Convertibles

The Corniche carried the coachbuilt tradition through a quarter-century, Mulliner Park Ward hand-building the two-door Rolls long after the trade around it vanished. A guide to the coupe and convertible, the four series, and what to check before buying.

The TVR Chimaera softened the Griffith formula just enough, Rover V8 thunder, glassfibre curves and a usable boot, and became the best-selling TVR ever built. A guide to the 4.0 to 5.0 cars, what to check on the chassis, and why it remains the great V8 bargain.

The Morgan Plus 8 dropped the all-alloy Rover V8 into an ash-framed thirties silhouette and created one of the fastest-accelerating British cars of its day, a recipe Malvern kept cooking for thirty-six years. A guide to the V8 Morgans, the 2012 revival, buying checks and values.

The Morgan 4/4 stayed in production for eighty-two years, the longest run of any car nameplate anywhere, changing engines with the decades while the ash-framed car around them barely changed at all. A guide to the series, the Ford years, buying checks and values.

The Frogeye Sprite put real sports-car joy on sale for £669 with a face nobody has ever managed to dislike. A guide to the original Austin-Healey Sprite Mk I, why the headlamps sit on the bonnet, the Sebring racers, buying checks and values.

The Triumph Roadster of 1946 carried the last production dickey seat in the world, borrowed its engines from Jaguar and the Vanguard, and found lasting fame as Bergerac's car. A guide to the 1800 and 2000 Roadsters, the television legend, buying checks and values.