Convertibles
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The third generation of Mercedes’ popular roadster, the SLK, is just around the corner, scheduled for a debut at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show next March to be exact. We’ve already seen hordes of spy shots, some of which have been very revealing, and Mercedes, too, has offered us a glimpse of the car, detailing its new Magic Sky Control roof system for example. Now the automaker is revealing even more of its upcoming roadster, boasting that the vehicle will set new safety standards for open-top sports cars. The new 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK will make use of a whole host of the latest...
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2012 BMW 6-Series Convertible Preview
The new 2012 BMW 6-Series Convertible turned out to be a no-show at this week’s 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show but that hasn’t stopped BMW from releasing full details for its luxurious new drop-top, which should go on sale early next year. While the previous generation 6-Series was by no...
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Unveiled: 2011 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible
LOS ANGELES--Chevrolet kicked off the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show by formally introducing the 2011 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible. There weren't a lot of new details--Chevy has already released information on the car's specs and pricing. But I did spend a few minutes chatting with John Fitzpatrick...
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2010 Los Angeles Auto Show: 2012 Volkswagen Eos Live Photos
The 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show doesn’t officially start for a few more hours but we already have live photos of some of the star attractions, like this 2012 Volkswagen Eos, which was revealed last night at a special presentation MotorAuthority attended. Although the color of the display...
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2010 Los Angeles Auto Show: 2012 Volkswagen Eos
Volkswagen has taken the wraps off its second-generation Eos convertible on the eve of the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show, where the new car will make its official world debut tomorrow. Featuring an updated design with numerous new features, the 2012 Volkswagen Eos still offers plenty of style and...
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2011 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible Preview
The 2011 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible is out from under the covers, ready for its world debut tomorrow at the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show. It's precisely what you'd expect, since the car has been out as an almost identical concept for about three years now, but there are a few surprises. The...
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The Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe is a favorite among musicians and sports stars all over the globe but one very special edition stands out among the rest, a brand new 2009 model decked in blood red and customized to the hilt. Like a young Jay Leno, T-Pain is an avid car enthusiast and has several videos on YouTube featuring his own commentary on his passions for cars. Also like Jay Leno, the young rapper also has the wealth behind him to support his expensive hobby, which appears to be collecting all sorts of luxury and performance vehicles. T-Pain is the co-owner of Auto Extremes, a...
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2011 Nissan 370Z Priced: Slight Rises Across The Board
The latest iteration of Nissan's famed Z car, the 2011 370Z, continues the tradition of forward-looking design and affordable performance, though this year the prices on that performance creep upward a bit. The least expensive entry into the 370Z range, the base six-speed manual coupe, starts from...
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Spy Shots: 2012 BMW 6-Series Convertible
We already have a fairly good idea as to what the new 2012 BMW 6-Series will look like following the reveal of the Concept 6-Series Coupe back at the 2010 Paris Auto Show, as well as a leaked shot of the new 6-Series Convertible, which was taken while the car was in a photo shoot. However, there...
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Mercedes-Benz Goes In-Depth On 2012 SLK's Magic Sky Control Roof
The 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK is still more than a few months from its world debut, but Mercedes is so amped about the "Magic Sky Control" roof, it's already dumping the details on its photochromic folding hardtop. Like those lenses your nerdy physics professor used to wear, the glass in the Magic Sky...
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2010 SEMA Preview: STaSIS Engineering Audi R8 Spyder
This past week Audi revealed it would be attending its first-ever Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) event, with a host of the luxury marque’s cars scheduled to go on show including a highly modified R8 Spyder from the guys at STaSIS Engineering. STaSIS is a motorsports and tuning...
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Report: New TVR ‘MD-1’ With Corvette Power Coming In 2012
British sports car company TVR’s past is littered with drama, having almost been bankrupted on several occasions and more recently being tied up with Russian politics following a purchase by tycoon youngster Nikolai Smolenski. At one point there was even a pair of Florida businessmen linked...
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Nissan’s stands will be one of the star attractions at this November’s 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show, with three world premieres scheduled to take place, each as exciting and groundbreaking as the next. The lineup will include a new sedan concept dubbed the Ellure, a radical convertible version of the Murano crossover and the facelifted 2012 Nissan GT-R, which we saw yesterday. The facelifted GT-R is no longer a secret, with Nissan already confirming that the car will go on sale in the U.S. next February. The latest version of the Japanese giant killer comes with a host of udpates...
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First Look At 2014 Lotus Elite With Roof Down
At last month’s 2010 Paris Auto Show Lotus showed off no less than six concept cars that the automaker intends on producing in the coming years, and one of the standouts was the new 2014 Lotus Elite grand tourer. Described as the embodiment of Lotus’ new era, the striking Lotus Elite...
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2011 Hennessey HPE700 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible Unveiled
You want 755 horsepower in a Camaro Convertible? Well, Hennessey Performance has something for you--if you're one of the first 24 people to place an order. It's the Hennessey HPE700 Camaro SS upgrade package, and it's available on both the hardtop and convertible models. Featuring a supercharged...
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2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK "Magic Sky Control" Teased Ahead Of Geneva Debut
The 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK will bring some new features to the range, including the debut of one feature that is sure spread across the lineup: the Magic Sky Control roof. Teased here in a photo leaked ahead of the car's 2011 Geneva Motor Show debut, the roof looks simple enough. But looks can be...
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Spy Shots: 2012 Volkswagen New Beetle
Volkswagen’s New Beetle has been on the market now for more than ten years and has enjoyed relatively strong sales despite the lack of significant upgrades during its life. More than one million New Beetles have been built at Volkswagen’s Puebla plant in Mexico and it looks like...
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Hennessey Unveils 755 Horsepower Chevrolet Camaro Convertible
The Chevrolet Camaro Convertible isn’t due to hit showrooms until March of next year but we already have details on a very special version of the open-top muscle car from the guys at Texas-based tuner Hennessey Performance, one with 755 horsepower. The car is the new 2011 HPE700 LS9 Chevrolet...
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When Audi originally unveiled its stunning R8 Spyder last September, the automaker decided to fit the model exclusively with its range-topping 5.2-liter FSI V-10 engine in keeping with the Spyder’s more upmarket positioning. The Coupe, on the other hand, was still available with either a 4.2-liter FSI V-8 or the more potent V-10. Now, more than a year after the launch of the original R8 Spyder, Audi is selling a new 4.2-liter V-8 powered version of the convertible, which has been priced from $127,700 (excluding $1,275 dealer and delivery charges) and is being introduced for the 2011...
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$75,000 2011 Camaro Convertible In Neiman Marcus "Christmas Book"
The 2011 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible isn't due for mass retail sale until next spring, but a special-edition run of 100 convertibles is being built for the Neiman Marcus "Christmas Book," a high-end shopping list for the holidays. The book and the car are on display today in Neiman Marcus'...
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2010 Paris Auto Show: 2011 Porsche 911 Speedster and GTS
It's near the end of the life cycle for the current 911, so the appearance of dueling versions of the current car--the new 911 Speedster and the 911 GTS--at the 2010 Paris Auto Show will close out this generation of the famed sports car with a bang. The Speedster reconnects the 911 to the days of...
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2010 Paris Auto Show: Audi e-tron Spyder Concept
Turns out yesterday’s quattro Concept wasn’t the only big surprise Audi had in store for this week’s 2010 Paris Auto Show. Today we were treated with yet another e-tron electric vehicle, the 2010 Audi e-tron Spyder--though this one is very different to the stuff we’ve seen...
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On The Auction Block: Dominick Dunne's 1995 Jaguar Convertible
Dominick Dunne was many things to many people: novelist, journalist, movie producer, husband, and father, to name a few. (His son, Griffin, may be the most underrated actor of the 1980s. Or the most overrated. Jury's out.) In addition to all that, Dunne was also something of a car fan. Nothing as...
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2010 Paris Auto Show Preview: Infiniti Performance Line G Cabrio Concept
At last month’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance we were treated with the unveiling of the new Infiniti Performance Line (IPL) branding, along with its first model, the 2011 Infiniti G37 Coupe IPL. Today, less than a week out from the 2010 Paris Auto Show, we have a preview of...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran