Roadsters

General Motors introduced the Chevrolet Corvette sports car for the 1953 model year. The original Corvette launched the American roadster segment and became an important and influential model....

The Chevrolet Corvette was named by Myron E. Scott, a former newspaper photographer and creator of the Soap Box Derby. The Corvette was America's first sports car and named after the World War II...

The Chevrolet Corvette is manufactured by General Motors out of its Bowling Green, Ky., assembly plant. The Corvette debuted in 1953 and remains in production today, attracting primarily the 40-...

The Triumph TR6 was the British-based Triumph Motor Company's most popular sports car in the TR series. Manufactured from 1969 through 1976, most TR6s were exported to the United States. Although...

Through its six generations, the Chevrolet Corvette has established a reputation as the premiere American-built two-seater sports car. The Corvette is manufactured by General Motors. Introduced in...

The England-based Jaguar Cars Ltd. manufactures luxury saloons and sports cars. The company can trace its automotive roots to 1922, and in recent years has been owned by several different parent...

The two-seater sports car Triumph Spitfire was produced by the Coventry, England-based Triumph Motor Co. over an 18-year span. It was the company's most popular sports car manufactured through...

The Sunbeam Alpine, based in Midlands, England, was a two-seater roadster, coupé and fastback manufactured by the Rootes Group between 1953 and 1975. The car, however, is most identified as...

The United Kingdom-based TVR manufactures lightweight convertible and coupé sports cars. Its concept of equipping a compact, extremely light roadster with a powerful supercharged engine...

Few automobiles conjure the essence, the spirit and the elegance of Italy like Alfa Romeo. The Alfa Romeo seems forever associated with the seminal zeitgeist-film of the 1960s, The Graduate. Like...

The AC Cobra, also known as the Shelby Cobra, was developed by race car driver Carroll Shelby, with the single idea of stuffing a large engine into a compact, lightweight, two-seater roadster and...

In the early 1950s, Porsche introduced American car buyers to the thrills of two-seater roadsters that discarded the prewar styling employed by competing imports such as the MG TD in favor of a...

Ferdinand Porsche, creator of the Volkswagen, and his son Ferry built the first Porsche sports car in Austria beginning in 1947. The elder Porsche was responsible for building Volkswagens, but...

Nissan Motor Corporation's 350Z is the latest in 40-year-old line of "Z" cars first marketed in 1969 as the Datsun 240Z. Although there is very little in common between the first and latest...

The Toyota M2 is a spunky two-seater, mid-engine sports car that bears some of the characteristics of the Lotus Eclat when Lotus and Toyota cooperated in the early stages of developing the...

A sports car is typically a roadster constructed with precision engineering and a low-slung design. Over the decades sports car manufacturers acceded to the demands of the motoring public by...

The Porsche, owned by the Volkswagen Group, is one of the most popular sports cars imported to the U.S. from Germany. The car's early versions featured a spartan interior and, unusual for its...

The Cadillac Allanté was General Motor's unsuccessful attempt to restore its name in the ultra-luxury car field by competing against Mercedes-Benz and Jaguar with a roadster. Unstable...

The Mazda MX-5, commonly known as the Miata, reignited the classic roadster concept that had long been idle in the automotive industry and prompted virtually all automakers to establish their own...

German automaker Porsche produced 1270 of the Carrera GT from 2004 to 2006, and re-introduced the model again in 2009. A high-performance, sleek-looking sports car, the Carrera GT is a 2-door...

Toyota is known for its compact vehicles. When it introduced the Tercel, Toyota added a new dimension to amateur racing. In fact, this car built a fan base that would extend well beyond its...

Stemming from the 1950s hot rod, the rat rod racer is a revamped twist on the classic cult vehicle, but should not be mistaken for its predecessor--the rat rod has a culture all of its own.

Sprint cars are often treated as stepping stones by aspiring race-car drivers before they participate in NASCAR or Indycar races. Sprint cars are designed to run in smaller tracks. Sprint cars...

So you've been to the car shows and maybe even seen a cool early Hot Rod on the streets.....and you are BITTEN by the bug! Now What?

A roadster, also known as a hot rod, is a classic vehicle. This two-seater has an open top, and it's been in production since the first vehicles were made. If you find yourself in possession of a...

A roadster is 2-seater with an open top. Some of the earliest cars are considered roadsters. They come in all shapes and sizes, and there's a new trend for people to build their own roadster. With...

All over the world, roadster enthusiasts gather together to exchange anecdotes and tips, meet and make new friends and, of course, drive their open-air cars through the countryside, desert, city...

The roadster is a classic. With its open top and 2 seats, a pimped out roadster always causes heads to turn on the road. Some roadsters date back to the 1920's. These cars have a nostalgic appeal,...