A hood structure comprises an outer and an inner which form a closed cross
section through spaces. The inner's cross-sectional shape is a sine
curve, an nth-power-raised sine curve, or a spline curve having a
corrugation length approximate to an outside head diameter. This
corrugated hood structure can provide a uniform, excellent head impact
resistance independently of impact positions on the hood. The corrugated
hood structure also excels in tension rigidity, bending rigidity, and
torsional rigidity. Accordingly, the car body hood panel structure
satisfies requirements of head impact resistances for pedestrian
protection and rigidity improvement such as the tension rigidity.