The motor vehicle body has a longitudinal bearer (3) laterally bounding an understructure (1), a floor plate (8) fastened to the lower region of the longitudinal bearer and a b-pillar (2) supported on the understructure and bounding a door recess at the rear. The b-pillar penetrates into the longitudinal bearer and a connection of the longitudinal bearer with the b-pillar is arranged at the lower surface of the longitudinal bearer.
