Driving the new Maserati GranTurismo MC convertible in the hills north of Milan was like living in the Land of Hairpin Corners. We’d rush up to a tight uphill turn, tap the tall shift lever in the manual gate and hear the Maserati V-8 blip a downshift. At 4200 pounds the GranTurismo MC convertible is [...]

Renault is ahead of many automakers when it comes to electric vehicle development, with the French company having four EVs already on the market – the Twizy, Zoe, Fluence Z.E. and Kangoo Z.E. The Zoe is the latest electric Renault that launched on European roads, with prices starting from €13,700 in France and from £13,995 [...]

Almost exactly two years ago, Motorola’s Android-in-Webtop-OS solution was kicked off the stage by ASUS’ PadFone, the world’s first phone that could fully power a tablet module from its own OS. The original concept took a while to materialize, but since then the company has kept up with a surprisingly rapid product cycle. It was [...]

There’s a strong correlation between the warmth of your locale and how likely you are to drive a convertible. In Alaska, where even the bear farts are cold, only 0.34 percent of vehicles are droptops. Convertibles make up 3.92 percent of balmy Hawaii’s car fleet. But check out the fun-lovers of the Northeast. And what’s up, West [...]

They are high-performance sports cars, each with an individual character and all sharing the claim of turning superior performance attributes into an incomparable driving experience. In the BMW M5 and in the BMW M6 Coupe, BMW M6 Convertible and BMW M6 Gran Coupe models, race track technology is brought to the road. The ensuing hallmark M driving characteristics now present [...]

The world of cabriolets that can seat four passengers comfortably has a new member, the Opel/Vauxhall Cascada, a car which aims to be a lower-priced alternative to premium vehicles like the Audi A5 drop top. While the Opel is nowhere near as expensive as the premium cars in this category, according to this review by [...]

Although Cars.com reviewer Kelsey Mays grudgingly admits the 2013 Volkswagen Beetle is cute, he cautions shoppers that its beauty is only skin deep. Its good looks can’t make up for the convertible model’s sloppy handling, clumsy ride and severely limited visibility — just to name a few issues. 2013 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible Review KickingTires

Rolls-Royce will make a convertible version of the Wraith coupe, CEO Torsten Muller-Otvos acknowledged during the UK launch of the Wraith. “The design certainly lends itself to a drophead coupe, and I think that will be the next variant,” Muller-Otvos told Auto Express magazine. However, don’t expect to see the convertible Wraith on the roads [...]

Car and Drivers compares some of the most desirable cabriolets on the market. The U.S. publication pits the new 2013 BMW M6 Convertible against the equally impressive 2013 Jaguar XKR-S Convertible, 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG, and 2013 Porsche 911 Carrera S Cabriolet. Here is an excerpt from their review, followed by the conclusion: the M6 Convertibles [...]

Fourteen-hundred clams. Big ones. Greenbacks. That’s how many dollars sit between the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray coupe and Stingray convertible’s base prices relative to the outgoing models’ prices of entry. Chevy has finally announced complete pricing for the totally redesigned, seventh-generation Corvette coupe and convertible, and it’s nearly shocking how little of an increase there [...]

Ever since its inception in 1953, the Chevrolet Corvette has always been America’s bargain sports – and sometimes, super-car (think ZR1). Despite all the improvements and advances made to the new, seventh generation model, General Motors will keep this tradition with the 2014 Corvette Stingray, the prices of which were announced today. The base coupe [...]

TESTED The Volkswagen Beetle Turbo and the Mini Cooper S convertibles are built for the fashionable, for people who know they look great in linen pants and that denim makes their butts seem huge. They can tell a genuine Barcelona chair from a knockoff at 60 yards. Style counts. So does cute. Performance? Utility? Not [...]

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