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Base price: $101,600–$116,200Bigger than a sunroof, smaller than a full convertible opening—it’s called a Targa top. And the 911 has been its leading practitioner since 1967, when the model was born from worries that U.S. regulators might ban convertibles. Those feds wouldn’t know what to make of today’s version, a Rube Goldberg mechanism pops and pivots the wraparound rear window, grabs and stows a fabric roof panel behind the seats, and refastens the glass as onlookers gape. The bravura ...

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Coupe

Maserati Granturismo Convertible

Summer's Best New Convertibles from BMW, Ferrari, Jaguar, Porsche, and More

Base price (est.): $165,000Consider the Maserati’s soft-top the retractable bandshell for an outdoor concert—that’s a Ferrari-built, 4.7-liter V8 under the hood, with the baritone rasp and soaring 7,200-rpm peaks that could come only from Maranello. The body that wraps these high-performing cylinders looks like it’s rising from the ocean off the Côte d’Azur, from its sharklike snout to the trident grille badge that has marked Maserati for 100 years. Hence this Centennial Edition, with ...

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Aston Martin Vanquish

High Performance Cars

Summer's Best New Convertibles from BMW, Ferrari, Jaguar, Porsche, and More

Base price: $300,820How does one top a Vanquish, the Aston flagship that’s already one of the world’s most beautiful supercars? It’s simple, just chop the top. Would-be 007’s can preen in every valet line and listen to the 565-horsepower V12 as it burbles from zero to 60 mph in four seconds. A bonded-aluminum structure supports a body made entirely of lightweight carbon fiber. The folding soft-top tucks neatly below a handsome tonneau cover, leaving plenty of trunk space for custom-fitted ...

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Summer's Best New Convertibles from BMW, Ferrari, Jaguar, Porsche, and More

Base price: $198,000Sometimes, just a little nip and tuck can turn an odd duck into a swan. Beverly Hills plastic surgeons will surely approve the California—a lovingly reworked body transforms this retractable hardtop Ferrari, once slandered as a bulbous West Coast poseur car, into a drop-top whose appealing lines echo today’s Ferrari F12 and its classic 250 Testa Rossa of the ’50s. “Transformative” also describes a new suspension, carbon-ceramic brakes, and engine—a 552-horsepower, ...

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Summer's Best New Convertibles from BMW, Ferrari, Jaguar, Porsche, and More

Base price: $147,300Coupe or convertible, the SL line has pampered owners since 1953, beginning with the now-museum-worthy Gullwing. But the 2015 SL63, from Mercedes’s AMG high-performance division, cranks up a modern brand of thunder, with 577 horsepower from a hand-built, 5.5-liter bi-turbo engine. A retractable hardtop robs some trunk space when folded, but the payoff is one of the quietest convertible cabins around. The mad scientists at AMG also revamped the SL’s body, suspension, ...

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Bentley Convertible

Bentley Continental Gt Convertible

Bentley Continental Gt V8

Bentley Continental Gt Speed

Summer's Best New Convertibles from BMW, Ferrari, Jaguar, Porsche, and More

Base price (est.): $219,400Defying the laws of physics and propriety, Bentley’s debonair four-seater does things that no 5,445-pound convertible should do: surging to 60 mph in 4.5 seconds and to a 191-mph top speed, as discreetly as a Downton Abbey butler. An updated Continental GT V8 serves up 521 horsepower yet manages a respectable 24 highway mpg.Grey’s Anatomy star Patrick Dempsey sat down with AD to talk classic cars, racing, and that famous AirstreamCruising stylishly into the luxury ...

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Compact Class

A gorgeous crop of cars hitting the road this season mixes beauty and performanceFive rare and exquisite vehicles from the designer Ralph Lauren's collectionAD editors select their must-have furnishings and accessoriesSee the beautiful cars featured in a book about this history of the Cadillac brand