Open roof construction for a vehicle

Open roof construction for a vehicle having an opening (1) in its fixed roof (2). A front longitudinal guide track (7) extends along the roof opening (1), and a rear longitudinal guide track (8) rearward of the roof opening. A closure element (4) is supported near its rear side by a rear support (10) including a lifting device and a guiding device for engagement in said rear longitudinal guide track (8) upon rearward movement of the closure element.The lifting device and the guiding device are integrated and constructed as a rotatable element (17) which has a forcing mechanism (12, 21, 22) determining whether the rotatable element (17) acts either as the lifting device or the guiding device. The forcing mechanism (12, 21, 22) includes a guiding slide (12) which is provided with a partly inclined guide curve (22) to be engaged by a guide member (21) which is connected to the rotatable element (17) and moved along the guide curve.