Folding hood for motorvehicle provided with a collapsible roof

The invention relates to a folding hood for a passenger car with folding-up roof (convertible) whose flexible roof skin (2;102) is held between linkage legs (9,10,11,12;109,110), lying opposite one another in pairs, of a folding linkage (7;107) which engages in each case on the longitudinal edge side and with whose swivelling movement in a plane parallel to the longitudinal centre plane (6;106) of the vehicle can be moved out of a closed position held in the windscreen area (5;105) into a folding position of the linkage legs (9,10,11,12;109,110), in which they lie essentially one on top of the other, in the rear region (8;108) of the vehicle. In order in particular to permit an improved handling and reliable covering of the folding hood, the cover region formed between the front linkage legs (12;110) in the closed position is constructed as an inherently rigid and dimensionally stable cover shell (18;118) which is connected flush to the flexible roof skin (2;102) and can be fixed in the folded-up position in the rear region (8;108) over the folding hood (1;101) in a protective cover position.