Top Convertibles: $40,000 to $50,000

With its fourth-generation 3-series convertible, BMW joins the trend toward retractable hard tops--following the likes of the Mercedes-Benz SL, the Volvo C70, and the Volkswagen Eos. The switch is a curious one for BMW, as it adds weight and loses what even BM

In the forty-something-thousand dollar price range, there were two clear choices for winners. If you need a back seat and trunk, you buy the 3-series. If you don't, you buy a Boxster.

The Ford Mustang GT500 Convertible is the successor to the Mustang Cobra convertible. Its supercharged iron 5.4-liter V8 will produce 475 lb-ft of torque and 475 hp--approximately seventy hp less than the 550-hp all-aluminum version of this engine in the GT su

Lotus has at long last designed an Elise for America. It makes its debut at the Los Angeles auto show and goes on sale midway through the year. That's the good news. The better news is bolted behind this compact, hip-high roadster's snug cockpit: Opening the h

The Mercedes-Benz SLK won't get pushed around anymore.

Twenty years ago, when Saab USA President Bob Sinclair commissioned the first convertible prototype, he had no idea that his personal dream would become the reality of over 240,000 customers. In the past ten years, JFK's golf clubs have been thrown out of a Sa