Patent ID: 8151922

Claim:
An exhaust apparatus of a vehicle in which: a pair of right and left side panels extending in a vehicle front/rear direction are arranged between front wheels and rear wheels; a front floor and a rear floor coupled with a rear edge portion of said front floor through a vertical wall portion are arranged between both of said side panels; an exhaust pipe connected through a spherical joint to an engine mounted between the right and left front wheels is extended from said engine to a rear portion of the vehicle through positions under said front floor and said rear floor; a noise eliminator is arranged in a portion of said exhaust pipe which passes under said rear floor; a fuel tank is arranged in a side portion in a vehicle width direction of said noise eliminator; and a front portion of said exhaust pipe on a front side of said front floor and a rear portion of said exhaust pipe on a rear side of said noise eliminator are elastically mounted to a vehicle body, respectively, wherein said exhaust pipe and a portion on a side opposite to the side portion where said fuel tank has been arranged in the vehicle width direction for said exhaust pipe in a lower surface portion of said front floor, are coupled by a metal wire having slack in an intermediate portion; and wherein said metal wire is arranged in a tunnel portion formed in said front floor and projecting upward.