A strength member for an automobile body having a tubular body made from steel, which is constituted by a single member in the axial direction, said tubular body having a closed cross section and having a bent portion which is bent two-dimensionally or three-dimensionally and at least one of a portion to be cut, a portion to be punched, and a portion to be welded, characterized in that the tubular body has:
- an ultrahigh strength heat-treated portion which has been heat treated to have a tensile strength exceeding 1100 MPa,
- a high strength heat-treated portion which is a portion of the remainder of the body other than the ultrahigh strength heat-treated portion and which has been heat treated to have a tensile strength of 600-1100 MPa, and
- a low strength heat-treated portion which is the remainder of the body other than the ultrahigh strength heat-treated portion and the high strength heat-treated portion and which has been heat treated to have a tensile strength of less than 600 MPa.