According to the invention, the vehicle contains a vehicle body (1) with two A pillars (2a, 2b) and two B pillars which bound a vehicle interior, and an instrument panel (3) which is arranged in the interior between the A pillars, wherein the instrument panel (3) has an instrument panel reinforcement (6), wherein the instrument panel reinforcement (6) has at least one first section (7a) and/or one second section (7b), and the first and/or second section extends/extend in each case transversely with respect to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle at least over part of the instrument panel(3), beginning in each case on the outside (8a, 8b) of the instrument panel (3), in order to stiffen the instrument panel (3) against a high force acting on the outsides (8a, 8b) of the instrument panel (3), for example against a force which is produced by a side impact, wherein the contour of the instrument panel, including the instrument panel reinforcement (6), lies at least partially at a height between the A pillars (2a, 2b) and the B pillars at least in the region of the respective outside (8a, 8b) of the instrument panel (3), characterized in that the instrument panel reinforcement is arranged in that region (5) of the contour of the instrument panel which projects the furthest into the vehicle interior from the direction of the B pillars.