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Convertible Gallery

  • Nash Rambler Convertible "Landau" Coupe c. 1950, with retracting roof and rigid doors, featured car of Lois Lane of 1950s television series Adventures of Superman

  • Jaguar XK c. 2008, with heatable glass rear window and fully automatic cloth top with integral top-concealing rigid tonneau

  • Mercedes SL c. 1963, with detachable hardtop, requiring twice-annual manual removal and installation – and space-consuming off-season storage of the hardtop

  • Lincoln Continental c. 1966, 4-door with integral automatically operating, self-storing tonneau

  • Jaguar E-type c. 1970, with vinyl foldable tonneau installed and snap-secured

  • Cadillac Eldorado 1972, with detachable, two-part, fully rigid "parade boot" tonneau cover

  • Citroen 2CV c. 1975, with roll-back roof and rigid doors

  • Rolls Royce Corniche c. 1986, a high-end prestige marque with a manually installed tonneau cover

  • Chrysler LeBaron c. 1989, with manually installed "metallic" vinyl tonneau cover, color-matching to the car body, secured with a 'sleeve and groove' system

  • Saab 900 c. 1990, with manually installed semi-rigid tonneau

  • Cadillac Allanté c. 1993, with detachable, rigid plastic tonneau cover. Built in Italy by Pininfarina, completed bodies were flown to the U.S. 56 at a time in specially equipped Boeing 747 with final assembly at Hamtramck, Michigan.

  • Volkswagen New Beetle c. 2003, with raised textile (cloth) convertible top featuring interior headliner, an acoustic insulation layer, and heatable glass rear window

  • Porsche Boxster c. 2004, with detachable clear plastic windblocker and a Z-fold top, automatically raisable in 12 seconds and optional 51 lb (23 kg) detachable aluminum hardtop (not shown)

  • Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder c. 2004, with heatable glass rear window and restricted visibility

  • MINI Cooper, c. 2006, with large blindspots from the top itself, small rear window, and interior rear roll hoops severely obscuring the driver's rear view

  • Citroën C3 Pluriel c. 2007, a multi-configurable convertible with roll-back textile roof and removable rigid sidebars

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