Patent ID: 7347475

Claim:
An automobile rear body structure for an automobile with an opening formed in a read end of an automobile rear body, which is selectively opened and closed by a lid, said automobile rear body structure comprising: a rear floor pan supported by a pair of laterally-spaced rear side frames to define a bottom of a luggage compartment space of said automobile rear body; and a rear end cross member fixed to respective rear ends of said pair of rear side frames, wherein: said rear end cross member has an expanded portion formed to expand rearward relative to the rear ends of said pairs of rear side frames; said rear floor pan has a rear edge including a protruded portion which is formed to protrude relative to the rear ends of said pairs of rear side frames toward said expanded portion of said rear end cross member and connected to said rear end cross member, so as to allow said luggage compartment space to be enlarged rearward relative to the rear ends of said pairs of rear side frames; said rear end cross member includes a rear end panel constituting said expanded portion; and said protruded portion of said rear floor pan is connected to said expanded portion of said rear end panel.