http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/shared/handlers/rsshandler.ashx?N=4294780593+4294780605+700+4294750392&Ns=P_Publication_Date|1CAR Online | Spy Shots | Convertible | Petrol | Spy shots RSS Feed(c) 2013, Bauer Media. All rights reserved.30Aston Martin will launch a convertible version of the Vanquish sports car later in 2013, and CAR has scooped the soft-top super-GT testing in the UK. Mechanically identical to the hard-top car we first drove in 2012 (see our video review below) the Vanquish...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Aston-Martin-Vanquish-Volante-2013-spy-shots/Mon, 04 Mar 2013 07:00:00 GMTSpy ShotsVauxhall will launch its new Cascada full-size convertible in March 2013, and our artist's impression shows how the cabrio should look ahead of its formal unveiling later this month. Until now, Vauxhall and Opel have only released two teaser images...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Vauxhall-Cascada-2013---more-details-on-the-soft-top/Mon, 08 Oct 2012 10:31:00 GMTSpy ShotsThe Fiat Group's revelation in May 2012 that it would co-develop the next Alfa Romeo Spider alongside the Mazda MX-5 got everyone at CAR, and its digital audience, salivating. Today we can bring you the latest artist's impressions showing how...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Alfa-Romeo-Spider-and-Mazda-MX-5-2015-the-new-sports-cars-revealed/Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:33:00 GMTSpy ShotsSpied on test in southern France, this is BMW's upcoming 4-series Convertible, curiously exhibiting its tow-car ability. Sent in to CAR by readers Janet Richardson and Tony Gover, the test driver confirmed his mount was a new BMW, but refused...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Your-spyshots/BMW-4-series-cabriolet-2014-F33-spied-again/Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:25:00 GMTSpy ShotsJaguar's cunningly camouflaged F-type convertible was hard at work over the Goodwood weekend, giving the crowds a tantalising glimpse of the upcoming roadster Driven by Jag's chief engineer Mike Cross, the F-type in question was equipped with the 375bhp supercharged...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Jaguar-F-type-2012-prototype-at-Goodwood2/Mon, 02 Jul 2012 14:36:00 GMTSpy ShotsThese are the best pictures yet of Vauxhall's soon-to-be-released 2012 soft-top successor to the Astra Twintop. As previously reported by CAR, the new model will be a standalone model in the same vein as the Volkswagen Eos, rather than simply...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Vauxhalls-new-soft-top-2012-papped-by-CAR/Fri, 08 Jun 2012 11:12:00 GMTSpy ShotsCAR's new spy shots provide the clearest views yet of the Jagaur F-type's interior. The good news is it's very faithful to the original C-X16 concept car. What can we deduce from these latest F-Type cabin pictures? Well, the central dashboard stack...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Jaguar-F-Type-2012-interior-scooped/Tue, 29 May 2012 12:15:00 GMTSpy ShotsAnorak corner! Here's how you tell the difference between a V6 and a V8 Jaguar F-type. Our recent spate of F-type spyshots reveal two different exhaust layouts - and this is one of the styling signifiers distinguishing between the bottom-rung...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Jaguar-F-Type-2013-scooped/Fri, 18 May 2012 12:15:00 GMTSpy ShotsJaguar continues to test the new F-type roadster - and this is the first time we've seen the final stage prototypes on the public road in the UK. Until now, we've only used the official hand-out shots of a camouflaged...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Jaguar-F-Type-2013-final-prototypes-spied-spyshots/Mon, 14 May 2012 16:04:00 GMTSpy ShotsBMW is working on the next 1-series convertible - but it will arrive in 2014 badged as a 2-series. Given the number and variety of separate models coming from BMW, it comes as no surprise that some name-shuffling is necessary. Like Mercedes, Munich...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/BMW-2-Series-Revealed/Thu, 10 May 2012 10:41:00 GMTSpy ShotsJaguar's new F-type is shaping up to be quite a sports car - with news of the full engine line-up, including supercharged V6s and V8 power, now confirmed by Jaguar. CAR's artists have stripped away the disguise of the official...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Jaguar-F-type-roadster-2013---engines-confirmed/Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:11:00 GMTSpy ShotsAudi is preparing an open-top A1 convertible for launch in 2013. However, this is no full drop-top cabriolet; the Audi A1 soft-top will have a tin opener taken to its metal structure and a rollback fabric roof will take its...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Audi-A1-Convertible-2013-Ingolstadts-Fiat-500C-rival/Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:14:00 GMTSpy ShotsDon't miss the new February 2012 issue of CAR Magazine - on sale now - for our eight-page McLaren supercar scoop feature. We reveal what the new McLaren P12 supercar, aka the modern F1, will look like at launch in...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/McLaren-MP4-12C-Spyder-2012-CARs-scoop-photos/Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:31:00 GMTSpy ShotsHere's the new BMW 4-series Convertible on test in Germany - just a couple of months after we first viewed the 4-series Coupe. These are identifiably the replacements for today's 3-series coupe and convertible twins, and BMW looks set to...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/BMW-4-series-cabriolet-2012-scooped/Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:30:00 GMTSpy ShotsVolkswagen is readying the new 2012 Beetle Cabriolet - and the convertible Bug will stick with a cloth roof, these spy photos suggest. Our scoop photographers caught the new cabrio on test in southern Europe, with only the mildest of...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/VW-Beetle-cabriolet-2012-scoop-spy-photos/Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:22:00 GMTSpy ShotsAlthough taken on a very long lens from a kilometre away, we believe these grainy spyshots reveal the new McLaren MP4-12C spider. McLaren insiders have confirmed a convertible version of the MP4-12C is coming, and engineers are currently flat out...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/McLaren-MP4-12C-convertible-2012-the-first-spy-photos/Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:41:00 GMTSpy ShotsPorsche is readying the new 991-spec 911 Cabriolet for launch in summer 2012. In many regards, it's business as usual: it's a soft-top convertible version of the new 911 coupe. But its roof holds one or two secrets up its...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Porsche-991-secrets-of-the-new-911-cabrios-roof/Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:30:00 GMTSpy ShotsHave you seen the undisguised spy shots of the new 2012 Porsche Boxster circulating online? These artist's impressions show exactly how next year's new Boxster - codenamed 981 - will look, and the Mk3 ushers in more change than previous...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Porsches-new-Boxster-2012-an-edgy-new-style-for-981/Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:35:00 GMTSpy ShotsIt's Porsche Scoop Week at CAR Online, as we bring you the lowdown on every future Porsche on our radar. These are exciting times in Stuttgart as Porsche is subsumed into the Volkswagen bosom - and the pace of new...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Porsche-scoop-special-Porsche-550-2015/Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:38:00 GMTSpy ShotsBMW might have the 6-series, Jaguar the XK, and there's Maserati's GranCabrio to consider too, but nothing is quite like the SL, Mercedes' big roadster which mixes coupe security with roadster style. And there's a new one on the way in 2012,...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Mercedes-SL-2012-spied-on-test/Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:30:00 GMTSpy ShotsNow that the Mini Coupe has been officially unveiled, interest has turned to the Mini Roadster. Our latest spy photos show the soft-top two-seater with its roof up, with BMW's usual camouflage sheeting applied. The spy photos give us a...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Mini-Roadster-2012-the-latest-spy-photos-/Thu, 30 Jun 2011 10:41:00 GMTSpy ShotsCAR's spy photographers have brought us the first images of the upcoming Bentley Continental GTC Speed. Err, Bentley have already released the Continental GTC, it's on their website... An understandable error, given how much the new Continental GT coupe resembles...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Bentley-Continental-GT-Speed-Convertible-scooped/Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:07:00 GMTSpy ShotsJaguar's new baby sports car, dubbed F-type, is taking its first steps out on the public roads. CAR's scoop photographers have caught the new XE cabrio on the highways around Jag's engineering headquarters in the Midlands. Although this engineering mule...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Jaguar-XE-2013-the-scoop-pics/Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:42:00 GMTSpy ShotsSports cars have never been the true forte of BMW. The 507, 503, M1, Z1 and Z8 were unloved loss-markers which only attained cult status (long) after production had ended. But the company is readying a new Z2 to launch...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/BMW-Z2-2014the-entry-level-roadster-revealed/Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:00:00 GMTSpy ShotsIt seems like only yesterday we were reporting on Vauxhall's upcoming Astra Convertible. Now we have proof that the next Astra Convertible will ditch the folding hardtop of the previous model and return to a folding fabric roof. Vauxhall Astra...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Opel-Astra-cabriolet-2012-scooped-/Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:00:00 GMTSpy ShotsJaguar's fasted series-production car, the XKR-S coupe, may well be joined by a convertible edition in the near future. That's the implication of these spy shots, taken at a confidential location. The photos show a red Jaguar convertible prototype, bearing the distinctive modified nose...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Jaguar-XKR-S-convertible-2011-caught-testing/Thu, 09 Jun 2011 13:23:00 GMTSpy ShotsIt's Porsche Scoop Week at CAR Online, as we bring you the lowdown on every future Porsche on our radar. These are exciting times in Stuttgart as Porsche is subsumed into the Volkswagen bosom - and the pace of new...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Porsche-Boxster-Mk3---the-2012-roadster-scooped/Fri, 27 May 2011 10:30:00 GMTSpy ShotsMercedes is readying the new SL for launch in 2012 and CAR’s new artist’s impressions reveal how the new Merc SL will look. Mercdedes' top-line roadster appears to doff its hat to the SLS sports car as well as the...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Mercedes-SL-2012-the-new-R231-scoop/Fri, 20 May 2011 12:29:00 GMTSpy ShotsVolkswagen will chop the top off the new Beetle in early 2012. Our new artist's impressions reveal the new Beetle Cabriolet, which is due to stick with its soft-top fabric roof stashed unfashionably high on the rump. Why no folding...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/VW-Beetle-Cabriolet-2012-revealed/Tue, 10 May 2011 08:00:00 GMTSpy ShotsWhen CAR road test editor Ben Barry sampled the new for 2011 Mercedes SLK, he came away most impressed with the four-cylinder SLK250. Obviously nobody told AMG, since it's proceeded to stuff an SLK full of AMG V8 power. Mercedes SLK55 AMG:...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Mercedes-SLK55-AMG-2011-caught-testing/Mon, 04 Apr 2011 10:43:00 GMTSpy ShotsSaab is beavering away on its new 9-3 – the first genuinely all-new Saab of the new era. The 9-5 was a legacy vehicle from GM, and while the 9-3 project was also underway under the General’s tutelage, there has...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Saab-9-3-2012--the-first-test-mules-step-out/Mon, 07 Feb 2011 10:10:00 GMTSpy ShotsThese are the best spy pictures yet of the new Porsche Boxster, as the disguise is stripped away from the snout of 2012’s new roadster. It's the car that saved the company back in the mid-1990s, and this third-generation Boxster...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Porsche-Boxster-2012-latest-spy-pictures/Fri, 21 Jan 2011 11:45:00 GMTSpy ShotsThese new photos of the Mercedes SLS Roadster have leaked overnight in Germany, affording our best view yet of the forthcoming open-top SLS convertible. The overhead shot of the SLS reminds us of the sheer scale of the SLS; it...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Mercedes-SLS-Roadster-2011-drops-its-top/Wed, 27 Oct 2010 10:33:00 GMTSpy ShotsTwo weeks ago, CAR Online brought you exclusive spy shots of the next Mercedes-Benz SLK. Now we can bring you more details of the new SLK – in the shape of new spy video footage catching the car in action. Our video catches...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Mercedes-Benz-SLK-2011-Spy-Video/Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:34:00 GMTSpy ShotsOur long lenses in Death Valley have captured the latest batch of spy photos of the next Mercedes SL convertible. The coupé-convertible is due in March 2012 and is codenamed R231.We've already snapped the new SL winter-testing (see links left),...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Mercedes-SL-2012-first-spy-shots-inside-the-new-SL/Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:29:00 GMTSpy ShotsCAR Online has caught next year's new 2011 Mercedes-Benz SLK 55 AMG, dubbed R172, testing near the Nurburgring. This is the range-topping, high-performance version of the seminal roadster with the folding hard top. Sun-lovers rejoice: this one will be available with an optional panoramic...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Mercedes-Benz-SLK55-AMG-2011-Spied-near-the-Ring-/Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:41:00 GMTSpy ShotsWhilst Mercedes' PR machine will be busy showing off their new SLS AMG Gullwing this weekend at the 2010 Goodwood Festival of Speed, our spies have caught their engineers putting its convertible sibling through its paces at the Nurburgring. See it in...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Mercedes-SLS-roadster-Video-2011/Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:13:00 GMTSpy ShotsThese are the best shots yet of BMW’s new 6-series Convertible – the disguise is steadily being stripped off the big drop-top ahead of its launch in early 2011. The 6-series Convertible will be the first of a three-tier line-up, with coupe and saloon variants...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/BMW-6-series-Convertible-2011-latest-spy-shots/Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:00:00 GMTSpy ShotsThese are the latest pictures of next year’s new Mercedes SLK... Hang on! Next year? So there’s no drop-top Mercedes SLK motoring for me this summer? We’re afraid not. Mercedes won’t show off the new SLK until early 2011 – we expect...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Mercedes-SLK-2011-latest-spy-photos/Fri, 07 May 2010 11:15:00 GMTSpy ShotsThis is the new Mercedes SLK, caught cold-weather testing in Scandinavia. Like the current SLK, the next-gen car will feature a two-piece folding metal roof, but it will also receive all of Mercedes' latest safety gadgets and gizmos, as well...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Mercedes-SLK-2011-scooped-in-Scandinavia/Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:55:00 GMTSpy ShotsLast month we brought you some early spy photos of the new 2012 Mercedes-Benz SL on one of its first tests on road. Now we've snapped the coupé-convertible on test in the snows of Scandinavia. This SL looks like it's...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Mercedes-SL-2012-caught-testing-in-the-snow/Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:58:00 GMTSpy ShotsThis heavily cladded test car affords one of our first glimpses of the new 2012 Mercedes-Benz SL. The next-gen roadster remains a coupé-cabriolet near the top of the Merc range, despite being deposed by the flash new SLS AMG sports...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Mercedes-SL-2012-the-new-R231-scooped/Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:26:00 GMTSpy ShotsAs CAR reported last month, Porsche is busy testing a brand new iteration of Boxster at the Nurburgring: the Speedster. So what's new on the 2010 Porsche Speedster? The car in the video features twin ‘power domes’ visible under the...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Porsche-Boxster-Speedster-2010/Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:33:00 GMTSpy ShotsBMW is getting busy. In the next 12 months we’ll see saloon and Touring versions of the next-generation 5-series, the new X3, plus the Mini Crossover 4x4. And amongst all the new cars will be a host of more minor...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/BMW-3-series-Convertible-2010-facelift-spied/Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:45:00 GMTSpy ShotsWe've caught more photos of the new Porsche Boxster 'Speedster' testing in Germany. It's the new 2010 version of the Boxster with a speedster style chopped top and power domes. These new aerial photographs afford a peek inside the new...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Porsche-Boxster-R-2009-scooped/Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:31:00 GMTSpy ShotsThese grainy black-and-white pictures are the first official pictures to show a completely undisguised example of next year's Mercedes E-class cabriolet. They were filed to an agency to register various elements of intellectual property on the new E-class convertible. They...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Mercedes-E-class-convertible-2010-scooped/Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:31:00 GMTSpy ShotsCAR's already driven the new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG 'Gullwing' in the new October 2009 issue out this week – and today we've scooped the new convertible SLS. Funnily enough, that's an SLS without the gullwing doors, made redundant by the...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Mercedes-SLS-roadster-scooped--the-Gullwing-cabrio/Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:16:00 GMTSpy ShotsOur spies have bagged exclusive new footage of the upcoming 2011 Mercedes SLK caught testing on the Nurburgring. As you can see, the new model is still quite heavily disguised but those with a keen eye will spot the new...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Mercedes-SLK-2011-new-spy-video-05-08/Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:56:00 GMTSpy ShotsThis is the first undisguised picture of the new Audi R8 Spider, taken during the filming of Iron Man II. Look clearly at this grainy, low-resolution image and you can see the ‘Stark 11’ licence plate, although Robert Downey Jr....http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Audi-R8-V10-Spider-2010-undisguised/Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:34:00 GMTSpy ShotsSee the new Audi R8 Spider in action in our new spy video below. Our scoop specialists caught the R8 cabrio on test at the Nurburgring in Germany and you can hear the R8 V10 driven in anger as development...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Audi-R8-Spider-2010-spy-photos-and-spy-video/Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:00:00 GMTSpy Shots