cabriolet vs convertible

• mango tango

  9 Apr 07, 11:13

  Anyone knows the difference between a cabriolet and a convertible ? Many thanz
• coolblue6699

  9 Apr 07, 11:34

  same
• sir_boris

  9 Apr 07, 12:42

  try www.google.com
• menoob

  9 Apr 07, 16:43

  its the same, just that different country have different term for it
• libbytan

  9 Apr 07, 16:56

  One is french and the other is american.
  For italian its 'spyder'
  For Singaporean it 'Open-top'
  
  But I still like my R1.....truely wind in the face feeling!
  
• mango tango

  9 Apr 07, 17:39

  hey many thanz for your answers..
  
  now i know something which i had pondered for years..
  
  greatly appreciate to all replies..
  
  good day to everyone
• sand king

  9 Apr 07, 22:33

  Cabriolet<-- French
  Convertable<-- American
  Spyder<-- Italian
  
  All derived from horse drawn carrages. Go wiki and read up....
• Elysium7

  9 Apr 07, 22:57

  Originally posted by mango tango:

  hey many thanz for your answers..
  
  now i know something which i had pondered for years..
  
  greatly appreciate to all replies..
  
  good day to everyone

  Pondering something for years which you could have found in 5 minutes with a simple search on google
  
  At least you know now!
• Datsun

  10 Apr 07, 00:12

  Originally posted by mango tango:

  Anyone knows the difference between a cabriolet and a convertible ? Many thanz

  They r both same........high speed vacuum cleaner....
• kajagugu

  16 Apr 07, 10:10

  Then how about Roadster and Targa? What does these 2 terms mean?
  
  Gallardo has a Spyder ver and Murcie has a Roadster ver. I only know that the soft top for the Gallardo spyder is automatic while that of the Murcie roadster is manual (at least the LP640 is). So is this the difference between spyder and roadster?
  
  Haven't seen the term targa much, except for Testarossa 348 and 1 of the Porsche models. They sound like marketing strategies to me, giving diff names to diff veh....
  
  So can anyone elaborate further??
• cosmic_rides

  16 Apr 07, 10:33

  Targe is removable hard top with a centre support. when the top is out, u can see a stucture from the front to the back of the roof.
  
• tomsss

  16 Apr 07, 18:31

  Originally posted by cosmic_rides:

  Targe is removable hard top with a centre support. when the top is out, u can see a stucture from the front to the back of the roof.
  

  that is called a T-top.
  
  quote from wiki:
  
  "Targa top, targa for short, is a semi-convertible car body style with a removable roof section and a full width roll bar behind the seats. The rear window can be fixed or removable, making it a convertible. In common usage, any piece of metal or trim which rises up from the side of a car and continues in an uninterrupted line over the roof and down the other side may be called a targa band, or sometimes a wrapover band. Targa tops are different from T-tops, which have a solid, non-removable bar running between the top of the windshield and the rear roll-bar."
• Kuali Baba

  17 Apr 07, 01:05

  A roadster is strictly a 2-seater sports convertible.