Patent ID: 7878286

Claim:
A front structure of a vehicle comprising: an engine laterally disposed in an engine room at a front portion of the vehicle; an intake pipe of the engine, the intake pipe being disposed in front of the engine; an exhaust pipe of the engine, the exhaust pipe being disposed in back of the engine so as to extend downward and rearward from an exhaust port provided at an upper portion of the engine with a specified grade; a tunnel portion provided at a center, in a vehicle width direction, of a connection portion between a dash panel to constitute a front wall of a vehicle compartment and a floor panel, the tunnel portion being configured to project toward an inside of the vehicle compartment and extend in a vehicle longitudinal direction; and a tunnel-expansion portion provided at a front portion of the tunnel portion, the tunnel-expansion portion being configured to project upward greatly along the exhaust pipe, the tunnel-expansion portion including an upper-wall face that has a slant that corresponds to the specified grade of the exhaust pipe, wherein at the exhaust pipe is provided a catalyst, which is disposed at a location that corresponds to the tunnel-expansion portion so as to extend slant downward.