Archive for the ‘Convertibles’ Category
Click above for high-res gallery of the Fisker KarmaFisker Automotive is going to have its work cut out for it when it comes to meeting its self-imposed deadline of bring the Karma sedan to market by the fourth-quarter of 2009. To complicate matters even further, the automaker is now rumored to be w......
Rendered Speculation: Audi A7 four-door hard-top cabrio
Thursday, August 28th, 2008
The blokes at Car say they've got the scoop on the upcoming Audi A7, including a convertible version depicted in the rendering on the right. Power is rumored to start with six cylinders across the range, with a V10-powered S7 and a twin-turbo V10-motivated RS7. Expect a variety of transmissions to b......
The heat IS on: Lexus planning IS cabrio, lightweight IS-F
Thursday, August 28th, 2008
Click above for a hi-res gallery of the Lexus IS-F
The higher-ups at Toyota may have decided to axe the replacement for the Lexus SC convertible, but don't get too used to the idea of a world without a wind-in-your-hair Lexus. Word has it they've given the green light to a convertible version of the......
On the nautical ropes in the Fiat Portofino beach car
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
Click above for hi-res gallery of the PortofinoFiat took one of its Fiorino vans, chopped off, well, most of it, and dubbed it the Portofino. Supposedly no more than a study for the Caravan Show that starts in Dusseldorf later this week, the golden, buggy-like conveyance is an homage to the 1960s. I......
Doh! All plans for return of MG to U.S. dead
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
Blame gas prices. Blame the housing market. Blame the dollar for being worth much less than it was in 2005. But ultimately, you'll probably need to blame the Chinese for the total lack of MGs being sold in the U.S.Despite initial plans by MG's new owner, Nanjing Automobile Group Corp., to sell a U.S......
Ferrari to offer California with manual, HGTC handling pack
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of the Ferrari California
Some of the more hard-core tifosi have been whining that Ferrari has gone soft with the new California. It's pretty hard to justify that a car able to hit 60 mph in the three-second range is soft, but so be it. The nay-sayers point to the in......
Plans for an all-RWD Pontiac shelved?
Monday, August 25th, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of the 2008 Pontiac G8 GTA quick glance at Pontiac's (rumored) future product plans reveals just how much fuel prices have affected plans for an all rear-wheel drive lineup. Let's see, we've got the Solstice and the G8, and, um... that's it. Sure, we're expecting the......
Stillborn: 1989 BMW M5 convertible
Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Click above for hi-res gallery of the '89 BMW M5 cabrio
These days BMW's M division is pretty busy, cranking out all manner of sport-tuned models in every form. You can get an M3 as a coupe, convertible or sedan, the M5 in sedan or wagon form, and the M6 as either a coupe or a convertible, in addit......
VIDEO: Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport’s umbrella roof in action
Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Click above to watch the video after the jumpYou can't go lopping the top off of a $1.5 million supercar without replacing it with something. Well, you could, but not if you're going to sell it for more than $2 million apiece. That's why when Bugatti unveiled the new Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport, the au......
Spy Shots: Maserati Gran Turismo Spyder
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
Never underestimate a car guy on holiday. That's the lesson to be learned by Maserati, which apparently left a Gran Turismo Spyder mule in a lot somewhere in Modena.An eagle-eyed tourist snapped off a handful of pics showing the two-piece roof and articulating trunk in its earliest stages of develop......