Patent ID: 6981736

Claim:
A vehicle body configuration, comprising: a passenger cell including a floor panel closing off said passenger cell at a bottom thereof; a vehicle front part adjacent said passenger cell; two sills extending alongside said passenger cell; two longitudinal members disposed between said two sills and extending from said vehicle front part rearward under said floor panel; a floor-supporting configuration including a front floor crossmember with an end panel, said front floor crossmember being fixedly connected to said two sills and extending, between said two sills, transversely with respect to a longitudinal vehicle axis; each of said longitudinal members butting, with a first profile cross section, against said end panel of said front floor crossmember; each of said longitudinal members extending, offset in height, with a second profile cross section smaller than the first profile cross section, under said floor panel; and said floor supporting configuration including web plates, said sills having cutouts formed therein, said front floor crossmember being fixed, via said web plates, on said sills having said cutouts.