To obtain a wide passenger compartment space, the thickness of a heat
insulating acoustical layer is reduced, and for this purpose, a
comfortable in-car environment is obtained by using a vacuum insulating
panel which combines high heat insulating performance and sound
insulating performance. A heat insulating acoustical layer 20 is formed
on one surface of a lightweight alloy structure 10 of double skin
construction by using a vacuum insulating panel 21 as a middle member and
sandwiching two surfaces of the panel with elastic sound absorbing
materials 22, 23 made of a nonwoven fabric or a foamed body, and the heat
insulating acoustical layer is covered with an interior material 24.
Owing to this construction, the transmission loss of a noise which
transmits from the double skin structure side is improved by the mutual
actions of the elasticity of the sound absorbing material and the
rigidity of the vacuum heat insulating panel.