There is provided a body structure (2) of an automobile (1) wherein an input upon a vehicle collision can be reliably transmitted to the rear portion of a vehicle body (2) by preventing distortion of a front pillar (5) toward the inside of the vehicle. In a body structure of an automobile in which a rear end portion of an apron reinforcement (30) extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction is connected to the front pillar (5) extending in a vehicle vertical direction, a bend line extending in a vertical direction is set in front of a front end surface of the front pillar on the apron reinforcement, a portion of the apron reinforcement on the front side of the bend line as an origin is inclined, and a bead portion extending forward from the bend line as the origin is formed in the apron reinforcement. <IMAGE>
