Component connection, comprising • a first vehicle component having a male fixing element which protrudes from the first vehicle component and which partially or entirely has the shape of a sphere or entirely or partially has a shape similar to a sphere, • a second vehicle component having a female fixing element (4, 5) which is provided for receiving the male fixing element and which is formed by a passage hole provided in the second vehicle component, wherein ∘ the male fixing element is introduced into the female fixing element (4, 5) in an introduction direction, ∘ the male fixing element has an oversize in relation to the female fixing element (4, 5) substantially transversely to the introduction direction, so that the two components (1, 3) are clamped together at the fixing elements (2, 4, 5), • provision being made at a periphery of the passage hole (4, 4a, 4b) of multiple tooth-like, flexurally elastic clamping elements (5, 5a, 5b, 5c) which protrude from the second component and which, in the clamped-together state, exert on an outer side of the male fixing element (2, 2a, 2b) from the outside a clamping force which acts substantially transversely to the introduction direction, and • the two components (1, 3) being fixed in the region of the two fixing elements so as not to be displaceable relative to one another in directions transverse to the introduction direction, wherein the first and/or the second vehicle component is a body component, characterized in that the clamping elements (5, 5a, 5b, 5c) engage behind the male fixing element (2, 2a, 2b), whereby there is formed an undercut by way of which the male fixing element (2, 2a, 2b) is latched into place in or on the female fixing element (4, 5), and the two vehicle components (1, 3), in addition to the at least one releasable clamping connection, are directly connected fixedly to one another via a welded connection. • a first vehicle component having a male fixing element which protrudes from the first vehicle component and which partially or entirely has the shape of a sphere or entirely or partially has a shape similar to a sphere, • a second vehicle component having a female fixing element (4, 5) which is provided for receiving the male fixing element and which is formed by a passage hole provided in the second vehicle component, wherein ∘ the male fixing element is introduced into the female fixing element (4, 5) in an introduction direction, ∘ the male fixing element has an oversize in relation to the female fixing element (4, 5) substantially transversely to the introduction direction, so that the two components (1, 3) are clamped together at the fixing elements (2, 4, 5), ∘ the male fixing element is introduced into the female fixing element (4, 5) in an introduction direction, ∘ the male fixing element has an oversize in relation to the female fixing element (4, 5) substantially transversely to the introduction direction, so that the two components (1, 3) are clamped together at the fixing elements (2, 4, 5), • provision being made at a periphery of the passage hole (4, 4a, 4b) of multiple tooth-like, flexurally elastic clamping elements (5, 5a, 5b, 5c) which protrude from the second component and which, in the clamped-together state, exert on an outer side of the male fixing element (2, 2a, 2b) from the outside a clamping force which acts substantially transversely to the introduction direction, and • the two components (1, 3) being fixed in the region of the two fixing elements so as not to be displaceable relative to one another in directions transverse to the introduction direction, wherein the first and/or the second vehicle component is a body component, characterized in that the clamping elements (5, 5a, 5b, 5c) engage behind the male fixing element (2, 2a, 2b), whereby there is formed an undercut by way of which the male fixing element (2, 2a, 2b) is latched into place in or on the female fixing element (4, 5), and the two vehicle components (1, 3), in addition to the at least one releasable clamping connection, are directly connected fixedly to one another via a welded connection.