Automotive vehicle body structure

摘要

Herein disclosed is an automotive vehicle structure having a fore-and-aft direction and provided with at least one bumper assembly extending laterally of the automotive vehicle body structure. The vehicle body structure comprises a side member horizontally extending in a fore-and-aft direction and having a vertically intermediate horizontal plane, the bumper assembly being disposed above the horizontal plane, a rigid connecting member structurally intervening between and interconnecting the bumper assembly and the side member, and a rigid projection member projecting from the connecting member in a fore-and-aft direction and located below the horizontal plane.