Patent ID: 8356856

Claim:
A front spoiler for a motor vehicle, comprising: a head strip connected to a front end part of the motor vehicle and extending in a transverse direction of the vehicle; a spoiler element projecting down from the head strip and extending in the transverse direction of the vehicle, the spoiler element having an aerodynamically effective front air impingement surface facing forward on the vehicle; and a reinforced portion in a central region of the front spoiler at both sides of a vehicle longitudinal center line, the reinforced portion having plate-shaped reinforcing ribs projecting down from the head strip less than a downward projection of the spoiler element and extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the reinforcing ribs being spaced rearward of the spoiler element by a gap so that the spoiler element has a reinforced region opposed to the reinforcing ribs with limited rearward deflection and an elastically flexible region adjoining the reinforced region and projecting below the reinforcing ribs.