Patent ID: 8002327

Claim:
A motor vehicle comprising: front and rear roof members moveable between raised positions in which the front and rear roof members form in combination a cover for a combined passenger and luggage compartment of the motor vehicle and stowed positions in which the front roof member lies substantially horizontally across the rear of the motor vehicle, a drop down side window moveable between a raised position in which it is co-operable with at least the rear roof member when the rear roof member is in its raised position and a stowed position in which it is stowed in a cavity between a rear outer panel and a rear inner panel and moveable flaps located on each side of the motor vehicle to selectively bridge a longitudinally extending gap between the front roof member and an upper edge of the rear outer panel when the front roof member is in its stowed position, wherein each flap is moveable from a stowed position in which it is positioned substantially vertically in a storage compartment when the front roof member is in its raised position, to a deployed position in which the flap is positioned substantially horizontally so as to bridge the gap when the front roof member is in its stowed position, wherein the motor vehicle has front and rear rows of seats and a front wall of the luggage compartment is formed by the rear row of seats and wherein the rear roof member is stowed between the front and rear rows of seats.