An automotive sunroof is a fixed or operable (venting or sliding) opening in an automobile roof which allows light and/or fresh air to enter the passenger compartment. Sunroofs may be manually operated or motor driven, and are available in many shapes, sizes and styles.
Sunroofs, by historical definition, are opaque. The first car company to offer a sunroof as a standard option was the Nash Motor Company as an option on some of its 1937 models. Today, most factory sliding sunroof options feature a glass panel and are sometimes marketed as moonroofs, a term introduced in 1973 by John Atkinson, a marketing manager at Ford for the Lincoln Continental Mark IV. For the first year, Ford sent out its Mark IVs to American Sunroof Company for offline installation.
Variations of both the sunroof and moonroof have become the norm in both factory installed and aftermarket offerings, creating a wide range of features and choices.
Sunroof systems may be manual or electric, while most moonroof systems are electric/electronic. Manual sunroofs may be lever actuated, as in venting type pop-ups, manual lever or crank operated for sliding systems. Electric roof systems are usually cable driven by a motor and feature some form of sliding opening. Most moonroof systems today are electric and have either a combination pop-up/inbuilt or a pop-up/spoiler configuration (see sunroof types below).
I saw the moon rise up and drench the night
In polyphonic palm coast light
I felt the breeze rush in to fill the air
And scatter stardust everywhere
The blurry rainclouds settled on the bay
To counteract the ocean spray
When the sunrays scatter through the atmosphere
I'm always gonna be right here
When the raindrops splatter on the palm-lined shore
You'll never see me disappear
Somewhere off the coast, there's an island home
Where sharks go soaring underwater by the sunlit shore
A deep summer breeze swept across the coral reef
It's so familiar, but I swear I've never been here
before
Yeah, I've never been here before
My paper surfboard floated out to sea
And crossed the Gulf Stream drifting free
I caught a wisp of color in my hand
And painted mountains in the sand
I swept the shoreline clear of empty shells
Where salty crabs and clams once dwelt
When the sunrays scatter through the atmosphere
I'm always gonna be right here
When the raindrops splatter on the palm-lined shore
You'll never see me disappear
Somewhere off the coast, there's an island home
Where sharks go soaring underwater by the sunlit shore
A deep summer breeze swept across the coral reef
It's so familiar, but I swear I've never been here
before
Yeah, I've never been here before
I washed ashore along the aqua seaboard
It didn't feel the same
If I was dreaming, I would know at once by
The hidden picture frame
Somewhere off the coast, there's an island home
Where sharks go soaring underwater by the sunlit shore
A deep summer breeze swept across the coral reef
It's so familiar, but I swear I've never been here
before
Yeah, I've never been here before
I saw the moon rise up and drench the night in