Convertible roof system

A hardtop convertible roof system is provided. Rigid, hardtop front and/or rear roof panels (23,25) are employed. A header latch assembly (104) capable of conveniently and reliably latching the front roof panel (23) to a front header (41), is provided. A panel-to-panel latching system (230,238) is provided that selectively couples the front roof panel (23) to the rear roof panel (25) in response to the latching of the front roof panel (23) to the front header (41).