Patent ID: 8763739

Claim:
An off-road vehicle comprising: a frame; at least four wheels suspended from the frame, each of the at least four wheels including a tire; a left seat and a right seat disposed in a side-by-side configuration; a steering assembly disposed forwardly of one of the seats and being operatively connected to at least two of the at least four wheels; an engine mounted to the frame and being operatively connected to at least two of the at least four wheels, the engine having an upper portion; a console mounted between the left seat and the right seat, the console covering at least the upper portion of the engine; and floor panels disposed at least in part forwardly of and lower than the seats, the console including side walls extending upwardly from the floor panels and an upper portion connected to the side walls to define a central cooling tunnel, the central cooling tunnel including a frontal opening and a rear opening allowing air flow through the central cooling tunnel from the frontal opening to the rear opening.