Patent ID: 7377575

Claim:
A vehicle having a front, a rear and longitudinal axis, and comprising: a vehicle structure having a top opening and including a passenger compartment provided with seats near the rear of the passenger compartment, and a storage area located behind said seats, a retractable roof adapted for closing said upper opening, the roof comprising at least two rigid parts free to move with respect to said structure, said at least two rigid parts comprising a first front part and a second rear part, first displacement means to which said first and second parts of the roof are connected at least during part of a movement thereof between an extended position, reached by forward displacement, in which said first and second parts are substantially in line one behind the other and cover the passenger compartment, and a folded position reached by a displacement towards the rear of the vehicle in which the first and second parts are offset from each other and are retracted behind the seats, at least one of said at least two rigid parts then being arranged in a first storage position, second displacement elements with which is engaged at least said rigid roof part arranged in the first storage position, for a possible displacement thereof towards a second storage position different from the first position, wherein the second roof part comprises a rear roof element including a rear window which extends transverse the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, said rear roof element being free to move with respect to the vehicle structure, and the first front part of the roof being arranged in front of said rear roof element when the roof is closed.