PANEL AND OPEN ROOF CONSTRUCTION PROVIDED THEREWITH

A panel (3) for use in a vehicle, in particular in an open roof construction for a vehicle, comprises a substantially rectangular panel main body (4), and at least one elongated reinforcement member (5) positioned at least partly in the vicinity of an edge of said panel main body and firmly connected thereto. The reinforcement member is made of a plastic material and is reinforced by a fiber-based reinforcement. The fiber-based reinforcement may include continuous fiber bundles (7) shaped into a three dimensional loop shaped skeleton. The loops extend in different planes substantially parallel to the elongation of the reinforcement member and are connected by transverse loop sections. The fiber-based reinforcement may also include fibers woven into multiple layers, preferably including fibers running in different directions, said layers being pressed into a sheet (13) with the help of plastic matrix material, said sheet being incorporated in the reinforcement member (5).