Motor vehicle body

1. A motor vehicle body that above a belt line comprises:

a windshield segment;

a rear segment; and

a roof segment that is connected with the rear segment and displaceable in a displacement direction,

wherein the roof segment in a first configuration bridges an intermediate space between the windshield segment and rear segment,

wherein the roof segment in a second configuration overlaps the rear segment, and

wherein the roof segment is configured to swivel out of the first configuration around a roof segment axis into an intermediate position, in which a rear edge of the roof segment extends under a front edge of the rear segment without any overlap in the displacement direction, and wherein the roof segment axis is located in front of the rear edge and behind a front edge of the roof segment.

2. The motor vehicle body according to claim 1 , wherein the entire roof segment in the intermediate position extends under a line that lengthens the front edge of the rear segment in the displacement direction.

3. The motor vehicle body according to claim 1 , wherein the roof segment axis extends behind a central plane of the roof segment in relation to the longitudinal direction of the body.

4. The motor vehicle body according to claim 1 , wherein the dimension of the roof segment measured in a sectional plane perpendicular to the roof segment axis assumes a minimum value transverse to the displacement direction in the intermediate position.

5. The motor vehicle body according to claim 1 , wherein the rear segment comprises a rail in which the roof segment is guided in the displacement direction.

6. The motor vehicle body according to claim 5 , wherein the rail carries a slide and two arms are hinged to the slide and roof segment.

7. The motor vehicle body according to claim 6 , further comprising a motor that is coupled to one of the arms for swiveling the roof segment.

8. The motor vehicle body according to claim 7 , wherein the motor is coupled to the arm by a connecting rod body that is guided on the slide and interacts with a connecting rod projection of the arm.

9. The motor vehicle body according to claim 1 , further comprising a motor that is configured to move the roof segment in the displacement direction.

10. The motor vehicle body according to claim 7 , wherein the motor is coupled to the slide swiveling the roof segment with a cable pull.

11. The motor vehicle body according to claim 10 , further comprising an apparatus to block a displacement by the slide in a displacement direction if the orientation of the roof segment deviates from that of the intermediate position.

12. The motor vehicle body according to claim 1 , wherein the rear segment is switchable from the second configuration into a recessed third configuration.

13. The motor vehicle body according to claim 12 , wherein the rear segment encompasses two C-pillars and a central piece flanked by the C-pillars in the first configuration and the second configuration, and that the C-pillars are switchable into the third configuration by a swivel action around an axis that essentially runs in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.

14. The motor vehicle body according to claim 13 , wherein the central piece is secured to a base body of the body by way of a multiple joint hinge.

15. The motor vehicle body according to claim 13 , wherein the C-pillars lie on the central piece in the third configuration.

16. The motor vehicle body according to claim 1 , wherein the roof segment axis extends behind a driver's seat in relation to the longitudinal direction of the body.

17. The motor vehicle body according to claim 7 , wherein the motor is coupled to the arm swiveling the roof segment with a rotatable threaded rod.

18. The motor vehicle body according to claim 10 , further comprising an apparatus to block a swiveling motion by the roof segment if the position of the roof segment deviates from the intermediate position in the displacement direction.