Rear vehicle body structure of an automotive vehicle

摘要

Herein disclosed is a rear vehicle body structure of an automotive vehicle which comprises a pair of rear wheel houses each covering a rear wheel and including a rear wheel house outer panel having a lower portion and a rear wheel house inner panel secured to the rear wheel house outer panel; a pair of rear fender panels each secured to the rear wheel house outer panel; and a rear floor panel having lateral ends each in part secured to the rear wheel house inner panel. The rear wheel house outer panel partially extends downwardly from the rear floor panel and projects outwardly from the lateral end of the rear floor panel and has an outer peripheral portion curved toward the axis of rotation of the rear wheel. The rear fender panel has a rear lower end in part secured to the lateral end of the rear floor panel projecting rearwardly from the rear wheel house, the rear lower end of the rear fender panel in part extending across and secured to the lower portion of the rear wheel house outer panel.