System comprising a floor, a pair of side walls, a hatch and one or more backrests of a row of vehicle seats, delimiting a confined space open at the top particularly a luggage or trunk space of a motor vehicle, and especially of a hatchback or station wagon automobile, the system further comprising a cover system for covering the confined space comprising: a pair of parallel guide rails secured to each side wall, a first section of which guide rails extends from the hatch over the confined space at the top and a second section of which guide rails continues further along the backrests towards the floor; a cover element, including two panels (9a, 9b) extending between the guide rails and having several pairs of guide elements (10a, 10b, 10c) at their ends slidably receivable therein, where the two panels (9a, 9b) are coupled to each other via a hinge portion extending transversely between the guide rails, and where the combined size of the two panels (9a, 9b) corresponds to the open top of the confined space between the guide rails, and where each guide rail has a respective first opening, facing out of the confined space, for receipt / removal of the pairs of guide elements (10a, 10b, 10c) adjacent the respective ends of the guide rails at the hatch; the hinge portion separates the two panels (9a, 9b) such that the size of a first panel corresponds to an area behind the backrests between the second guide rail sections, and the first panel has a pair of first guide elements at respective corners thereof remote from the hinge portion and a pair of second guide elements at respective corners thereof adjacent the hinge portion, characterized in that the other, second panel, has a pair of third guide elements at respective corners thereof remote from the hinge portion. a pair of parallel guide rails secured to each side wall, a first section of which guide rails extends from the hatch over the confined space at the top and a second section of which guide rails continues further along the backrests towards the floor; a cover element, including two panels (9a, 9b) extending between the guide rails and having several pairs of guide elements (10a, 10b, 10c) at their ends slidably receivable therein, where the two panels (9a, 9b) are coupled to each other via a hinge portion extending transversely between the guide rails, and where the combined size of the two panels (9a, 9b) corresponds to the open top of the confined space between the guide rails, and where each guide rail has a respective first opening, facing out of the confined space, for receipt / removal of the pairs of guide elements (10a, 10b, 10c) adjacent the respective ends of the guide rails at the hatch; the hinge portion separates the two panels (9a, 9b) such that the size of a first panel corresponds to an area behind the backrests between the second guide rail sections, and the first panel has a pair of first guide elements at respective corners thereof remote from the hinge portion and a pair of second guide elements at respective corners thereof adjacent the hinge portion, characterized in that the other, second panel, has a pair of third guide elements at respective corners thereof remote from the hinge portion.