Patent ID: 8443927

Claim:
An exhaust device of a vehicle having a V-engine including a front cylinder and a rear cylinder, the exhaust device comprising: at least one muffler disposed in a rear part of the vehicle; a front-cylinder exhaust pipe which is connected at a connecting portion to a front surface of the front cylinder and which reaches the muffler; and a rear-cylinder exhaust pipe which is connected to a rear surface of the rear cylinder and which reaches the muffler, wherein: the front-cylinder exhaust pipe is curved rearward at a curved portion from the connecting portion between the front-cylinder exhaust pipe and the front cylinder inward of a side frame in a lateral direction, the front-cylinder exhaust pipe is located outward in the lateral direction with a fixed space from the engine, and the front-cylinder exhaust pipe extends toward a rear part of the vehicle substantially along the side frame as viewed from above, the rear-cylinder exhaust pipe is disposed inward in the lateral direction with respect to the front-cylinder exhaust pipe, behind the engine, the front-cylinder exhaust pipe and the rear-cylinder exhaust pipe are both connected to the muffler, a curvature of the front-cylinder exhaust pipe in front of a connecting portion of the front-cylinder exhaust pipe to the muffler is set greater than a curvature of the rear-cylinder exhaust pipe in front of a connecting portion of the rear-cylinder exhaust pipe to the muffler, and the connecting portion of the front-cylinder exhaust pipe to the muffler and the connecting portion of the rear-cylinder exhaust pipe to the muffler are arranged side by side in a vertical direction.