As the warmer weather sets in, convertible tops can finally retract. At present, the luxury-car market is spoiling us, and our committed skincare regimen, with a startling plethora of quick, sporting, and sybaritic six-figure droptops. And they not only come in all sorts of shapes and configurations, but also with a range of gas, electric, and hybrid options. “Convertibles have stayed fairly consistent at about .5 percent of all new vehicles sold to consumers each year,” says Alexander Edwards, president of Strategic Vision, a research and consulting firm that conducts hundreds of thousands of surveys with new car buyers annually. “However, those over $100,000 seem to have jumped significantly in 2020 from just a few vehicles, to 13 percent of the convertible market. That has increased to 22 percent in 2022, and has stayed there till today.” The reason for this growth, according to Edwards’ data, is twofold. First, at..
