Patent ID: 7140640

Claim:
A motor vehicle having a modular structure, which includes a front pre-assembled module ( 1 ) which includes a first support structure ( 2 ) which includes a pair of essentially horizontal, parallel longerons ( 3 ); a propulsion unit ( 14 ) fixed to said support structure; a pair of steerable front wheels ( 17 ) coupled to said propulsion unit ( 14 ), together with associated suspension devices ( 18 ) fixed to said support structure ( 2 ); an intermediate support structure ( 20 ), fixed to the front module ( 1 ) and including an annular frame ( 21 ) for housing and supporting a windscreen; an essentially flat load-bearing floor structure ( 30 ) fixed to the longerons ( 3 ) of the front module ( 1 ); an intermediate pre-assembled module ( 40 ), fixed to the front module ( 1 ) and to said intermediate support structure ( 20 ) and which includes a firewall ( 41 ), an instrument panel ( 42 ), a steering column ( 43 , 44 ) and a control pedal assembly ( 45 ); a rear pre-assembled module ( 50 ), fixed to the longerons ( 3 ) of the front module ( 1 ) and including a support frame ( 51 ), at least one pair of rear wheels ( 55 ) with associated suspension devices ( 56 ) fixed to said frame ( 51 ); an annular rear structure ( 60 ) fixed to the rear module ( 50 ), and two side structures ( 70 ) fixed by opposite edges to the intermediate support structure ( 20 ), the floor structure ( 30 ) and said annular rear structure ( 60 ).