Cabrio bus for passenger transport

A hardtop bus having at least ten seats, comprising

• a chassis and a body with a U-shaped roof construction, the body including spaced A pillars, B-pillars and C-pillars wherein the passenger compartment is situated between the B-pillars and the C-pillars, wherein:
• the U-shaped roof construction is positioned between the B-pillars and the C-pillars and covers and runs alongside at least some of the seats of the bus, and is configured to be retractable over at least some of the at least ten seats such that the U-shaped roof construction has an open and closed position,
• the U-shaped roof construction comprises at least two shape retaining, nestable roof elements having a U-shaped cross-section, which are configured to be movable relative to each other and are configured to be positioned one behind another in the closed position, wherein:
• each nestable roof element includes a window along a sidewall of the nestable roof element;
• a first window of a nestable roof element is configured to align with a second window of a second nestable roof element to maintain visibility through the first and second windows of the first and second nestable roof elements when the nestable roof elements are in the open and closed positions;
• and
• at least one of the at least two shape retaining roof elements includes a roof portion and two windows.