Open roof construction for a vehicle having an opening in its fixed roof , comprising: a stationary frame fitted in the opening of the fixed roof , at least a panel movably supported by the frame and capable of at least partly opening and closing the opening in the fixed roof by tilting the panel with its rear edge up and down, a drive motor placed in the vicinity of the rear edge of the opening in the fixed roof and in the vicinity of a longitudinal centre line of the opening, said drive motor being attached to the stationary frame , said drive motor comprising an output shaft and elongate drive members extending from the output shaft oppositely along the rear edge of the opening, an operating mechanism movably connected between the frame at the rear edge of the opening and the rear edge of the panel , the operating mechanism including two height-adjusting (21, 23; 22, 24) members on the frame, one on each lateral side of the drive motor and guided for a movement in lateral direction initiated by the drive members , and two height-adjustable members (24, 25, 26; 23, 26) immovably fixed to the panel , characterized in that the height-adjustable members (24, 25, 26; 23, 26) cooperate with the height-adjusting members on the frame so as to cause the height adjustment, and in that the height-adjusting members (21, 23; 22, 24; 22, 24, 30) on the frame engage the height-adjustable members (24, 25, 26; 23, 26) on the panel at a distance from a respective side edge of the panel, such that the middle of the connection of each height-adjusting member (21, 23; 22, 24; 22, 24, 30) to the height-adjustable member (24, 25, 26; 23, 26) is at a distance from the longitudinal centre line (Y 0 ) of the panel ranging from 10% - 45% of the local width (W) of the panel. a stationary frame fitted in the opening of the fixed roof , at least a panel movably supported by the frame and capable of at least partly opening and closing the opening in the fixed roof by tilting the panel with its rear edge up and down, a drive motor placed in the vicinity of the rear edge of the opening in the fixed roof and in the vicinity of a longitudinal centre line of the opening, said drive motor being attached to the stationary frame , said drive motor comprising an output shaft and elongate drive members extending from the output shaft oppositely along the rear edge of the opening, an operating mechanism movably connected between the frame at the rear edge of the opening and the rear edge of the panel , the operating mechanism including two height-adjusting (21, 23; 22, 24) members on the frame, one on each lateral side of the drive motor and guided for a movement in lateral direction initiated by the drive members , and two height-adjustable members (24, 25, 26; 23, 26) immovably fixed to the panel , characterized in that the height-adjustable members (24, 25, 26; 23, 26) cooperate with the height-adjusting members on the frame so as to cause the height adjustment, and in that the height-adjusting members (21, 23; 22, 24; 22, 24, 30) on the frame engage the height-adjustable members (24, 25, 26; 23, 26) on the panel at a distance from a respective side edge of the panel, such that the middle of the connection of each height-adjusting member (21, 23; 22, 24; 22, 24, 30) to the height-adjustable member (24, 25, 26; 23, 26) is at a distance from the longitudinal centre line (Y 0 ) of the panel ranging from 10% - 45% of the local width (W) of the panel. <EOS>