Front vehicle-body structure of vehicle

A front vehicle-body structure of a vehicle, comprising:

• a front windshield;
• a cowl provided to support the front windshield in an inclined state where a rear side of the front windshield is located at a higher level than a front side of the front windshield and forming a lower edge of an opening portion for arranging the front windshield;
• a bonnet provided in front of and above the cowl;
• and
• a dash panel provided below said cowl and to extend downwardly from a lower portion of said cowl,
• wherein said cowl comprises a first face potion to which said front windshield adheres and an inclined second face portion which extends obliquely rearwardly-and-downwardly from said first face portion, and a front end of said first face portion is positioned on a rearward side, in a vehicle longitudinal direction, of a rear end of said bonnet,
• wherein said cowl is configured to have a closed-cross section portion extending in a vehicle width direction which is formed by faces including said first face portion and said second face portion,
• wherein a bottom face portion which forms a bottom face of said closed-cross section portion of the cowl is configured to extend obliquely rearwardly-and-downwardly, and
• wherein an upper end portion of said dash panel is joined to said bottom face portion of the closed-cross section portion of the cowl from below, and said closed-cross section portion is provided with a protrusion portion which is configured to protrude rearwardly beyond a joint portion of said upper end portion of the dash panel and said bottom face portion.