Motor vehicle provided with a protective covering system

A motor vehicle, such as a car, defining a longitudinal direction that extends over the length of the vehicle between a rear bumper and a front bumper, the vehicle including an outer body that extends substantially from one bumper to the other starting from a sill, the vehicle also being provided with a protective tarpaulin system comprising a flexible tarpaulin for covering the outer body of the vehicle at least in part so as to protect it, the system further comprising a rear shaft that is installed at the rear bumper of the vehicle, the tarpaulin being windable around the rear shaft, the tarpaulin including a connection edge that is secured to the rear shaft, and an opposite edge that is free, the vehicle being fitted with two longitudinal sheaths that extend along the outer body, a slider being received in each longitudinal sheath;

• the motor vehicle being characterized in that each longitudinal sheath includes a longitudinal slot, each slider being provided with a traction member that is connected to the free edge of the tarpaulin and that extends through the longitudinal slot, each slider also being connected via a traction cable both to a front shaft that is installed at the front bumper of the vehicle, and also to the rear shaft that is installed at the rear bumper of the vehicle, so that rotating the front and rear shafts causes the traction cable to be wound and unwound, thereby moving the slider in the longitudinal sheath, which slider entrains the tarpaulin that is connected at its free edge to the traction member of the slider.