Convertible vehicle

A convertible vehicle including a vehicle body having a passenger compartment and a passenger compartment parapet, a windshield frame on the vehicle body, a rear roof shell on the vehicle body, a pivot connection pivotably connecting said roof shell to said vehicle body for pivotable movement between open and closed positions, a holder on said roof shell and said vehicle body which holds said roof shell to said vehicle body when said roof shell is in said closed position, said holder including a snap-in holding device having a protruding element and a receiving element receiving said protruding element, a central roof part mounted on the vehicle body moveable between closed and open positions, said central roof part extending generally horizontally between said windshield frame and said roof shell when said central roof is in its closed position, said central roof part uncovering parts of the passenger compartment when said central roof part is in its open position, said roof shell extending above said parapet when said central roof part is in its open position.

A convertible vehicle including a vehicle body having a passenger compartment and a passenger compartment parapet, a windshield frame on the vehicle body, a rear roof shell on the vehicle body, a pivot connection pivotably connecting said roof shell to said vehicle body for pivotal movement between an open and closed position, a securing device securing said roof shell to said vehicle body when said roof shell is in said closed position and unsecuring said roof shell from said vehicle body when said roof shell is in said open position, a roll bar on said roof shell, said securing device being disposed on said roll bar and said vehicle body, a central roof part mounted on the vehicle body moveable between closed and open positions, said central roof part extending generally horizontally between said windshield frame and said roof shell when said central roof part is in its closed position, said central roof part uncovering parts of the passenger compartment when said central roof part is in its open position, said roof shell extending above said parapet when said central roof part is in its open position.

A convertible vehicle including a vehicle body having a passenger compartment and a passenger compartment parapet, a windshield frame on the vehicle body, a rear roof shell on the vehicle body, said roof shell includes a roll bar having end sections, a support structure on said end sections, said support structure including a first engageable member, a second engageable member mounted on the vehicle body, a pivot connection pivotably connecting said roof shell on said vehicle body for pivotal movement between a closed position and an open position, said first engageable element engaging said second engageable element when said roof shell is in said closed position, said first engageable element being disengaged from said second engageable element when said roof shell is in said open position, a central roof part mounted on the vehicle body moveable between closed and open positions, said central roof part extending generally horizontally between said windshield frame and said roof shell when said central roof part is in its closed position, said central roof part uncovering parts of the passenger compartment when said central roof part is in its open position, said roof shell extending above said parapet when said central roof part is in its open position.

A convertible vehicle including a vehicle body having a passenger compartment and a passenger compartment parapet, a windshield frame on the vehicle body, a rear roof shell on the vehicle body movable between open and closed positions, said roof shell being spaced from said parapet when in said open position, said roof shell being juxtaposed to said parapet when in said closed position, a central roof part mounted on the vehicle body having a position extending generally horizontally between said windshield frame and said roof shell when said roof shell is in said closed position, and further including a stiffening structure in the form of a roll over bar disposed in said roof shell and operable to provide a safety enhancing collision protecting structure upon occurrence of a roll over accident of said vehicle when said roof shell is in said closed position.

A convertible vehicle including a vehicle body having a passenger compartment, a windshield frame on the vehicle body, a rear roof shell on the vehicle body movable between a closed position and an open position, a central roof part mounted on the vehicle body moveable between closed and open positions, said central roof part extending generally horizontally between said windshield frame and said roof shell when said central roof part is in its closed position and said roof shell is in its closed position, said central roof part uncovering parts of the passenger compartment when said central roof part is in its open position, said roof shell being in its open position when said central roof part is being moved between its open and closed positions, and further including a stiffening structure in the form of a roll over bar disposed in said roof shell and operable to provide a safety enhancing collision protecting structure upon occurrence of a roll over accident of said vehicle when said roof shell is in said closed position.