Body structure for a motor vehicle comprises a wheel house having an inner wall that is reinforced toward a transverse beam in a base part and over the inner wall of a rear side part toward a rear pillar

摘要

Body structure for a motor vehicle comprises a base part (2), a rear side part (3), a rear pillar (4) defining a tailgate opening (6), and a transverse beam (9) formed in the base part in the region of the pillar. The rear side part has an inner wall (3b) and an outer wall that form a wheel house (7) with an inner wall (7b) below the pillar. The inner wall of the wheel housing is reinforced toward the transverse beam and over the inner wall of the rear side part toward the pillar. Preferred Features: The reinforcing consists of a one-part reinforcing element or a two-part reinforcing element (10) consisting of a metal profile, especially a sheet metal profile.