Convertible Reviews

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 more

Replacing an automotive icon with a model that's equally visionary, charismatic, and unmistakable is surely one of the toughest tricks for any car designer. Case in point: the Audi TT, whose original form was designed by Freeman Thomas and J Mays. At the Los A more

After a year with our Porsche Boxster S, we just want it to come back home. more

Every supermodel has her favorite catwalks. In the case of the Alfa Romeo 8C Spider concept car, the most notable appearances so far have included Pebble Beach (concours d'elegance), Goodwood (Festival of Speed), the Nrburgring (Oldtimer Grand Prix), and Ares more

You don't so much drive an Ariel Atom as shotgun it through the landscape. Wind goes up your shorts. Bugs go down your gullet. Gravel, freed from the bonds of gravity by the Atom's passing vacuum, wanders up into your underpants. Faced with the whole of creat more

As Chevy's iconic Corvette has passed through each successive generation, it has transformed into a bona fide supercar, a ride that can step into the ring with the world's best and leave un-bowed. But that transformation has come at a price--literally. A base more

You know what I'd do if I owned a 2007 Porsche Boxster? I'd find someone with a 2006 Boxster, and I'd pull up next to him and say, "Excuse me, but what's it like to have only 240 horsepower? I have 245 horsepower, see, so I'm curious how the other half lives." more

Like a priceless Louis XV cabinet or a rare Biedermeier cupboard, Bentley convertibles have always been top-shelf items built to satisfy the self-indulgent demands of the well-to-do. True to this tradition, the new 2007 edition of the classic Azure is a devili more

Ann Arbor The Pontiac Solstice has been the rare ray of sunshine in General Motors' winter of discontent. The Wilmington, Delaware, plant is working three shifts and Saturdays keeping up with Kappa-car demand, now stretching beyond Pontiac and Saturn (Sky) to more

The CLK63 AMG doesn't have a big light bar on its roof like the AMG-built CLK that you see pacing the Formula 1 races-in fact, it doesn't even have a roof-but it drives pretty much the same. You're making terrific time, clipping the curbs and rocketing down th more

To paraphrase the Bard, a Pontiac G6 with any other roof still drives like a G6. The steering and brakes feel artificially heavy in an attempt to seem sporty, its throttle and engine calibration deliver maximum thrust only from the get-go, and the interior pla more

Would you like your roadster with creases or curves? Now that the Saturn Sky has arrived as a sister model to the Pontiac Solstice, General Motors offers you a choice of body designs. And the choice largely does come down to design, because the Sky drives exac more

It rains all the time in Hawaii. In the wetter regions, during the rainy season-the rest of the northern hemisphere's winter-spastic tropical rainstorms come almost often enough to set your watch by. It rains in the morning, it rains at night, and occasionally more

The Porsche Boxster versus BMW roadster rivalry is certainly not a new one, as two different iterations of Z3-based M roadsters have been offered to Americans during the Boxster's tenure. The first one bowed in 1998 with the 240-hp, 3.2-liter six from the E36- more

More power than a Porsche 911 Carrera S, less expensive than a base Porsche Boxster, lighter than a Chevrolet Corvette Z06. That's a tall order, especially when you add a soft top and a stylish exterior. Too tall, in fact, for any manufacturer, but perfect for more