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Few automobiles stir emotions quite like a convertible. Whether it's the feeling of freedom created by top-down driving or their seductive shapes, convertibles have long been regarded by many enthusiasts and onlookers as providing a one-of-a-kind exhilarating driving experience. However, that experience can come at a price because a traditional fabric roof often does not provide sufficient chassis stiffness necessary for agile handling. Writing for Car and Driver.com, Dave Vanderwerp observed that the 3 Series Convertibles...
The third generation of BMW M3 Convertible to grace US shores is not only the most potent but also the most luxurious and advanced. Featuring the high-revving 414-horsepower V8 and balanced chassis designed to be "faster than its engine," the performance arm of the German automaker, BMW M GmbH, offers the most powerful, best performing production M3 ever to the North American market. The 2011 M3 Convertible features a V8 engine, a first in a production...
Confirming what may have been this year's worst-kept auto industry secret, BMW announces the introduction of the BMW 335is Coupe and Convertible, each destined to take a place in history among the line of desirable, often collectible, BMW "s" models. Based on the newly-enhanced BMW 3 Series Coupe and Convertible, the new BMW 335is features the award-winning, twin-turbocharged BMW inline-6 engine, specially tuned and equipped to produce 320 horsepower and 332 lb-ft of torque from its...
BMW has announced substantial enhancements to the 2011 3 Series Coupe and Convertible, including outstanding style updates for 328i and 335i models and a new engine for 335i models. The 2011 3 Series Coupe and Convertible models will go on sale in Spring 2010, and pricing will be announced closer to the on-sale date. Fundamentally unchanged are each car's essential attributes of rear-wheel drive (xDrive is available on the Coupe), near-perfect 50-50 weight distribution, remarkably precise...