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Autoblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Filed under: Convertible , Coupe , Hybrid , Japan , Toyota , Rumormill Tell us if this sounds familiar: Hybrids will kill the driver-oriented sportscar. It's the line taken by no small share of enthusiasts, and some of them are among us here at Autoblog. But the skeptics were silenced - or temporarily hushed, at least - when Honda took the wraps off of its CR-Z coup concept. After all, anything that...
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Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
This is the 2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe , the first production coupé (Cadillac XLR's a coupé convertible ) from GM's luxury brand since the 1993 Cadillac Eldorado. Luckily, the CTS Coupe is a helluva lot hotter. Better news? The CTS-V Coupe 's coming! Set to be unveiled in the shiny, metallic silver flesh at next week's LA Auto Show , the 2+2 Cadillac CTS Coupe is designed to take the CTS...
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Autoblog (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Filed under: Government/Legal , Safety , Videos , Ford NHTSA side-impact pole test - click above to watch the video Not satisfied with cars that manage crash forces well enough to avoid spilling your drink, and engines that run so clean they'll barely asphyxiate ants, a new crash test is reportedly coming in the works from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Along with the test will...
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Great Classic Cars (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Forget aftershave, expensive watches or even the Karma Sutra, if you want to make a man you know really feel and act like James Bond, get him behind the wheel of 007’s favourite car. With a gift voucher from car hire specialist Great Escape Classic Car Hire you can give the man you love the keys to a classic Bond Aston Martin for the day or weekend. The Great Escape Aston fleet includes a 1967...
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Great Classic Cars (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
The VW Golf GTI has come of age and been recognised as a true classic by the UK’s largest specialist classic car hire company. Great Escape Classic Car Hire has added a 1982 Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk1 1.6 in iconic Mars Red to its fleet. The car is available for self drive hire by the day, weekend or week. The VW Golf GTI invented the idea of a fast, highly entertaining family hatchback. Interest...
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Autoblog (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Filed under: Convertible , Coupe , Performance , Etc. , Dodge , Humor Stonehenge, Rosebud, The Wizard of Oz and Pink Floyd - all have confounded us with their hidden meanings. And to that list we now add the logo for the Dodge Viper. Somehow it has eluded us for years that, when turned upside down, the Viper logo turns into what appears to be... Daffy Duck. Or, as some other folks have mentioned,...
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The Car Connection (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
2010 INFINITI G37 COUPE - G37 CONVERTIBLE STYLING | [9 out of 10] Edmunds: "handsome design" Automobile: "looks muscular and tough in person" Jalopnik: "hard to tell [convertible's] not a coupe" Autoblog: "seamless transition from coupe to convertible " The 2010 Infiniti G37 Coupe and G37 Convertible share running gear and most ...
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Great Classic Cars (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
The Ford Capri has been recognised as a bonafide classic 40 years after it first went on sale. We've added a 1984 Ford Capri Mk3 2 litre S to our fleet of over 30 classic cars for rental. It is the first Capri available for hire in the world and now sits alongside classic rental cars like Jensen Interceptors, Jaguar E Types and Triumph Stags. The Great Escape Ford Capri is available to hire to anyone...
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Autoblog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Filed under: Aftermarket , SEMA Show , Convertible , Coupe , Performance , Mazda Turbo Rotary Mazda MX-5 - Click above for high-res image gallery If you get the impression things are all high gloss and dubs in Vegas, you wouldn't be far off. But walk around the SEMA compound long enough and you come across something cool that that speaks to the gearhead, track rat in each of us. Unfortunately, we...
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Autoblog (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Filed under: Convertible , Coupe , Sedan , Performance , Etc. , Mercedes-Benz , Luxury AMG Driving Academy at Lime Rock - Click above for high-res image gallery The world's sickly economy not withstanding, selling luxury vehicles is easy. From the suppleness of a swatch of leather to the exquisite graining on a piece of rare wood veneer to having every electronic gewgaw available at one's fingertips,...
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eGMCarTech (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
We’re pretty sure that by now you’ve heard enough about the Toyota FT-86 and the Subaru 086A. Both cars are a new rear-wheel-drive sports car developed jointly by Toyota and Subaru and will go on sale sometime in early 2011. According to a report by AutoTelegraaf, Toyota and Subaru are both planning a convertible version of [...]
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KickingTires (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Conceived alongside its coupe sibling, the 2010 Nissan 370Z convertible was designed to dispel the notion that convertibles have to be heavier, flimsier versions of their hardtop counterparts. Now that the 370Z convertible has fallen into the hands of Cars.com...
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Autoblog (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Filed under: Spy Photos , Convertible , Coupe , BMW , Luxury The 3 Series coupe and convertible have had a little surgery done and been caught post-op. The actual changes aren't monumental, but up front appear to have quite an effect on the looks. We'll wait to see the uncovered version without the tape over the headlights before final judgments are issued, but from the three-quarter view the increased...
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CARSCOOP (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Hot on the heels of the recently revised 3-Series saloon and station-wagon models, the hardtop convertible and coupe versions of the Bavarian automaker's most successful model series are also going to receive a mid-life facelift and we've caught them both lying around in Germany in light camouflage. The spy shots suggest that the cosmetic changes...
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Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
No surprises here, the 2011 Mercedes E-Class Convertible looks just like the Coupe sans roof. These shots come from a European trademark filing and reveal a handsome, C-Class based four-seat convertible. Expect the Convertible to share Coupe's V6 and 388 HP V8 engines and its uninspiring driving dynamics. While the new E-Class Sedan is a welcome return to Mercedes values of old, the Coupe feels and,...