Vehicle front structure and method of producing the same
A vehicle front structure includes a crash box and an absorber. The crash box is provided between a front end of a front side member extending in a vehicle front-rear direction, and a bumper reinforcement extending in a vehicle width direction. The absorber is provided forward of the bumper reinforcement in the vehicle front-rear direction and extends in the vehicle width direction. In the vehicle width direction, an outer end of the crash box in the vehicle width direction is positioned outward of an outer end of the bumper reinforcement in the vehicle width direction, and in the vehicle width direction, an outer end of the absorber in the vehicle width direction is positioned outward of the outer end of the bumper reinforcement in the vehicle width direction.
1. A vehicle front structure, comprising:
a crash box provided between a front end of a front side member extending in a vehicle front-rear direction, and a bumper reinforcement extending in a vehicle width direction; and
an absorber provided forward of the bumper reinforcement in the vehicle front-rear direction, the absorber extending in the vehicle width direction,
wherein, in the vehicle width direction, an outer end of the crash box in the vehicle width direction is positioned outward of an outer end of the bumper reinforcement in the vehicle width direction,
wherein, in the vehicle width direction, an outer end of the absorber in the vehicle width direction is positioned outward of the outer end of the bumper reinforcement in the vehicle width direction, and
wherein a rear-side surface of a bulging portion of the absorber is in front of and substantially parallel to a front-side surface of a front-side plate of the crash box.
2. The vehicle front structure according to claim 1 , wherein in the vehicle width direction, the outer end of the absorber in the vehicle width direction is positioned outward of the outer end of the crash box in the vehicle width direction.
3. The vehicle front structure according to claim 1 , wherein in the vehicle width direction, the outer end of the absorber in the vehicle width direction is positioned outward of a bending portion at the outer end of the crash box in the vehicle width direction, the bending portion being bent reward in the vehicle front-rear direction.