Convertible motor-vehicle with retractable rigid roof and method of reconfiguration of a motor vehicle with retractable rigid roof

A convertible motor vehicle (1) comprising:

• a body (2);
• a passenger compartment (4);
• a front and a rear (5, 6) located at the front and at the back, respectively, of said passenger compartment (4), with reference to a normal travel direction of said motor vehicle (1);
• said rear (6) comprising a load compartment (7);
• and
• a retractable hardtop (3);
• said motor vehicle (1) further having:
• a first axis (X), which is oriented from said rear (6) to said front (6) and is parallel to a normal travel direction of said motor vehicle (1);
• and
• a second axis (Y) arranged, in use, horizontal and orthogonal to said first axis (X);
• said motor vehicle (1) being capable of being selectively switched to:
• a first configuration, in which said hardtop (3) is at least partly arranged so as to cover said passenger compartment (4);
• a second configuration, in which said hardtop (3) is at least partly housed within said load compartment (7) of said rear (6) and said passenger compartment (4) is partly open;
• characterized in that said hardtop (3) comprises, with reference to said normal travel direction of said motor vehicle (1) and in a plan view orthogonal to a third axis (Z) transverse to said first and second axes (X, Y):
• a first panel (10) arranged so as to cover, at the top, a first portion (21) of said passenger compartment (4) in said first configuration of said motor vehicle (1) and housed in said load compartment (7) in said second configuration of said motor vehicle (1);
• and
• a second panel (11) arranged so as to cover, at the top, a second portion (22) of said passenger compartment (4) both in said first configuration and in said second configuration of said motor vehicle (1).