Abstract: An apparatus for feeding fresh ambient air to an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, includes a front lamp assembly with an ambient air intake tract associated with the lamp assembly for providing an air communication passage between an exterior of the motor vehicle and an engine compartment. The air intake tract is adapted to direct an ambient air to an engine compartment bypassing an engine cooling radiator. The air intake tract is in the form of a flattened funnel secured to a lamp housing.