The coupé convertible (in French coupé cabriolet) or retractable hardtop (more common US usage) is an evolution of car body style that involves the flexibility of a mobile roof (from the convertible) and of the rigid roof of a coupé. In the first years of the 2000s, car manufacturers started building articulated retractable rigid roofs allowing the automobiles using this configuration to go seamlessly from convertible to coupé and back. Cars can come in a large variety of different body styles. ... Saab 900 Convertible Convertible can also refer to a convertible (security) A convertible is an automobile with a folding, retracting, or removable roof. ... 1995 Buick Riviera coupe A coupe (or coupé) is a two or four-seater car with a fixed roof and two doors. ... Major controversy over U.S. presidential election, 2000 September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack on New Yorks World Trade Center and Virginias Pentagon killing over 3000 people. ... A small variety of cars, the most popular kind of automobile. ... Saab 900 Convertible Convertible can also refer to a convertible (security) A convertible is an automobile with a folding, retracting, or removable roof. ...

Usually, the roof is made of two metal parts that fold and store themselves in the trunk when in convertible position. More recently, started to appear cars where all parts of the roof are transparent (made out of glass) in a kind of foldable sunroof. Saab 900 Convertible Convertible can also refer to a convertible (security) A convertible is an automobile with a folding, retracting, or removable roof. ...

This idea is not new, having been used by Peugeot before World War II and the Ford Motor Company in the 1950s with the Ford Skyliner sold for 3 years in the US market. However, unreliability and expense doomed those earlier efforts. Peugeot is a major French car manufacturer whose roots go back to bicycle manufacturing at the end of the 19th century. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... The Ford Motor Company (often referred to simply as Ford; sometimes nicknamed Fords or FoMoCo, (NYSE: F) is an automobile maker founded by Henry Ford in Detroit, Michigan, and incorporated on June 16, 1903. ... Millennia: 1st millennium - 2nd millennium - 3rd millennium Events and trends Technology United States tests the first fusion bomb. ...

This approach, despite its obvious mechanical costs, is considered much more convenient in day-to-day use than the more traditional removable hardtop used by some convertibles to replace the textile roof during rainy or winter months. A hardtop is a style of automobile roof. ... Saab 900 Convertible Convertible can also refer to a convertible (security) A convertible is an automobile with a folding, retracting, or removable roof. ...

2003 Mercedes-Benz SL 500

Examples of Coupé Convertible: Download high resolution version (3072x2048, 1786 KB)Mercedes-Benz 2003 SL 500 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Download high resolution version (3072x2048, 1786 KB)Mercedes-Benz 2003 SL 500 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...

• Cadillac XLR
• Daihatsu Copen
• Lexus SC 430
• Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class (R170 & R171)
• Mercedes-Benz SL-Class (R230)
• Mitsubishi 3000GT Spyder
• Opel Tigra
• Peugeot 206cc
• Peugeot 307cc
• Renault Mégane-cc (with glass roof)

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See also

• Ford Fairlane, basis for the Ford Skyliner
• Chevrolet SSR, a recent pickup truck with a retractable hardtop