Abstract: A vehicle door opens and closes a door opening which is defined between a pillar and a fender formed with a wheel arch. The vehicle door and disposed adjacent to the wheel arch has a door extension extending to the wheel arch and shaped so as to conceal part of the fender between the door opening and the wheel arch.

Abstract: A front structure for a vehicle body including a front frame which extends in the longitudinal direction of the side of the engine room of the vehicle. The front frame is formed of an outer frame and an inner frame connected together to form a closed cross section. A dashboard lower panel is disposed near the rear edge of the front side frame and extends vertically. A front floor extends rearward from the lower edge of the dashboard lower panel. A side sill extends in the longitudinal direction along the side of the front floor and is formed of an outer frame and an inner frame connected together to form a closed cross section. The side sill has a projection on its inward side at front end thereof which is connected to the rear portion of the front side frame.

Abstract: An automobile rear body structure wherein the longitudinal frame for each side of the body structure is constituted by a first frame member welded to the undersurface of a rear floor panel and a second frame member positioned inside the rear luggage compartment having its bottom defined by a rear end portion of the rear floor panel which has been stepped down from the remainder of the rear floor panel. The first and second frame members are welded together through the peripheral lip region of the opening which has been defined in the rear floor panel for receiving the longitudinal frame therethrough.