VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE

A vehicle body structure includes a pair of side members () extending in a fore and aft direction on either side of a vehicle body, each side member having a hollow structure defining a hollow interior (), and provided with a vertical outboard wall (), a bumper beam () extending laterally along fore and aft ends of the side members, and curved so as to be convex on a side thereof facing away from the vehicle body, and a pair of extension members () each connected to a corresponding end part of the bumper beam and partly received in the hollow interior of the corresponding side member, a pair of cushioning members () are each interposed between the corresponding extension member and the vertical outboard wall of the corresponding side member, each cushioning member being deformable in a lateral direction of the vehicle body.