FRONT-END STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE
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August 20, 2014
A front-end structure for a vehicle is provided with: front side frames (7), a subframe (22) extending across a vehicle body floor front portion to support a suspension component and an electric power steering device, the subframe (22) being supported at least at the front end portion and at the rear end portion and being formed in a subframe main body (23) from a light alloy casting, and a pair of left and right extension arms (24) that are fixed to the subframe main body and extend forward of the subframe main body (23), and that are formed from a light alloy or steel by press-molding. In the rear portion of the extension arms (24) in the vicinity the subframe main body (23) there is provided a recessed portion (32) that serves as a point at which downward bending starts midway along the lengthwise direction of the subframe (22) with an input load in the event of a vehicle frontal collision.
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