Vehicle exterior component

A vehicle exterior component comprising a honeycomb structure having a portion formed of plastic, wherein

• the honeycomb structure includes:
• an inner plate portion adapted for arrangement in the vicinity of an engine compartment;
• an outer plate portion arranged at an outer side of the inner plate portion;
• and
• a honeycomb portion held between the inner plate portion and the outer plate portion,
• the honeycomb portion includes:
• a plurality of partition walls;
• and
• a plurality of cells separated from one another by the partition walls,
• each of the cells has an interior space surrounded by the corresponding ones of the partition walls, the inner plate portion, and the outer plate portion,
• at least one of the partition walls of each cell has at least one communication hole to allow communication between the engine compartment and the interior space of the cell, and
• the at least one partition wall has an absorbing portion, wherein, when external force acting inward is applied to the partition wall through the outer plate portion, the absorbing portion absorbs energy produced by the external force through deformation of the partition wall at a position corresponding to the periphery of the communication hole of the partition wall.