You could do the same article about VAG who produce approximately 14,602 small CUV type things.

You must not have heard about the T-Roc Cabrio, it seems.

Convertibles are all over the place in SW FL, and the tops are down more often than not. Including that of my 128i. :-)

I live in San Diego and you almost never see convertibles, and when you do, the top is almost always up. I personally have had four cars with moon roofs, and they are only ever open at night. It’s funny how you view sunshine differently when you have it year round.

They’re even more fun to drive in the rain: turn up the music and stay over 25, and the drops just skip by overhead.

I’ve been here 40 yrs give/take, and my dream car du jour (it changes almost daily) is a Tipo 115 Alfa. I must be doing it wrong.

“Yes, some modern torque-vectored AWD systems will selectively route power to different wheels in order to maximize your grip when turning and even to help you rotate, but very few will fully decouple the front end to leave those tires free for steering. AWD is, primarily, about putting power to the ground through more…

Those are all the people who are too unattractive to show their faces, is what I think.

Incredibly well put.

Let’s see.... Given how I am as hardcore of a Dodge fan as you can find, does this announcement float my boat?

It’s an utter mystery to me why everyone hates on convertibles. Joie de vivre is out of style, I guess.

Honestly I totally prefer automakers going wild, gauche, tacky, overdone, crass, or cheesy to boring.

To maximize grip, start with winter tires.

When you realize that Dodge is fully committed to the conversion of the ICE performance model into an electrified doppelganger of itself, then this all makes sense.  As to the vulgarity?  I’m definitely a fan.  So sue me.

I’ll take a good set of snow tires over AWD any day of the week.

You can currently buy a John Cooper Works Mini Convertible.

I don’t know stuffing a big motor in a Cabriolet sounds like a pretty rad idea to me.

Depends on the system, but AWD can spread out the torque and basically avoid hitting the limits of your tires. It also helps if one of your tires slips, and moves to one of the 3 others. 

But yield signs are optional if they don’t have “yield” printed on them.

AWD is marginally safer even if it doesn’t help braking much at all. It can help prevent slippage, especially under load. Just because the benefits of AWD are oversold, doesn’t mean there aren’t benefits.