MOTOR VEHICLE BODY PROVIDED WITH A STRUCTURE FOR RECEIVING AND DRAINING WATER

摘要

A motor vehicle body is provided with a substantially vertical wall, which separates a lower zone of the passenger compartment (3) from the engine compartment (4), and with a structure (16) for receiving and draining water; such a structure (16) protrudes forward into the engine compartment (4) from an upper end of the substantially vertical wall (5) and has an upper crosspiece (17) shaped so as to define a manifold for receiving water; the upper crosspiece (17) has a perforated intermediate portion (21) and two opposite end portions (22) provided with respective openings (26) for draining water into drain passages (27); the structure (16) further has a reinforcing crosspiece (30), which is arranged underneath the perforated intermediate portion (21) for receiving some of the water and is shaped so as to define a channel (33) which is elongated in the transversal direction so as to divert the water sideways and outwards.