Virtually all sports cars are either convertibles or come in a drop-top
version. Purists would say a real sports car has to be open-air.
May 20, 2006 (Press Release) --
Virtually all sports cars are either convertibles or come in a drop-top
version. Purists would say a real sports car has to be open-air. Others
would point out that a coupe offers the ultimate in chassis rigidity and
tight handling, thereby making it the truest sports car form.
Besides fixed-roof coupes, like the Chevrolet Corvette, there are
minimalist manual-top roadsters (Mazda's MX-5 Miata, for example),
motorized padded-roof cabriolets (Porsche's 911, Jaguar's XK, etc.) and
remarkable folding-metal-roof quasi-coupes (Lexus' SC430, Mercedes SL and
SLK).
Sports cars carry a cargoful of assets and liabilities. The pluses are
obvious — mainly the fun factor of top-down driving (in the case of
convertibles), exhilarating performance and head-turning looks. But they
tend to cloud the minuses, which can include cramped accommodations, a
stiff ride and high fuel consumption.
Source: http://search.msn.com
Posted by Stephan Wilkinson
version. Purists would say a real sports car has to be open-air. Others
would point out that a coupe offers the ultimate in chassis rigidity and
tight handling, thereby making it the truest sports car form.
Besides fixed-roof coupes, like the Chevrolet Corvette, there are
minimalist manual-top roadsters (Mazda's MX-5 Miata, for example),
motorized padded-roof cabriolets (Porsche's 911, Jaguar's XK, etc.) and
remarkable folding-metal-roof quasi-coupes (Lexus' SC430, Mercedes SL and
SLK).
Sports cars carry a cargoful of assets and liabilities. The pluses are
obvious — mainly the fun factor of top-down driving (in the case of
convertibles), exhilarating performance and head-turning looks. But they
tend to cloud the minuses, which can include cramped accommodations, a
stiff ride and high fuel consumption.
Source: http://search.msn.com
Posted by Stephan Wilkinson
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