Motor vehicle

A motor vehicle extending in forward and backward directions and having an occupant compartment for accommodating at least one occupant, comprising:

• a supporting structure having left and right A-pillars obliquely forward of the occupant compartment towards an exterior of the motor vehicle;
• a dashboard extending between the left and right A-pillars;
• a protective apparatus including an airbag module housed completely in each of the A-pillars, and an inflatable airbag accommodated in the respective airbag module in a rest state, the airbag being inflatable into a deployed state;
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• the supporting structure being free of any structural element capable of impeding a deployment of the airbag obliquely rearward and toward a center of the occupant compartment so that the airbag in the deployed state covers the respective A-pillar from an inner side surface of the at least one A-pillar facing toward a center of the motor vehicle to a rear surface of the at least one A-pillar facing rearward on the motor vehicle, so that the respective airbag, in the deployed state, is arranged between the occupant compartment and the at least one A-pillar and with all of the deployed airbag being above the dashboard whereby a movement of the at least one occupant obliquely towards the A-pillar can be damped by the inflated airbag that covers from the inner side surface to the rear surface of the respective A-pillar.