A door panel structure including a door panel and a door waist reinforcement connected to the door panel. The door waist reinforcement includes an inner reinforcement and an outer reinforcement. The door panel and the door waist reinforcement have respective upper end portions which form a waist flange to which a weather strip is fitted. The waist flange includes a plurality of connecting portions at which the upper end portion of the door panel and the upper end portion of the door waist reinforcement are connected to each other, and at least one spaced portion at which the upper end portion of the door panel and the upper end portion of the door waist reinforcement are spaced from each other.

 
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