Patent ID: 8469439

Claim:
A vehicle body rear structure comprising: a back door for opening and closing a rear opening of a vehicle body; and configured by joining an outer panel to an inner panel at the peripheral edge portion; a latch engageable with and disengageable from a striker fixed in a lower portion of the rear opening, the back door being pivotally connected to an upper portion of the rear opening via two hinges provided so as to be spaced in the vehicle width direction, and the latch being provided in a lower end portion of the back door, wherein the latch and the striker are offset from the center to the side in the vehicle width direction and the offset amount of the latch and the striker is not less than 5% and not more then 40% of the distance between the two hinges; and wherein the back door comprises a vibration damping structure which is adjacent to the peripheral edge portion located on the opposite side to the offset direction of the latch and is formed of an elastic material interposed between the outer panel and the inner panel.