Patent ID: 7185725

Claim:
A layout structure of a driving device for a vehicle, in which a passenger compartment is separated by a dash panel from an engine room, comprising: a cowl portion for supporting a front end of a windshield that is disposed above the dash panel so as to extend in a width direction of the vehicle; an instrument panel member that is located backward away from said cowl portion so as to extend in the width direction of the vehicle above the dash panel; and a recess portion that is formed in such manner that a central portion of the dash panel in the width direction of the vehicle is recessed backward from said cowl portion to said instrument panel member, wherein the driving device for the vehicle is disposed in said recess portion such that the driving device is located in front of and close to said instrument panel member, a service hole is formed at a portion between said cowl portion and said instrument panel member which corresponds to said recess portion, and a vehicle body panel is disposed detachably to cover said service hole.