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We look forward to seeing BMW take the wraps off it's M6 Convertible at the British motor show in London next month.

Retaining the M6's beefy V10 5.0-litre engine with 507bhp, the soft-top powers from 0-62mph in 4.8 seconds and on to a limited 155mph top speed.

Also in place is the M6's seven-speed sequential transmission.

The four-seater convertible has the standard cloth roof made up from three layers with rear fins and drop-down glass rear window.

The price will be announced by BMW at the motor show. You can expect it to be around £86,000.

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Mazda MX5 has chosen the British International Motor Show to show off it's latest version of the classic Mazda MX5. For the first time the Mazda MX5 will be available with a folding hardtop roof similar to the Mercedes SLK.

Unlike the Mercedes SLK though, the roof will fold into a vertical space behind the driver allowing for much more boot space.

The new model has surprised many of those in the industry as the Mazda MX5 has always been regarded as a 'no frills' sports car. However, the success of the Peugeot 206 and 306 cc models have proved that an affordable hard-top convertible is a popular option.

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The British International Motor Show runs from the 19th - 30th July at the ExCel exhibition centre in London.

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Ford Focus Coupe have have released the first pictures of it's much rumoured Ford Focus Coupe Convertible. It will be on display at the British International Motor Show in London next month and the first cars will be hitting the streets in October. Just when the rest of us will be putting our roofs up...

Fortunately Ford Focus Coupe claim that it is equally as capable with it's metal folding roof up although we are yet to see pictures of it in winter mode. The design should look good as Ford Focus have worked closely with Italian styling house Pininfarina who are usually more associated with exotics such as Ferraris.

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Practicality is boasted to be class leading with two ample rear seats and plenty of luggage space.

Engines will be as the other models in the range and the price is expected to compete closely with the Astra Twintop ConvertibleCars .

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Jaguar has unveiled its new supercharged sports car – the Jaguar XKR.

As with the previous shape XK this one will also have a high performance XKR version of both coupé and convertible models.

Based on the standard XK chassis and V8 engine, the XKR a supercharger bringing the power output up from 300 to 420bhp. It also features a six-speed automatic transmission with the option to make manual paddle shift changes.

Externally the car has new wheels, a deep front grill and two distinctive bonnet vents to separate it from lesser Convertible Classic Cars models.

The XKR should debut at the British International Motor Show which runs from the 19th - 30th July at the ExCel exhibition centre in London.

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Each year, Edsel Ford wintered in Palm Beach, Florida. For the 1938-39 vacation season, he wanted a one-off convertible to drive around the area. Response of his neighbors and friends was immediate and enthusiastic. Just about everyone who saw the car thought it sensational.

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So did the folks who saw the production version, which arrived for 1940. Reaching beyond stylish, this car turned heads wherever it went.

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Only 404 Continentals were built in 1940, but the total rose to 1250 in 1941. Just 400 Cabriolets went on sale that year, priced at $2865. The rest were closed club coupes.

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New pushbutton door releases for 1941 added to the car's distinctive allure. Continentals held a 292-cid V12 engine, rated at 120 horsepower. Many were equipped with the new Borg-Warner overdrive unit.

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Lincoln also offered an attractive regular convertible, but only the Continental deserves to stand among the finest automotive designs of the Twentieth Century.

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Think "classic" and one of the cars you're likely to envision is the original 1941 Lincoln Continental. Dozens of other models have been assigned that designation by the Classic Cars Club of America, of course, but nearly all are from the 1920s and '30s. Most classic cars are rarely seen, but despite their relatively small numbers, plenty of people have spotted a Continental on the street, as well as in movies from the Forties.

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Continentals were produced in coupe and convertible form from 1940 to 1948, extending into the start of the postwar era. Yet, they earned and deserve full classic status on the basis of their trend-setting, timeless design.

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Styling was conceived by Edsel Ford, based on the Lincoln Zephyr and executed by E.T. "Bob" Gregorie. Edsel wanted his one-off convertible to be "thoroughly continental" including the use of an externally mounted spare tire. In the 1950s, when outside spares became popular add-ons for more prosaic makes, they were called "Continental kits" borrowing their name from this Lincoln.

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All that bulk to transport a pair of passengers for a $5440 price at that might have seemed excessive in the late Depression years. And so it was. After all, Cadillac also offered convertibles in Series 61 and 75, with a marvelous 140-horsepower V8 engine. A Series 75 convertible coupe could be obtained for a mere $3380, and 27 of those were built.

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Only 134 Series 90 cars were produced this year, divided among a dozen body styles. But these mighty machines were on the way out. The V16 lasted only into 1940, a final relic of a more glorious era of motoring.

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Just seven 1939 Cadilac Series 90 convertible coupes with the V16 engine were built in 1939 a hard sell by then, compared to Cadillac's smooth V8.

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Massive, mighty, and defiantly magnificent. Those are just a few of the words that might be used to describe one of the last Cadillac V16 convertibles. Riding a lengthy 141-inch wheelbase, this convertible coupe tipped the scales at close to 5000 pounds.

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The convertible Model 9067 flaunted its enclosed, sidemounted spare tires and reaching-ahead hood ornament, the latter of which sat atop a burly barrel-shaped grille and still-separate headlamps. But the main attraction lay beneath the hood: a 431- cubic-inch V16 engine making 185 horsepower. Like Cadillac's companion V8, the V16 engine featured dual carburetors, as well as separate water pumps and distributors for each cylinder bank.

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Each line again offered a convertible coupe, but this was the last year for Olds droptops with rumble seats and optional sidemount spare tires. Both features were by then out of fashion with buyers and out of production at most other automakers. It's odd that Olds was so slow to drop them, considering its growing renown as General Motors' "innovator" division.

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The L-38 convertible coupe pictured here is one of only 68 with the factory sidemount, this out of 475 cars total. The six-cylinder version managed 1184 copies in all. Unlike later years, however, ragtops are not the rarest '38 Oldsmobiles. Though integral trunks had become popular for closed body styles, Olds also persisted with passé "trunkless" sedans. These, too, would vanish after 1938 and very low production in eight-cylinder form: just 200 of the four-door model and 137 of the two-door.

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Typical of late-prewar GM cars, the '38 Olds dashboard was rather "Buck Rogers," but put most instruments and controls directly ahead of the steering wheel. Such affairs may look quaint to modern eyes, but they were real "hep" at the time.

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Rumble-seat ragtops and sidemout spares were old news by 1938, but the 1938 Oldsmobile L-38 still offered both plus a forward-thinking transmission with no clutch pedal.

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The Depression seemed to be lifting in 1938 when the stock market snapped, creating what Republicans gleefully called the "Roosevelt Recession." Sales slumped throughout the American auto industry especially at Oldsmobile, which turned out half as many cars as it had the year before.

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The '37 Oldsmobiles had been heavily redesigned, so the '38s were little changed. Still, all models sported more prominent grilles flanked by new "catwalk" trim in the inner front-fender aprons. Back for a second year was the "Automatic Safety Transmission," a clutchless manual gearbox presaging fully self-shifting Hydra-Matic in 1940. For '38, AST was newly optional for six-cylinder Oldsmobiles as well as Eights. Unchanged were Lansing's two L-head inline engines: 95-horsepower 230-cubic-inch six for F-38 models and 110-bhp 257-cid eight for L-38s.

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Four-cylinder Fords made their final appearance in 1933, but V8 models got all the attention, and none moreso than the 1933 Ford Cabriolet.

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Ford's "flathead" V8 engine had debuted in '32, shoving aside the popular four-cylinder Model A and reaching past Chevrolet's six-cylinder cars.

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Now, stylists -- directed by Edsel Ford, Henry's only son -- tucked that V8 into a more stylish machine, with a jauntily slanted grille and windshield. Sharp corners were rounded, and the hood mated with the windshield. Wheels shrunk to 17-inch size for a lower stance. Streamlining was in vogue, and Ford determinedly followed the trend.

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Engineers redesigned the Ford's frame and injected an extra 10 horsepower into the V8, for a total of 75. Hot rodders later grew to love that flathead engine, praised for its power by none other than bank-robber John Dillinger.

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One of 16 V8 models, the Cabriolet cost $585. A total of 7852 were built, plus 24 that used the four-cylinder engine. Model-year volume rose by 100,000 cars, but Ford trailed Chevrolet in total sales.

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In its second season with V8 power, Ford offered a long list of body styles and trim levels -- none more appealing than the Cabriolet, flaunting a rakish new profile.

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All Oldsmobiles used a six-cylinder L-head engine, displacing 197.5 cubic inches and sending 62 horsepower to a conventional three-speed manual transmission -- long floor lever, of course. "Syncro-mesh" would not arrive until 1931.

Convertible roadsters came in all three price levels: Standard Six, Special Six, and Deluxe Six. Rarest was the $1070 Special Six (shown), with only 233 produced. Oldsmobiles could be equipped with either wood or wire wheels. Dual-sidemounted spare tires and a rear-mounted trunk were fitted to upper models.

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Conservative styling actually helped Oldsmobile weather the Depression better than most companies, as did some daring technical moves later in the decade. After ranking ninth in the industry in 1929, sales sagged in 1930; but so did those of nearly every manufacturer.

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Only 233 F-30 Special Six convertible roadsters rolled off the line in 1930, enticing shoppers who did not yet feel the impact of the Depression. Dire days lay ahead, but Olds had a long history of survival.

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Oldsmobile came out with the 1930 Oldsmobile F-30 as the country was feeling economic pain. Like other manufacturers, Olds Motor Works had begun by producing convertible classic cars, starting with the curved-dash runabout. Soft-topped bodies continued to dominate the market in the Teens. By the Twenties, closed bodies were taking over. "Open" models -- roadsters, phaetons, and convertibles -- turned into the fashionable leaders of each product line.

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At a glance, Oldsmobiles differed little from a dozen other makes. Nearly all automobiles still featured straight, upright lines. Only by looking more closely could the unique features of an Oldsmobile be discerned, as compared to its GM cousins. A new instrument panel went into 1930 models, and the windshield adopted a mild rearward slant.

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Until the 1910 introduction by Cadillac of the first closed-body cars, the convertible was the primary body style. US automakers manufactured a broad range of models during the 1950s and 1960s — from economical compact-sized models such as the Rambler American and the Studebaker Lark to the more expensive models such as the Packard Caribbean, Oldsmobile 98, and Imperial by Chrysler.

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Threatened rollover safety regulations in the mid-1970s led to diminished popularity by the 1970s. In 1976 Cadillac marketed the Eldorado as "The last convertible in America". During this period of very low convertible production, T-tops became a popular alternative.

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Elsewhere globally, convertible production continued throughout this era with models such as the Mercedes SL, the VW Beetle Cabriolet, the VW Golf Cabriolet, and the Jaguar E-type.

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In the 1980s convertibles such as the Chrysler LeBaron and Saab 900 revived the body style in the United States — followed by models such as the Mazda Miata, Porsche Boxster, Audi TT and later retractable hardtop models.

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In the vintage car era, the Convertible Classic Cars was the default body style. It was not until 1910 that Cadillac introduced the first closed-body car. A combination of weak engines and public expectation that a car was analogous to a wagon meant that steel roofs were not in demand until then. Later, Convertible Classic Cars were made less often, possibly due in part to an unfulfilled threat made in the mid-1970s by the United States government to increase rollover safety requirements that may have made auto manufacturers hesitant to manufacture cars that would be unsellable under those new restrictions. By the 1970s they had almost disappeared and in 1976 the Cadillac Eldorado was advertised as "The last convertible in America". During this period of very low convertible production, T-tops became a popular alternative to convertibles, especially in muscle cars.

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It was not until the 1980s and cars like the Chrysler LeBaron and Saab 900 convertibles that the body style made a comeback. Also in the 1980s, hot hatches such as the Ford Escort XR3i and Volkswagen Golf GTI were selling a high amount of cabriolets, and in the 1990s, the Mazda MX5 again cemented the convertible as the sports car body style of choice. Today, there are scores of convertible cars offered by nearly every manufacturer.

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A Convertible Classic Cars (sometimes called cabriolet in British English) is a car body style with a folding or retracting roof (aka 'soft top' or 'top' in USA, 'hood' in UK). The collapsible roof section is typically made from flexible canvas or vinyl, although plastic, aluminium and steel have occasionally been used in elaborate folding designs. When the top is made of a rigid material such as steel it is often referred to as a retractable hardtop instead of a Convertible Classic Cars; in Europe this body style is frequently called coupé cabriolet or coupé convertible cars.

Unlike a roadster, which may also have a soft folding top, a convertible cars has roll-up glass windows in the sides, and so the entire vehicle is "convertible" to an enclosed coupé.

Convertibles are usually 2 door models, only a few 4 door models exist e.g. the 1960s Lincoln Continental.

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