Vehicle-body structure

A vehicle-body structure, comprising:

• a pair of right-and-left crash cans provided at an end portion of a vehicle body, being spaced apart from each other in a vehicle width direction;
• a bumper reinforcement extending in the vehicle width direction and connecting respective tip portions of the crash cans;
• a set plate interposed between each of the crash cans and a vehicle-body side frame, wherein each of the crash cans is fixed to the vehicle-body side frame via the set plate;
• and
• a brace extending obliquely, in a plan view, from an inward side, in the vehicle width direction, of the set plate to the bumper reinforcement such that a space is formed, in the vehicle with direction, between the brace and the crash can,
• wherein said brace is fixedly joined to a lower wall of said bumper reinforcement,
• the brace comprises a vertical-directional face portion which is fixedly jointed to a face of a side of the bumper reinforcement which is positioned closely to the vehicle body,
• the vertical-directional face portion of the brace comprises a first face portion which is positioned at a tip-side of the brace with a first height in a vertical direction, and a second face portion which is positioned at a base-end-side of the brace with a second height in the vertical direction, and wherein the first height is smaller than the second height,
• the vertical-directional face portion further comprises an upper end portion of the first face portion is set as a first joint portion to fixed to the lower wall of a body part of the bumper reinforcement by line welding, a tip portion of the second face portion is set as a second joint portion to be fixed to the face of the bumper reinforcement by line welding, and
• both joint portions are fixed to the lower wall and the face of the bumper reinforcement.