Vehicle structure

A vehicle structure comprising:

• a vehicle frame having a first side member, a second side member, a first cross-member and a second cross-member, the first side member and a second side member extending from a front portion of the vehicle frame to a rear portion of the vehicle frame, the first cross-member extending in a vehicle lateral direction and being rigidly fixed to front areas of each of the first side member and the second side member, the second cross-member extending in the vehicle lateral direction and being rigidly fixed to areas of each of the first side member and the second side member rearward from the first cross-member defining an engine receiving space between the first and second cross-members and the first and second side members;
• and
• an off-center impact reinforcement structure including:
• a push arm coupled to the vehicle frame proximate an intersection of the first side member and the first cross-member and extending in a forward and laterally outboard direction from the intersection of the first side member and the first cross-member;
• a first diagonal structure extending rearward and laterally inboard from proximate the intersection of the first side member and the first cross-member toward a section of the second side member rearward of the first cross-member;
• the off-center impact reinforcement structure being configured such that during an initial stage of an off-center impact event in which a stationary barrier impacts against a front surface of the push arm during forward movement of the vehicle frame, impacting forces from the off-center impact event are transferred through the push arm to the vehicle frame at the intersection of the first side member and the first cross-member, and further from the intersection of the first side member and the first cross-member to the first diagonal structure.