Convertibles
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In the words of Susan Docherty, president and managing director of Chevrolet and Cadillac Europe, “Corvette is the face of Chevrolet the world over.” It’s fitting, then, that the brand will debut the 2014 Corvette Stingray convertible on March 5, at Switzerland's Geneva Motor Show. Docherty calls the Corvette “an icon that has long been recognized and admired even in countries where it’s never officially been offered,” and Chevrolet is quick to point out that 58-percent of those who “Like” the Corvette’s Facebook page live outside of the...
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Volkswagen Golf R Cabrio Revealed Ahead Of 2013 Geneva Motor Show
Volkswagen’s new MkVII Golf has already gone on sale overseas, and soon a new generation of the high-performance Golf R will be joining it. However, Volkswagen still has one more variant of its outgoing MkVI Golf to launch, and that’s the Golf R Cabriolet, which as its name suggest is...
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BMW Z4 Featured In Upcoming ‘Warm Bodies’ Zombie Love Story
The zombie meme is now officially played out. What more-or-less began as a George A. Romero gore-fest in 1973’s Night of the Living Dead has been turned into countless novels and graphic novels, a successful television series and too many movies to count (including the summer-2013 presumed...
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Toyota Teases Convertible FT-86 (FR-S/BRZ) Open Concept For Geneva
The Geneva Motor Show is just over a month away, and while we've seen a few other tantalizing previews, this convertible GT 86 concept is among the most interesting. Officially called the FT-86 Open concept, the car "previews a possible future development of the award-winning GT 86 sports coupe."...
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2015 Audi S3 Cabriolet Spy Shots
Just last week we brought you spy shots of the new Audi A3 sedan, undergoing on-the-road testing in its vinyl camouflage wrap. This week, our spy photographer has captured images of its faster, open-air brother, the upcoming Audi S3 Cabriolet. While the car looks startlingly similar to the A3...
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Steve McQueen's Last Big Screen Ride Hits The Block
Steve McQueen’s final movie before his death in 1980 was The Hunter, in which he portrayed real-life bounty hunter Ralph “Papa” Thorson. In it, McQueen’s character drove a 1951 Chevy Styleline DeLuxe Convertible, which Wheels tells us McQueen purchased for his own collection...
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This year is Lamborghini’s 50th, so the Italian sports car manufacturer is celebrating the anniversary in a fashion that only it could: by storming a runway at Miami International Airport using five of its latest Aventador LP 700-4 Roadsters. After receiving special authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration (F.A.A.) and Miami-Dade County, the five supercars on Monday screamed across the runway at speeds of up to 210 mph--7 mph short of their top speed. With the passenger jets that normally use the airport taking off at speeds between 150 and 180 mph, the Aventador Roadster...
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2014 Mercedes-Benz E Class Video Preview
Four body styles, plus some wicked AMG love, mean the 2014 Mercedes-Benz E Class is freshly revamped and ready to take on the luxury sedan competition. The E Class Sedan and Wagon both made their way onto the web before the holidays, while the Coupe and Cabriolet saw their debuts at the 2013...
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Mazda And Fiat Finalize Deal To Build New Alfa Romeo Spider In 2015
In May 2012, Mazda and Fiat announced plans to co-develop a new Alfa Romeo convertible sports car based on the underpinnings of the next-generation MX-5 Miata. Under the plan, the new Alfa Romeo convertible, which is tipped to revive the Spider name (although Duetto has also been hinted at), will...
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2013 Bentley Continental GT Speed Convertible Video Preview
The 2013 Continental GT Speed Convertible is finally getting the mid-cycle update that other Continental GT models have already benefited from. Shown this week at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show, we took a moment to detail these changes on video. The update is merely a mid-cycle, but the changes are...
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2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Convertible Leaked Already?
The 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray was just unveiled at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show, and unless you've been hiding under a very large rock, you already know what it looks like and every other detail, too. Now, it seems the coupe's convertible alternative has leaked about a year ahead of its...
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2013 Bentley Continental GT Speed Convertible: 2013 Detroit Auto Show
First photos of the convertible version of the 2013 Bentley GT Speed have hit the Web.
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Audi has finally confirmed that its new RS 5 Cabriolet will go on sale in the U.S., with the rapid drop-top making its North American debut today at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show before going on sale this spring as a 2014 model. The car is the convertible version of the RS 5 that went on sale last year, delivering everything that the coupe has to offer but with the freedom of open air driving. Based on the regular A5 Cabriolet, the RS 5 undergoes an extensive transformation at Audi’s go-fast division, Audi quattro GmbH, before emerging as a serious track performer complete with a...
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Porsche Shows What It Takes To Film A Modern Car Ad: Video
Filming a car commercial used to be a relatively easy task: all it took was the car, some pretty background scenery and a chase car, since the expectations of viewers watching on a low-resolution television set weren’t all that high. Truth be told, most car ads were filmed in studios, with no...
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Jaguar's F-Type To Reposition The Jaguar XK: Report
If you were to head down to your local Jaguar dealer today, cash in hand, the sportiest offering on the lot would be one of Jaguar’s XK series cars, in coupe or convertible variants. Even in its most potent XKR-S form, fitted with a supercharged 5.0-liter V-8 rated at 550 horsepower, the XK...
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BMW Announces Limited Edition 1-Series, Confirms Detroit Lineup
The BMW 1-Series Coupe and Convertibles, on sale since 2008, are about to enter their final model year, and to mark the occasion BMW is launching a pair of special edition models. The new special editions, dubbed the Limited Edition Lifestyle models, will be available in both coupe and convertible...
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Jaguar Hands Its F-Type Keys To The Pros: Video
Martin Brundle is perhaps best known for his two stints in Formula One (1984-89, 1992-96), but the British racing driver has also completed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans eight times, winning the event in 1990 with co-drivers Price Cobb and John Nielsen. Christian Danner has raced in IndyCar and CART...
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Building A Morgan Plus 8, In Two Minutes: Video
Woodworking is not a skill deemed essential by most modern automakers, but very little about the Morgan Motor Company falls into the “modern” category. Between its hallowed factory walls, craftsmen still work by hand with materials like ash wood, aluminum, leather and mohair. In fact...
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UPDATE: The 2014 Mercedes-Benz E Class has been revealed. Click here for all the details. Next month, Mercedes-Benz will debut a facelifted version of its E Class range at the Detroit Auto Show. A teaser video released last month focused on the new car’s bold, single-unit headlights, which replace the conventional dual-unit design on the current car. There’s a good reason for that, apparently. As these leaked images show, the headlights and taillights are the most striking difference between the current 2013 E Class and the updated version, due in Mercedes-Benz showrooms early...
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2014 Audi RS 5 Cabriolet Mega Gallery
Back in September, we got our first look at the 2014 Audi RS 5 Cabriolet at the 2012 Paris Auto Show. Today we get even more imagery straight from the four ring-brand in anticipation of the start of European sales of the cabrio in early 2013. Like its tin-top sibling, the RS 5 Cabriolet uses a...
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Lamborghini Confirms 2013 Is The Final Year For Gallardo: Video
Lamborghini’s Gallardo supercar has been with us since the 2004 model year, and rumors that it would disappear after 2013 have now been confirmed by Lamborghini. If the title of the above video, “The Final Gallardo,” doesn’t give it away, the linked Lamborghini web page...
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Maserati CEO Confirms GranTurismo Replacement And New Sports Car
The next couple of years will be very busy for Maserati which is planning a new model onslaught that will see five brand new models released between now and 2015, the automaker’s CEO has confirmed. Previously, it was only known that three new models were in the pipeline, though now we know...
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Volkswagen To End Eos Production With Current Version: Report
Drop-top Volkswagen models have always enjoyed something of a cult following, thanks in part to their distinct personalities. Whether you’re talking about a Beetle Convertible or a Golf Cabriolet, there is no shortage of Volkswagen fans waiting to buy one on the new or used market...
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Jaguar Shows Off F-Type Personalization Options In L.A.
Jaguar is jumping on the personalization bandwagon by announcing new styling packages for its as yet unreleased F-Type sports car. The styling packages fall under the new Design and Black packs being released for the F-Type, and feature custom appointments for both the car’s exterior and...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran