Motor vehicle component and method for producing the same

A method of making a welded motor vehicle component, the method comprising:

• manufacturing a first component part with a joining surface, the joining surface having a bevel and an abutment surface;
• forming an end portion of the first component part having a wall with a wall thickness, and forming a bevel on the end portion, the first component part having two bends to form a slanted portion;
• trimming the end portion to separate an end piece from the end portion to form the abutment surface on a front side of the end portion;
• positioning the first component part and a second component part, which has a wall with a wall thickness and a joining surface, at an angle relative to one another, so the joining surface of the first component part and the joining surface of the second component part face one another;
• and
• material-locking joining the first component part and the second component part by a weld seam at the respective joining surfaces.