Patent ID: 8672394

Claim:
A dash panel structure for an automobile, comprising: a dash panel that separates an engine compartment and a vehicle cabin; a cord-like element extending along the dash panel; and a component other than the cord-like element, the component fixed to the dash panel via a bracket, wherein the cord-like element is fixed to the bracket, and the cord-like element and the component are fixed to the dash panel via the bracket, wherein the bracket has an opposed surface located on an engine side with respect to a fixing portion of the dash panel, and the cord-like element is arranged on a vehicle rear side from the opposed surface, and wherein a fixed portion of the dash panel, to which the fixing portion is fixed, has a rigidity set to be lower than a rigidity of the bracket such that the fixed portion of the dash panel is deformed before the bracket when the opposed surface of the bracket is pressed toward the vehicle rear side by the engine.