Patent ID: 8876198

Claim:
A motor vehicle, comprising: a base structure having at least one side member; an underbody molding disposed to cover a side of the base structure facing a roadway on which the motor vehicle is supported; at least one oblong element made of fiber-reinforced plastic and having opposite first and second ends; a side member connecting element connecting the first end of the oblong element to the side member of the vehicle at a location spaced from the underbody molding; an underbody molding connecting element mounted on the underbody molding of the vehicle at a location spaced from the side member; and at least one bracing device defining a part of at least one of the side member connecting element and the underbody molding connecting element and being operatively configured to adjust a length between two end positions defined by a mounting position of the side member connecting element to the side member and the underbody molding connecting element to the underbody molding for preventing the underbody molding from moving away from the base support of the vehicle in response to wind forces.