People often get confused between the meaning of asunroof andamoonroof.Theterm
sunroofisgenerallyusedtodescribeanykindofglasspanelthatispresentontheroof;onthe
otherhand,themoonroofistraditionallyusedtodescribeastationaryglasspanepresentabove
thepassengercompartment.Sunroofsareoftencolouredthesameastheouterbodyofthecar
and thus allowslighttoenterwhen opened.Whereasthemoonroofseventhoughslightly
tintedenablingthelighttopassthroughthem.Whatweseetodayinmoderncarsareusually
thecombinationofboththesunroofsandthemoonroofsastheliteralsunroofsandmoonroofs
are way too old for the current demands.
History,
Peoplesawtheveryfirsteditionofsunroofsintheearly20thcentury.Duringthistime,mostof
thecardesignsdrewitsinspirationfromthehorsecarriages.Itwasthetimeduringwhichthe
designswereevolvingaccordingtotheneedsofthepeople.CoupdeVillewasacarmodelin
whichtherewasarooffortherearpassengersandanopenroofforthedriver.Thisroofalso
had a slider attached to protect the driver from badweather.
Astimepassedby,newtypesofcarscameintothepicture.Moremoderncarbodiesweremore
sedan typeand thus had a continuous metalpanel onthe roof leaving nospaceforthe
functionalitytheCoupdeVilleprovided.Tobringbackthisfeature,thecompaniesprovidedcars