The Porsche Boxster and Cayman as we know them aren’t long for this world. Next year, the fourth generation of Porsche’s compact sports car will be revealed, and it will only be available as a fully electric vehicle. The current internal combustion 982 generation of Porsche 718 will remain on sale in the U.S. for … Read more
Image: RM Sotheby’s Here’s an opportunity to own the one-and-only Michelotti-designed Abarth 208 A Spyder. This car was done up in the uniquely 1950s “Stile Transatlantico” inspired by the American rocket-age sporting machines, and looks absolutely magnificent in two-tone teal over white. If you have always wanted an early Corvette, but wished it was much … Read more
I have never truly understood why some convertibles are called spiders, since spiders are creepy and generally undesirable creatures and not small sporty topless fun machines. There are a few potential origins for this automotive arachnidian nomenclature mashup, one rooted in a poor translation, and one that comes from way back in the horse-drawn carriage … Read more
