Vehicle front structure for lateral deflection during narrow offset impact

A front structure of a vehicle, the front structure comprising:

• a left side rail extending longitudinally in a front portion of the vehicle on a left side of an engine/transmission assembly of the vehicle, the left side rail including an inboard shell and an outboard shell, a forward section of the outboard shell being at least partially disposed in an outer left quarter of a total width of the vehicle, a rearward section of the outboard shell being disposed inboard of the outer left quarter, the inboard shell having a distal side, a top side, and a bottom side that form a generally U-shaped cross-section, the forward section of the outboard shell having a distal side, a top side, and a bottom side that form a generally U-shaped cross-section, the outboard shell being fixedly attached to the inboard shell to form a generally rectangular cross-section, the forward section of the outboard shell being a first lateral width, the rearward section of the outboard shell being a second lateral width that is less than the first lateral width.