Edscha Cabrio-Dachsysteme is an original equipment manufacturer of

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roof systems. The company is headquartered in Hengersberg, in Lower Bavaria in Germany. Other locations include Pontiac near Detroit in the USA;

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in Canada;

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in Mexico;

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in England;

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near Paris in France;

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in Spain; Velky Meder in Slovakia;

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in Germany; Shanghai in China;

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in Japan and Togliatti in Russia. Edscha Cabrio-Dachsysteme is one of the top three convertible producers worldwide. The company has manufactured convertible systems for vehicles ranging from the Jaguar XK; Audi A3, Peugeot 207CC; BMW 3 Series VHT;

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and the Maybach Landaulet. Edscha has pioneered innovations including the light weight roof of the BMW Z4 with a total weight of only 24 kg, the benchmark convertible for

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and

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the BMW 6 Series with a noise level of only 62dBA at 100 km/h, the true 4-seater convertible retractable hard top and the convertible top of the Mercedes-Benz SLR with a top speed of over 340 km/h. Edscha has developed convertible technologies such as the

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injected insulation (BMW 6 Series and Rolls-Royce), the sandwich structured composite light weight material (Smart Roadster and BMW Z8), the sliding roof (Smart Roadster and

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), the finned styled softtop (BMW 6 Series and Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder) as well as the first and only fully functioning anti-pinch system for convertibles in the world. Edscha Cabrio-Dachsysteme belongs to Edscha AG, which is one of the top automotive suppliers in the world according to Automobile Produktion Magazine. In February 2009, Edscha filed for insolvency. Edscha Cabrio-Dachsysteme was separated from the Edscha AG parent and integrated into Webasto AG as a convertible system division along with the Webasto's convertible department, thus forming Webasto-Edscha Cabrio. In 2016, the launch of production in

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, Russia."Edsha Togliatti" started production of automotive components
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Past production of roof modules

Edscha has produced roof modules for vehicles as follows: *

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3 Series Convertible (1985) *

Z1 Roadster (1988) *

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80 Convertible (softtop and hardtop) (1991) *

3 Series Convertible (1993) *

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C70 Convertible (1997) *

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Freelander Convertible (1998) *

TT Roadster (1999) *

Z8 Roadster (softtop and hardtop) (1999) *

3 Series Convertible (1999) *

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Astra Convertible (2000) *

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Roadster (softtop and hardtop) (2003) *

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PT Cruiser Convertible (2004) *

Z4 Roadster (2002) *

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SLR Roadster (2007) *

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Azure Drophead (2006)

Current production of roof modules

Edscha produced roof modules for vehicles as follows: *

6 Series Convertible (2004) *

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DB9 Volante (2005) *

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Gallardo Spyder (2005) *

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XK Convertible (2006) *

TT Roadster (2006) *

3 Series Convertible (2007) *

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207CC Convertible (2007) *

Cabrio (2007) *

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Phantom Drophead (2007) *

A3 Convertible (2008) *

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Landaulet (2008) *

Z4 Roadster (2009) * Alfa Romeo 8C Spider (2009) the production has been transferred to the new company Webasto-Edscha Cabrio

External links

* http://edscha.com/en/ * http://www.webasto.com

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