Originally Posted by ChrisConvertible
I feel a sports car needs to be a convertible which I know will upset MGB GT owners and other GT's but to me the convertible feel adds to the sports car experience.



Well precisely. I can't actually see a problem here. GT cars are not Sports Cars, they are Grand Touring cars. Otherwise they wouldn't be called GTs, would they? One's not 'better' or 'worse' than the other, they are just different. There's nothing wrong with having a convertible GT either, but that doesn't make it a sports car.

Sports cars are stripped, lightweight, form follows function cars where anything that doesn't contribute to performance doesn't really deserve to be there. GT cars recognise that some creature comforts are desirable if one wants to be able to get from Calais to Cannes in a day's driving.


Tim H.
1986 4/4 VVTi Sport, 2002 LR Defender, 2022 Mini Cooper SE