Patent ID: 8689925

Claim:
A vehicle front portion structure comprising: a power unit that is disposed in a power unit compartment provided at a vehicle front portion, and that includes an internal combustion engine that generates driving force that causes a vehicle to travel; a cooling unit that is disposed at a rear side in a vehicle longitudinal direction with respect to the power unit, and that is cooled by heat exchange with air; a fan that is disposed at a rear in the vehicle longitudinal direction of the cooling unit, and that, by being operated, generates cooling wind that passes through the cooling unit and is discharged to a vehicle exterior; an exhaust purifying device that is disposed at a rear side in the vehicle longitudinal direction with respect to the power unit, and that has a catalyst that purifies exhaust gas discharged from the internal combustion engine; a heat retaining member that surrounds a periphery of the exhaust purifying device, and in which is formed an air intake port that takes-in, into an interior, air that cools the exhaust purifying device; and a communication portion that communicates the interior of the heat retaining member and a space between the cooling unit and the fan.