Exterior panel structure for vehicle

An exterior panel structure for a vehicle comprising:

• an exterior panel having an outer surface that partly constitutes an external appearance of the vehicle;
• and
• a reinforcing member that is disposed along an inner surface of the exterior panel and reinforces the exterior panel against a pressing force applied in a thickness direction of the exterior panel, wherein
• the reinforcing member has:
• plural joint sections which are separated from each other along the inner surface of the exterior panel and each of which is joined to the inner surface of the exterior panel;
• and
• a first coupling section that extends to follow the inner surface of the exterior panel and couples two adjacent ones of the plural joint sections, and
• the inner surface of the exterior panel and the first coupling section are configured to
• be separated from each other with a gap therebetween when the pressing force is not applied inward in the thickness direction of the exterior panel from the outer surface of the exterior panel or the applied pressing force is smaller than a specified value, and
• abut each other when the pressing force is equal to or larger than the specified value and is applied inward in the thickness direction of the exterior panel from the outer surface of the exterior panel.