Vehicle
A golf car includes a frame including main frames and cross members, an undercover that includes a front cover and a rear cover and is supported by the frame, and an engine room including an underside defined by the undercover. The front cover includes a rear end region provided with pawls. The rear cover includes a front end region provided with pawls. All of the pawls are engaged with the cross member. The front cover is fixed to the cross member and the main frames with fasteners, and the rear cover includes a rear end region fixed to the main frames with fasteners. The front cover and the rear cover include water drainage holes.
1. A vehicle comprising:
a frame including a pair of main frames spaced apart from each other in a vehicle width direction and extending in a vehicle fore-aft direction, and first, second, and third cross members each extending in the vehicle width direction joining the pair of main frames to each other;
an undercover supported by the frame and including a front cover and a rear cover respectively provided on a forward side and a rearward side of the undercover;
an engine room including an underside defined by the undercover; and
an engine housed in the engine room; wherein
the first, the second, and the third cross members are spaced apart from each other in the vehicle fore-aft direction and disposed in this order from a front to a rear of the vehicle; and
a rear end region of the front cover and a front end region of the rear cover are respectively engaged with the second cross member such that the rear end region of the front cover and the front end region of the rear cover are upwardly movable with respect to the second cross member when the front cover is fixed to at least one of the first cross member and the pair of main frames and the rear cover is fixed to at least one of the third cross member and the pair of main frames.
2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the front cover includes a water drainage hole, and the rear cover includes a water drainage hole.
3. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the front cover also defines the underside of the engine room.
4. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the engine room further houses:
a muffler to which exhaust gas from the engine is supplied;
a muffler cover that covers the muffler; and
an exhaust duct connected to an exit end portion of the muffler cover; and
the front cover includes an opening to which the exhaust duct is attached.
5. The vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein the opening is located at a more rearward position than a center of the front cover in the fore-aft direction.
6. The vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein the opening is located at a more rearward position than the muffler cover in a side view of the vehicle.
7. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a fastener that fixes the front cover to at least one of the first cross member and the pair of main frames; and
a fastener that fixes the rear cover to at least one of the third cross member and the pair of main frames; wherein
the rear end region of the front cover and the front end region of the rear cover include pawls that are engaged with the second cross member.
8. The vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein the front end region of the front cover and the rear end region of the rear cover include pawls that are respectively engaged with the first cross member and the third cross member.
9. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the rear end region of the front cover and the front end region of the rear cover are respectively engaged with the second cross member so as to be upwardly pivotable with respect to the second cross member.