A module for a frame for a motor vehicle with a pair of laterally spaced,
longitudinally extending central side rail structures. The module
including a pair of tubular hydroformed side rail members and a laterally
extending connecting structure connected between the pair of side rail
members to secure the pair of side rail members in laterally spaced,
fixed relation to one another. Each first portion of the pair of side
rail members extending longitudinally and each second portion of the pair
of side rail members extending laterally relative to the respective first
portion and each second portion having an end being constructed and
arranged to form a joint with a portion of a respective central side rail
structure such that the end of each of the pair of side rail members
extends generally laterally through a side of the respective central side
rail structure.