Patent ID: 8186750

Claim:
A motor vehicle, comprising: a lower crossmember including longitudinal arms connected, by connections, to side rail members of the vehicle that are situated above the arms; a front end module that forms a panel, the panel including an interior face and an exterior face and configured to be attached to a structural element of the vehicle; a front spoiler including two energy-absorbing elements configured, by deforming, to absorb energy of an impact on the vehicle; and each of the longitudinal arms of the crossmember being fixed by a first fastener to the interior face of the panel, and each of the energy-absorbing elements being fixed by a second fastener to the exterior face of the panel, so that the two energy-absorbing elements can deform along a longitudinal axis of the vehicle in the event of an impact, wherein the interior face includes ribs and at least one flat region with an orifice, each of the longitudinal arms includes a mounting plate that includes a support including at least one flat region configured to collaborate with the flat region of the interior face and also including an orifice, the vehicle further comprises at least one threaded fastener system, including a bolt and a nut, to form the first fastener, the first fastener keeping the interior face in close contact with the support by virtue of the bolt that passes through the orifice in the interior face and the orifice in the mounting plate, and the exterior face includes a flat region including at least one flat-bottomed indentation corresponding to the flat region of the interior face, so that a head of the bolt is recessed with respect to the flat region of the exterior face.