To provide a vehicle body structure for an automobile allowing sharing of a dash side panel with various kinds of vehicles without reducing durability at front surface collision.

In the vehicle body structure for the automobile, the dash side panel 12 is joined to both ends of a dash lower panel 10 extending in a vehicle width direction and joined to a front floor 11, and a side sill inner panel 14 is joined to the dash side panel 12 and the front floor 11. The side sill inner panel 14 is joint to the dash side panel 12 between the dash side panel 12 and the side sill inner panel 14 through a spacer 20.