Motor vehicle for automobile construction domain, has side rail with inner fender having portion forming groove to receive roof`s peripheral edge, where rail is profiled with single tubular part and has tubular portion delimited by fender

摘要

The vehicle has a side roof rail (10) with a longitudinal portion (36) and outer and inner fenders (24, 26). The fender (26) has a portion (32) extending in opposite to the fender (24) while forming a groove (42) that receives a peripheral edge (14) of a roof (16). The rail is profiled with a single tubular part and has a central tubular portion (22) partially delimited by the fender (26). The longitudinal portion is profiled in hollow to form two opposite lips (25, 28) between which a longitudinal joint (38) is maintained.