Abstract: A vehicle is equipped with a slide door, a seat provided near an ingress-egress opening, and an ingress-action detector to detect a passenger's ingress action through the ingress-egress opening. The vehicle is further equipped with an illumination device which comprises lower illuminators which are configured to illuminate lower areas which are located below a beltline of the vehicle such that a passenger's upper body is not illuminated, vehicle-inside upper illuminators which are configured to illuminate an upper-specified area in the vehicle compartment which is located above the beltline, and an illumination controller to control the illuminators. When the ingress action is detected by the ingress-action detector, the illumination controller prohibits the illuminations of the illuminators and starts the illuminations of the illuminators.

Abstract: In a rear bumper structure for a vehicle including a rear opening of a load compartment formed at a rear portion of a vehicle body, there are provided a bumper reinforcement fixed to a rear end of a vehicle body so as to define its fixed position with respect to the vehicle body and extend in a vehicle width direction, and a main body of bumper opening-and-closing portion located in front of the bumper reinforcement to selectively open or close a lower part of the rear opening, and a bumper facer attached to the main body to cover the bumper reinforcement from a vehicle rear side, wherein the main body is moved between the vehicle body and the bumper reinforcement such that the bumper reinforcement is always located between the main body and the bumper facer.

Abstract: In a rear bumper structure for a vehicle including a rear opening of a load compartment formed at a rear portion of a vehicle body, there are provided a bumper reinforcement fixed to a rear end of a vehicle body so as to define its fixed position with respect to the vehicle body and extend in a vehicle width direction, and a main body of bumper opening-and-closing portion located in front of the bumper reinforcement to selectively open or close a lower part of the rear opening, and a bumper facer attached to the main body to cover the bumper reinforcement from a vehicle rear side, wherein the main body is moved between the vehicle body and the bumper reinforcement such that the bumper reinforcement is always located between the main body and the bumper facer.

Abstract: A rear luggage compartment structure for a hatchback vehicle includes a trunk board comprising front and rear boards which is changeable between a normal position where the front and rear board are laid on front and rear parts of a rear luggage compartment floor, respectively, and a built-up position where the rear board is held upright and the front board is situated horizontally between a rear seat and the rear board held upright so as thereby to create a luggage storage space over the front board that is accessible from a passenger compartment and a secret box under the front board.

Abstract: A rear luggage compartment structure for a hatchback vehicle includes a trunk board comprising front and rear boards which is changeable between a normal position where the front and rear board are laid on front and rear parts of a rear luggage compartment floor, respectively, and a built-up position where the rear board is held upright and the front board is situated horizontally between a rear seat and the rear board held upright so as thereby to create a luggage storage space over the front board that is accessible from a passenger compartment and a secret box under the front board.