Convertible roof for vehicle and associated vehicle

A convertible vehicle having a longitudinal axis, a front and a back and comprising a bodywork, a passenger compartment, a boot, a windscreen and a roof movable with respect to said bodywork, wherein:

• the roof comprises a roof front element and a roof rear element, both being free to move between a covering position in which they cover the passenger compartment and a storage position in which the roof front and rear elements are stored in said boot,
• one of the roof front element and the roof rear element comprises a group of front levers and a group of rear levers articulated with respect to said one of the roof front element and roof rear element, to move between:
• a first position in which at least one of said roof front element and roof rear element is substantially flush with at least one of a surrounding part of the vehicle bodywork and the other of said roof front and rear elements,
• and a second position in which said at least one of roof front element and roof rear element is offset in height from the first flush position, and
• the groups of levers engage guiding means extending essentially and substantially parallel to said longitudinal direction, the guiding means being adapted:
• during a controlled backwards displacement of the groups of levers, to guide them for displacing said at least one of the roof front element and the roof rear element from the first flush position to the second offset position, and
• during a controlled forwards displacement of said groups of levers, to guide them for displacing said at least one of the roof front element and the roof rear element from the second offset position to the first flush position,
• each guiding means along which said one of the roof front element and the roof rear element slides, has at least one front inclination facing downwards over a length thereof, and a second rear inclination also facing downwards,
• wherein access by anyone of the rear levers to the second corresponding rear inclination depends on the position of a rocker located in the corresponding guiding means and which:
• in a first position, prevents access of the second rear inclination and therefore imposes displacement of said corresponding roof element in said second offset position,
• and in a second position, enables said rear lever of the roof element to penetrate into the second rear inclination, in a first direction of displacement, and to come out therefrom, in a second, opposite direction of displacement.