Question???

[PeteB]

O.K.,this has been bothering me for sometime. What is the difference between a convertible and a roadster...or are the terms interchangeable?
Maybe this should be a trivia thread. :D

Pete

[STEVEN LONG]

Being a "salesperson" myself ... I think the answer is ... "about $10,000". IMHO - they are the same. However, a Chevy Cavalier would be a Convertible ... while a Corvette can be either or. I think the emphasis for Roadster is more of an OPEN CAR / SPORTS CAR sort of thing. At least, that's my belief. ANyone else?

[black magic]

A roadster would be a convertible with a hard top. Term usually used with the mid-years :D

[Joel Fellman]

this is exactly why I bought a T-Top! I don't have to worry myself about what it's called! ;jj
Then again, is it a C-3? a Shark? a coup? a coupe???? ;ht

[Rick and Arleen Ball]

Roadster/convertible are one in the same. Usually only 2 seaters are called roadsters. Just a figure of speech.
Your right Joel, If you buy a T-top you never have to worry whatt to call it. OR DO YOU? Coupe or T-Top :D

[PeteB]

Now that you mentioned it Bob, I did have an MG that was titled as a roadster. It had as you mentioned the plastic side curtains and a top that was composed of 2 halves of the bows and the fabric that you kept in a bag in the "boot" . Fun car, but what a rust bucket... :(

Pete

[Glennm27]

Originally posted by Rick and Arleen Ball
Roadster/convertible are one in the same. Usually only 2 seaters are called roadsters. Just a figure of speech.
:D

;iws

[C5pilot]

I think anyone who makes his answer SOUND official will end this debate... for about a week.

So let me ask you this since Joel mentioned it...

Why are cars called T-tops when they actually look like an "H"?

[Rick and Arleen Ball]

That just depends on which direction your looking from.
The side or the front :rolleyes:
Been calling them T-Tops since 1968 ;)
TARGA! Thats Porsche. :p

[Joel Fellman]

Bob, did you get your Roadster explanation out of Encyclopedia Britanica or Woman's Day Magazine? (Just kidding!!)

[Don Lemek]

The 53-55 are the only roadsters all the rest are convertables.

[black magic]

Don:

Isn't it funny how mid-years are called roadsters

[Rick and Arleen Ball]

;jj :rolleyes: