Manually operable folding top for vehicles using automatic-ejection snap-action closures

A manually operable vehicle folding top having a folding-top compartment of a vehicle covered by a folding-top compartment lid with a folded stowed position of the top in the folding-top compartment covered by the folding-top compartment lid and with an unfolded use position of the top in which the folding-top covering is stretched between a roof cap on a front end of the folding-top and a fabric-holding hoop at a rear end of the folding-top, and a closure arrangement comprising a plurality of closures configured to be unlocked with remote control from the vehicle interior and such that the folding-top compartment lid is held closed and the fabric-holding hoop is held down in the position in which it rests on the folding-top compartment lid, said closures being constituted solely by automatic-ejection snap-action closures configured and arranged to be released via actuating drives actuated via a switching mechanism, wherein means is provided for automatically controlling the actuation of the switching mechanism in a first phase of the opening of the folding top.