Patent ID: 8424937

Claim:
A motor vehicle body including a front end configured to accept a bumper-forming element to protect the front end, the body comprising: a front crossmember arranged transversely to the body, and defining the front end; a pair of mounts for the bumper-forming element, the mounts being fixed some distance apart, on the front crossmember, and each comprising a mounting part that extends in front of the front crossmember and serves to support the bumper-forming element; and an engine air intake duct, the duct comprising an open end via which air from outside enters the duct; wherein one of the mounts for the bumper-forming element comprises a protective portion protecting the open end, the protective portion is arranged in an immediate vicinity of the open end, the protective portion covering the open end and extending along a portion of the duct, and a space is left between the protective portion and the duct so as to allow air to enter the duct via the open end.