to the rear outer panel in a manner so as to cover the vehicle-body-side hinge section from the outside of the vehicle body.

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Wako, Japan

Yasuyuki Katou