Other terms for convertibles include cabriolet, cabrio, drop top, drophead coupé, open two-seater, open top, rag top, soft top, spider, and spyder. Consistency is rare about the current use of cabriolet in preference to convertible.

Textile
A "soft top" is made from a flexible textile material:
• Early

Convertibles have offered numerous iterations that fall between the first mechanically simple fabric tops to complex retractable roofs

Open car and roadster
• Ford Model T circa 1925, with minimal weather protection
• Bentley 4½ Litre 1929 with luxury snap-on and

Most of the early automobiles were open-air vehicles without any roof or sides. As car engines became more powerful by the end of the 19th century, folding textile or leather roofs (as had been used on victoria or landau carriages) began to appear on cars. Examples of early

Tonneau cover
Folding textile convertible tops often fail to completely hide their internal mechanism or can expose their vulnerable underside to sun exposure and fading. A tonneau cover provides a solution.
Rear window

• Targa top
• NASCAR Convertible Division
• Vinyl roof
• Sunroof