Vehicle assembling method

A vehicle assembling method comprising the steps of:

• providing a front floor,
• assembling a front body portion including a first front hinge pillar portion and defining an engine room compartment,
• assembling an upper body shell including a roof member, right and left body side panels formed with side sills having right and left bearing portions extending in a longitudinal direction of said upper body shell, and a second front hinge pillar portion,
• moving the front floor rearward relative to the upper body shell and in the longitudinal direction of said upper body shell, thereby engaging transverse opposite side ends of the front floor with said right and left bearing portions, and thereby combining said first and second front hinge pillar portions with each other such that an integrated front hinge pillar is formed.

A vehicle assembling method comprising the steps of:

• assembling a lower body shell including an underbody portion, having a front floor, and a front body portion,
• assembling an upper body shell including a roof member, right and left body side panels formed with side sills having right and left bearing portions extending in a longitudinal direction of said upper body shell, and a rear body located between the right and left body side panels,
• moving the lower body shell rearward relative to the upper body shell, in the longitudinal direction of said upper body shell, thereby engaging transverse opposite side ends of the front floor with said right and left bearing portions, and
• attaching a rear end portion of said front floor to a front end portion of the rear body.