Vehicle rear structure

A vehicle rear structure in which a motor that generates a driving force is supported under a rear portion of a frame of a vehicle, and a spare tire is supported behind the motor in a vehicle front-rear direction, wherein:

• the frame includes a pair of right and left side frames extending in the vehicle front-rear direction, a front cross member connected to rear portions of the side frames so as to extend along a vehicle right-left direction and supporting a rear portion of the motor, and a rear cross member connected so as to extend along the vehicle right-left direction behind the front cross member in the vehicle front-rear direction in the side frames and detachably suspending and supporting the spare tire such that a front portion of the spare tire is tilted downward and the spare tire is placed horizontally;
• a raising and lowering device for supporting, and raising and lowering the spare tire is provided in a middle of the rear cross member in a longitudinal direction;
• a raising and lowering guide for guiding the spare tire such that a posture of the spare tire is maintained when the spare tire is raised and lowered is provided in a middle of the front cross member in the longitudinal direction;
• the raising and lowering guide includes a first guide bracket fixed to a lower surface of the front cross member in the middle of the front cross member in the longitudinal direction, and a second guide bracket fixed to a front end of the first guide bracket;
• a lower rear portion of the first guide bracket is shaped in a curved surface that follows a rounded shape of a front upper shoulder of the spare tire horizontally placed;
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• a rear portion of the second guide bracket is shaped in a flat surface that follows a shape of an outer circumferential surface of the spare tire horizontally placed.