The 2020 Mazda MX-5 Miata Club RF is A Targa Type Hardtop Roadster. The popular diminutive two-seat, rear-wheel-drive Mazda MX-5 Miata roadster first bowed with a secure full power retractable hardtop (PRHT) and has followed with a Targa type (RF) power-retractable hardtop….
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2019 BMW i8 Plug-in Electric Hybrid Roadster Test Drive
“2019 BMW i8 Plug-in Electric Hybrid Roadster” An Elegant Futuristic and Stylish Drop Top Every once in awhile, a truly special vehicle arrives on the scene that stirs one’s emotions and stuns virtually all of their senses – a car that is capable of upping one’s heart rate and of generating an insatiable desire or…
2018 Mazda MX-5 Miata Club Test Drive
?2018 Mazda MX-5 Club? Mazda?s MX-5 Roadster is still a Miata The 1987 Chicago Motor Show was the stage for the world debut of the Mazda MX-5 Miata , with U.S. sales beginning in May of that year. The second generation bowed ten years later in October 1997 at the Tokyo Motor Show and the…
2017 Fiat 124 Spider Test Drive
?2017 Fiat 124 Spider? Nearly 50 Year hiatus ends for Iconic Italian Roadster The first Fiat 124 Spider first bowed at the 1966 Turin Auto Show, with the first of its kind to be sold in the U.S. marketplace in 1968. It was produced exclusively for the U.S. market from 1975 and renamed the Spider…
2017 Fiat 124 Spider Test Drive
By Bill Schaffer Carlsbad, Calif. ? The 2017 Fiat Spider — it’s like d?j? vu, only better. Growing up in small-town Montana, I was enamored by the sexy Fiat 124. However, as a 15-year-old driver in a family who was in to cars, American cars were what we drove. Plus, the only time we saw…
2017 Mercedes-Benz SL 450 Roadster/Coupe Test Drive
2017 Mercedes-Benz SL 450 Coupe/Roadster A Classically Styled Grand Sport Tourer The first street example of a Mercedes-Benz SL ? the 300 ?gullwing? made its world debut in 1954, attracting a host of notable celebrities to ownership of what was and certainly still is one of the most spectacular and beautiful automotive art forms available…
2016 Audi TT Roadster 2.0T quattro S tronic
?2016 Audi TT Roadster? Fresh Air Fun or not The highly popular and stunningly beautiful Audi TT is all-new for the 2016 model year, and it will come in three versions ? the Audi TT Coupe, an Audi TT Roadster and the flagship Audi TTS which is available only in Coupe form, and will come…
2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata Test Drive
By Barbara & Bill Schaffer Each time an automaker starts from a clean sheet of paper to do an all-new version of a popular model, or to ?reinvent? a great car, we hear all the auto enthusiasts of the world suck air into their lungs and hold their breath, praying silently that ?they won?t screw…
2015 Alfa Romeo 4C Spider Roadster Test Drive
? ?2015 Alfa Romeo 4C Spider? A race-inspired fresh air Modena Masterpiece Monterey, CA – The 2015 Alfa Romeo 4C Coupe is an awe-inspiring driving machine. What Alfa model could possibly be able to top it? An open-air version of course. Enter the 2015 Alfa Romeo 4C Spider, two seat roadster, handcrafted in Modena, Italy….
2016 Audi TT Coupe & Roadster Test Drive
?2016 Audi TT? Three all-new models to choose from Newberg, Oregon – The highly popular and stunningly beautiful Audi TT is all-new for the 2016 model year, and it will come in three versions ? the Audi TT Coupe, an Audi TT Roadster and the flagship Audi TTS which is available only in Coupe form,…