Tag Archive for ‘Convertible’
Audi R8 Even Sexier with Top Down
There are few things I love in this world more than Audi’s R8. To me the car is an almost perfect balance of exotic pleasures and sensible design. Sure, there are the obvious things that I certainly love more: my family, for one, is worth more to me than any piece of metal. Also, if [...]
2010 Jaguar XK Convertible – Still Fun After All These Years
Maybe I’m repeating myself, but you just can’t go wrong with a convertible Jag. This week marks the third time I’ve had the Jaguar XK convertible for a week’s test-drive, and it’s the third time I’ll tell you what a fun car this is.
Now, fun is not without its price – and you’ll pay [...]
Fun on the Run to the Sun
Being an automotive journalist has to have some upside this year – amid all the news of declining subscription rates and advertising sales in free-fall, there’s got to be a silver lining somewhere on this cloud!
The automotive journalism business has always had its ups and downs. On the downside, you’ll never buy a villa in [...]
Maserati announces new Gran Cabrio for 2010
I’m a sucker for Italian cars. It doesn’t matter whether it’s a diminutive Fiat Cinquecento or the most high-tech Lamborghini, I love them on sight and I love them more after I drive them.
Italian cars are a harmonious mixture of human comfort and mechanical excellence, but the real addictive quality is the way they drive. [...]
2009 Mazda MX-5 PRHT – Grand Touring Edition
Mazda’s MX-5 Miata is the best-selling roadster of all time. Since the model’s introduction in 1989, Mazda has built and sold over 800,000 of the plucky little sports cars – with most of them sold here in the United States.
Most of those Miatas sold here are still on the road. Miata owners love their cars [...]
VW Builds “Special” Beetle for Barbie’s 50th Birthday
Just when you thought that news from the automotive industry couldn’t get any weirder, along comes VW with a human-sized Barbie-mobile. Yes, you heard right. The new car goes with Barbie’s life-size Malibu Dream House and a big party full of “celebrities.”
The press release is so full of trademarked terms, it looks like the ® [...]
2009 BMW Z4 breaks cover
It seems like the new model releases are coming out fast and furious ahead of the gutted Detroit Auto Show on January 11, 2009. Today, BMW chimes in with a freshened model of its own, in hues of a convertible roadster. I’ll be frank. I’ve always thought the previous Z roadsters were a bit contrived. [...]
Audi previews 2010 A5 and S5 Cabrio
Last spring I had the opportunity to take a number of quick cars around the track at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey California. I had a chance to drive the latest Dodge Viper, a Mazda RX-8, a skunk works Suzuki SX4, an Audi R8, Porsche Cayenne and others. But the one car that really [...]
Dig the new MINI Cooper Convertible
Almost without exception soft-top editions have poorer visibility, are louder on the freeway, weigh more and cost a hefty ransom greater than their tin-top variants. Is the open air experience that much better to justify all the heartache? Yes and no. I will admit, I own a Miata and there is something special about zooming [...]
Tanner’s Flyin’ Finish
One of the oldest traditions in racing and road-tripping is Targa competition. Invented in Italy in 1906 as the Targa Florio, a Targa is an extended road trip with speed competition sections mixed with transit and endurance sections. The “Targa” name comes from the Italian word for a crest, or plate — the emblem traditionally [...]
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