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An outside air intake structure of an automobile includes (a) a cowl panel having a cowl panel opening; (b) a dash panel having a dash panel opening; and (c) a duct disposed on the dash panel opening. Thus, the outside air is allowed to pass through the cowl panel opening, then the duct, and then the dash panel opening. The duct has a duct opening for taking the outside air into the duct. This duct extends in a forward direction of the automobile such that the duct opening is disposed in a more forward position than the cowl panel opening in a fore-and-aft direction of the automobile. The outside air intake structure further has a bulkhead extending in a substantially vertical direction in an area defined between the duct opening and the cowl panel opening in a transverse direction of the automobile. The cowl panel has a raised portion. The duct has a top wall extending upwardly from a peripheral portion of the dash panel opening. The top wall extends along and adjacently below the cowl panel and has a raised portion disposed adjacently below the raised portion of the cowl panel. The outside air intake structure is capable of surely separating outside air from water, thus leading only the outside air toward a blower motor.
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