Mazda Motor Corporation

Yasuyuki Kimura

Minoru Toyota

Koji Nakao

Disclosed herein is a vehicle rear body structure to reduce the amount of the transformation of the vehicle rear body portion for the back row seat in the event of the rear end collision. A pair of the rear wheel houses ( ) are formed at the back part of a floor panel. A suspension tower ( ) is formed to the rear wheel house ( ). The pan ( ) is formed nearly in the center part in the traverse direction of the floor panel behind the suspension tower ( ). The pan ( ) is formed like the plate so as to being opened upward. The bottom of the pan ( ) is substantially horizontal. The spare tire ( ) is kept substantially horizontal in the pan ( ).

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Hiroshima, Japan

Yasuyuki Kimura