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 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 in an introduction direction , ∘ the male fixing element has an oversize in relation to the female fixing element substantially transversely to the introduction direction , so that the two components are clamped together at the fixing elements , • provision being made at a periphery of the passage hole of multiple tooth-like, flexurally elastic clamping elements which protrude from the second component and which, in the clamped-together state, exert on an outer side of the male fixing element from the outside a clamping force which acts substantially transversely to the introduction direction , and • the two components 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 engage behind the male fixing element , whereby there is formed an undercut by way of which the male fixing element is latched into place in or on the female fixing element , and the two vehicle components , 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 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 in an introduction direction , ∘ the male fixing element has an oversize in relation to the female fixing element substantially transversely to the introduction direction , so that the two components are clamped together at the fixing elements , ∘ the male fixing element is introduced into the female fixing element in an introduction direction , ∘ the male fixing element has an oversize in relation to the female fixing element substantially transversely to the introduction direction , so that the two components are clamped together at the fixing elements , • provision being made at a periphery of the passage hole of multiple tooth-like, flexurally elastic clamping elements which protrude from the second component and which, in the clamped-together state, exert on an outer side of the male fixing element from the outside a clamping force which acts substantially transversely to the introduction direction , and • the two components 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 engage behind the male fixing element , whereby there is formed an undercut by way of which the male fixing element is latched into place in or on the female fixing element , and the two vehicle components , in addition to the at least one releasable clamping connection, are directly connected fixedly to one another via a welded connection. <EOS>