CONVERTIBLE MOTOR VEHICLE WITH RETRACTABLE HARDTOP AND METHOD FOR THE RECONFIGURATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WITH RETRACTABLE HARDTOP

A convertible motor vehicle (is described, comprising a body; a passenger compartment; a front and a rear with a load compartment; and a retractable hardtop; the motor vehicle is capable of being selectively switched to a first configuration in which the hardtop is partly arranged so as to cover the passenger compartment; and a second configuration in which the hardtop is partly housed within the load compartment; the hardtop comprises: a first panel arranged so as to cover, at the top, a first portion of the passenger compartment in the first configuration of the motor vehicle and housed in the load compartment in the second configuration of the motor vehicle; and a second panel arranged so as to cover, at the top, a second portion of the passenger compartment both in the first configuration and in the second configuration of the motor vehicle; the first panel is located in front of the second panel and comprises a third portion and a pair of fourth portions opposite one another along the second axis; the third portion is interposed between the fourth portions along the second axis.