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Glad to see soft tops making a come back. A hard top convertible never makes sense to me.
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Get with the program. Convertible's are timeless. Folding hardtops are out like dial-up.
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Hope it can hold its own against the C class vert because that is one good looking convertible (top up or down)
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Is that a soft top?!?
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The 4 is getting so big, BMW had to go with the soft top because they're realizing the 3 and 4 are now just big and fat touring cars.
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I for one can't wait for this car, if it looks anything like the CSL Concept it will be stunning, huge grill and all.
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There was real opportunity to have something special here and after the zing of 8 and the Z4... Boring is back.
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Go tell that to Ferrari & McLaren, or even the new Vette. And convertible's? Convertible's what? If you mean soft tops it's ironic how that's the part of a car that shows its age the soonest. Folding hard tops are alive & well for those who can afford them over cheaper alternatives with tents. Enjoy your short lived resurgence while global markets reject the tent. Time and the market will tell what's antiquated like the dial up. |
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I can't wait to hear the complaining from the soccer moms on how they cant drive their car through an automatic car wash with the soft top. Softtops are definitely superior from a performance & space perspective, but the demographic is never going to wash it.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...é_convertibles The next SL has been reported to be switching to a soft top as well. And once the F33/F83 are gone, the Portofino (Wikipedia page needs updating) will be the only four seat hard-top convertible left. |
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I have a feeling the front plate area will be this generation's hoot-cut line discussion.
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The removal of the hard top is neither for weight or aesthetics (the latter makes no sense at all anyway). The removal of the hard top is solely due to the myriad of problems bmw has had with these for years. Leaking during heavy rain, it getting stuck often etc etc... truuuuuust me that's why. I've had 2 of them and it was a disaster.
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I just bought 430i Convertible for the purpose of the road trips as well. can you recommend your duffel for the back seat? where did you get this from or modified. Thanks |
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I'm disappointed that BMW are scrapping hard top!
This is the only 4 seater hard top available on the market...apart from Jeep Wrangler...but this is completely different type of car. I can't get my head around this why car manufactures are not investing in hard top convertibles! weight is not an issue as you can have more powerful engine, fuel consumption is not massive difference in UK is cheap anyway... I can see only pros in having hard top over the soft top I had soft top for a year and love the experience of convertible but not in soft top and decided to sell and bought hard top 430i which is great! In soft top is noisy, colder in winter, its getting dirtier much quicker and need constant hoovering, cleaning, maintenance to look sharp and hard top is just like another coupe - normal wash will do. |
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