Abstract: The shell, which is size and contoured to fit the underside of the roof of the vehicle, is composed of a core of relatively rigid wire mesh embedded in and tightly bonded to a void-free unitary layer of a relatively rigid plastic material enveloping the wire mesh. One type of vehicle headliners have a foam backed cloth or a foam backed plastic film bonded to the side of the shell which will face toward the interior of the vehicle. In a preferred type of vehicle headliners a velour-like coating of short fibers (most preferably nylon fibers) is affixed to and projects from the vehicular interior side of the shell.