Rear structure of vehicle
A rear structure 1 of a vehicle has a high mounted stop lamp 5 provided at the rear end of a vehicle body. The rear structure is configured such that regions bilaterally outward of a region, where the high mounted stop lamp is installed, on the upper surface of the rear end are inclined more steeply than a reference plane comprising an inclined surface of a roof panel 2 , and that the lower surface of the high mounted stop lamp is located above a rearward field of view from the vehicle.
1. A rear structure of a vehicle comprising:
a high mounted stop lamp provided at a rear end of the vehicle,
wherein regions bilaterally outward of a region, where the high mounted stop lamp provided in a central upper surface part of the rear end is installed, have inclined surfaces inclined more steeply than a reference plane extending along a surface of a roof panel,
wherein the inclined surfaces formed in the regions bilaterally outward of the region, where the high mounted stop lamp is installed, form recesses ends, in a width direction of the vehicle, of the recesses have angled sections, and
wherein ends, in a width direction of the vehicle, of the recesses have angled sections.
2. The rear structure of a vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an openable and closable rear gate which opens and closes an opening in a rear portion of the vehicle,
wherein the high mounted stop lamp is provided at an upper end of the rear gate.
3. The rear structure of a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
a junction between an upper surface of the vehicle and a rear surface portion of the vehicle has an angled section.
4. The rear structure of a vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein
a junction between an upper surface of the vehicle and a rear surface portion of the vehicle has an angled section.