Trendsetters.com

Best Four-Seat Convertible: Audi S5 quattro

Posted on July 4, 2010 by admin.

Audi has launched the new Audi S5 ($68,000) convertible that, along with the new Mercedes E-Class Cabriolet, bucks the folding hard-top trend but adds its famous all-wheel drive quattro as standard. A 3.0-liter supercharged V-6, rated at 333 horsepower and 325 pound-feet torque, is just half a second slower from 0-60 mph than the V-8 Mercedes-Benz SLK55 AMG and Audi’s own V-8 S5 coupe, says Motor Trend.

Continue Reading

Best Two-Seat Convertible

Posted on July 6, 2009 by admin.

The new 2009 BMW Z4 ($45,750 - $51,650) was designed by two women. No wonder the new Z4 appears lean yet voluptuous. Besides the revamped styling, the new Z4 has a very welcome retractable hard top. The top of the line sDrive35i has a 300-horsepower, 3.0-liter twin-turbo six, and an optional seven-speed, dual-clutch automatic transmission that can be paddle-shifted via the steering-wheel.

Continue Reading