Patent ID: 7832785

Claim:
A vehicle having a front part, a rear part and a longitudinal axis, and comprising: a passenger compartment provided with scats located at the rear of the passenger compartment; a vehicle structure with respect to which at least two rigid parts of a retractable roof are free to move, respectively a first, front part and a second, rear part, said rigid roof parts being free to move between an extended position reached at the end of a forwards movement, and in which said parts cover the passenger compartment and are substantially in line one behind the other, and a folded position reached at the end of a rearwards movement and in which said parts are offset from each other and retracted into a roof storage space located behind the seats; and an add-on modular roof assembly added as a single part onto the vehicle structure, said assembly comprising: the retractable roof and its rigid parts; a retractable roof support body connected to the vehicle structure; and a roof parts movement mechanism connected to said roof rigid parts and supported on the support body for moving the roof rigid parts with respect to the roof opening, between their extended and folded positions, once the modular roof assembly is positioned inside the vehicle, wherein the modular roof assembly is positioned inside the vehicle using guiding housing and locking elements provided partly on the vehicle structure and partly on the support frame such that the support frame is positioned facing the guiding housing elements of the vehicle structure, and the vehicle structure locally defines a roof opening closeable by means of the retractable roof, said vehicle structure being adapted to house a sealed sliding movement of the roof parts along two fixed, lateral members disposed on both lateral sides along the roof opening.