Posts from ‘Convertibles’
2020 Mazda MX-5 Miata RF Grand Touring in Soul Red Crystal (a $595 option)
2020 Mazda MX-5 Miata RF Grand Touring
Class: Sporty/Performance Car
Miles driven: 276
Fuel used: 8.8 gallons
2020 Rolls-Royce Dawn Black Badge in Jubilee Silver
2020 Rolls-Royce Dawn Black Badge
Class: Premium Large Car
Miles driven: 213
Fuel used: 14.5 gallons
2020 BMW M8 Competition Convertible in Brands Hatch Grey Metallic
2020 BMW M8 Competition Convertible
Class: Premium Sporty/Performance Car
Miles driven: 236
Fuel used: 14.6 gallons
2020 Mercedes-AMG GT C Roadster in Brilliant Blue Magno
2020 Mercedes-AMG GT C Roadster
Class: Premium Sporty/Performance Car
Miles driven: 226
Fuel used: 14.1 gallons
Consumer Guide Car Stuff Podcast
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2021 Lexus LC 500 Convertible in Liquid Platinum silver
2021 Lexus LC 500 Convertible
Class: Premium Sporty/Performance Car
Miles driven: 68
Fuel used: 4.4 gallons
1951 Jowett Jupiter
Note: The following story was excerpted from the October 2015 issue of Collectible Automobile magazine
By Jack Stewart
Jowett was an unorthodox make even by British standards. From 1910 through 1936, Jowetts were powered by horizontally opposed two-cylinder engines. A four introduced in ’36 continued the “boxer” layout in which the two banks of cylinders faced each other with the crankshaft in the middle. Then, too, Jowett was located off the beaten path in the Yorkshire village of Idle. (Management must have gotten tired of “Idle factory” jokes.)
1985 Dodge 600 ES
The bad news is that fewer than one of every hundred cars sold in the United States is a convertible. (I will spare you the fractional math required to pass along the number of manual-transmission-equipped convertibles sold on our shores last year, but it’s fewer still.)
2020 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sahara EcoDiesel in Firecracker Red
2020 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sahara EcoDiesel
Class: Compact SUV
Miles driven: 180
Fuel used: 7.7 gallons
1985 Buick Riviera Convertible
While styling, performance, and rarity have been the traditional tickets to collectibility, vehicles that offer features—styling or otherwise—that are monuments to their era or simply aren’t likely to reappear also have a shot. It’s why we believe cars of the Fifties are so treasured today; their chrome, tall fins, and sheer mass so perfectly characterized the jet-aged optimism of the time, and it’s almost certain their likes will ever be seen again.
