Vehicle body having two door cutouts which lie next to each other and can each be covered by a door

摘要

Between a front and a rear door cutout (1 and 2) of a passenger car body is a body pillar (3) which has, on its lower region, a widened portion (30) which faces the front body pillar (4). This widened portion extends from the sill (8) as far as the impact strip (9) of the front door (5) and from there merges into the normal width (a) of the body pillar (3). The widened portion (30) provided on the body pillar (3) serves to increase the deformation rigidity of the body pillar (3) in the event of a side impact. <IMAGE>