Arrangement of an extendable camera on a motor vehicle

The invention relates to an arrangement of an extendable camera (24) on a motor vehicle according to the preamble of claim 1, which is intended to be movable between a rest position and an operating position. Preferably, the camera (24) is to be arranged a motor vehicle in the region of a radiator grille (42). The object of the invention is based on an arrangement of a camera (24) on a motor vehicle to provide, which provides a cost-effective way to move the camera (24) between a rest position and an operating position so that the camera (24) the rest position is arranged in a protected and assumes an over another object of the motor vehicle, particularly to a radiator grille (42), a prominent position as possible in the operating position. In an inventive arrangement of an extendable camera (24) on a motor vehicle, which is movable by means of a drive element (14) between a rest position and a predominantly oriented in the vehicle longitudinal direction of the operating position and wherein the camera (24) is pivotably mounted about at least one pivot axis S, is the protected rest position an oriented predominantly in the vehicle transverse direction and / or in the vehicle vertical direction of alignment of the camera (24).