Oppo challenge

"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland) 04/26/2019 at 23:59 • Filed to: None

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Name a car manufacturer that has never had a factory convertible. I bet there is more than one and one in particular is still in business.

Here is a white Chrysler labaron, traded in my MG for it.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/27/2019 at 00:04

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Cadillac?

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 04/27/2019 at 00:05

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Cadillac has had numerous convertible cars. Non recently though.

CB > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/27/2019 at 00:06

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Does Hummer count?

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/27/2019 at 00:08

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Lada?

atfsgeoff > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/27/2019 at 00:09

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Lada?

bob and john > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/27/2019 at 00:10

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GMC. Vector, mit suoka? that last one I’m shakey on. 

12and35 > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/27/2019 at 00:12

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Fisker...and dare I say I can’t think of an Acura convertible. Targa, yes, not convertible, though.

glemon > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/27/2019 at 00:12

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Tesla?  Pretty much all the companies that have been in business since the 50s and 60s are out.  Everybody made convertibles then.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > CB 04/27/2019 at 00:13

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Which one?

CB > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/27/2019 at 00:13

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The consumer brand.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > bob and john 04/27/2019 at 00:14

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GMC, don’t know about the others.

wafflesnfalafel > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/27/2019 at 00:15

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Scion?

VW Max > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/27/2019 at 00:15

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Scion? The incarnation of bugatti that made the eb110? 

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > atfsgeoff 04/27/2019 at 00:16

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VW Max > glemon 04/27/2019 at 00:16

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Tesla roadster 

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > CB 04/27/2019 at 00:17

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Certainly they never made one.

2Fast2Furious: Rotary Powered > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/27/2019 at 00:17

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Autozam.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > 12and35 04/27/2019 at 00:17

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Acura, I didn’t think of that. Honda has the s2000.

WilliamsSW > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/27/2019 at 00:18

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It would have to be a newer brand, or truck only, or very low volume.

Ram comes t o mind but what about Subaru?

bob and john > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/27/2019 at 00:18

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OH OH OH. Hyundai/Kia. might have had a couple of concepts, but nothing produciton I think.

Also, subaru

atfsgeoff > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/27/2019 at 00:19

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what the hell is that?

TheHondaBro > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/27/2019 at 00:20

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Peterbilt

pip bip - choose Corrour > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/27/2019 at 00:20

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Holden

They have had only rebadged  Opel convertibles and outside companies

atfsgeoff > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/27/2019 at 00:21

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Obvious one that took a few minutes: Subaru

Nothing > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/27/2019 at 00:24

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Kia/Hyundai?

bob and john > 12and35 04/27/2019 at 00:26

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NSX was sold as acura in some parts...do targa tops count?

sony1492 > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/27/2019 at 00:27

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Deawoo , Hyundai, kia?

12and35 > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/27/2019 at 00:28

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XLR would probably be a hard top convertible.

12and35 > bob and john 04/27/2019 at 00:29

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Yeah, that’s what I was thinking. They were targa top but not ‘vert

Josh - the lost soldier > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/27/2019 at 00:37

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Subaru.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > bob and john 04/27/2019 at 00:40

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I was waiting for Subaru, you win 1,583 internet points!

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > WilliamsSW 04/27/2019 at 00:41

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Yes Subaru.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > WilliamsSW 04/27/2019 at 00:41

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Ram is dodge/Chrysler.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > TheHondaBro 04/27/2019 at 00:42

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Low hanging fruit. MANN?

promoted by the color red > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/27/2019 at 00:43

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If we’re counting targa-tops, then no. The Vivio T-Top went topless.

https://jalopnik.com/the-subaru-vivio-t-top-was-an-actual-car-in-spite-of-wh-1825427023

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Nothing 04/27/2019 at 00:45

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I thought there was a scoupe convertible but I was wrong.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/27/2019 at 00:46

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I don’t know Aussie cars at all...

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > promoted by the color red 04/27/2019 at 00:46

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I would not count a t top.

Amoore100 > bob and john 04/27/2019 at 00:50

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They

have

made

a

great

many

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > Nothing 04/27/2019 at 00:51

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I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > Nothing 04/27/2019 at 00:53

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But for real, the first gen Sportage came with the option of a half canvas top. Not sure if this is really a convertible, though

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > WilliamsSW 04/27/2019 at 00:56

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1989-1991 Dodge Dakota Sport Convertible. ASC Conversion, but a “factory” option.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/27/2019 at 00:57

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Ford Australia made the Mercury Capri/ford capri

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > bob and john 04/27/2019 at 00:58

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First gen Kia Sportage was offered with a canvas top over the back seats (think Bronco style) from the factory.

Eggplant > bob and john 04/27/2019 at 01:00

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Mitsuoka made this thing, so I guess they’re out.

https://www.mitsuoka-motor.com/global/lineup/history/ssk/

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/27/2019 at 01:07

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Edsel.

SmugAardvark > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/27/2019 at 01:16

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Just popping in to give props for the Cake reference.

As for the question at hand, the first answer that comes to mind would be Subaru. I don’t recall them ever making a drop-top.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/27/2019 at 01:19

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Lexus?

Spridget > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/27/2019 at 02:50

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IIRC, the early Subaru 360’s offered a convertible to reduce prices.

Longtime Lurker > Nothing 04/27/2019 at 04:11

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Kia Elan

Chinny Raccoon > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/27/2019 at 04:58

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SC430?

pip bip - choose Corrour > Chinny Raccoon 04/27/2019 at 05:04

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Ah, yes

I forgot about that one

My bad

Chinny Raccoon > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/27/2019 at 05:40

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The ones I can think of:

Alpine

FSO

Perodua

Iran Khodro - I don’t think there has been a convertible in their very varied history.

Proton (owning L otus doesn’t count)

DS/Cupra (partially cheating as they are sub brands of manufacturers that have. Seat have only made one a long time ago )

A riel- it doesn’t have a convertible roof so I’m counting it.

Polestar/ Lynk & sons of Burford as they are still too new.

I think the convertible Gilberns are aftermarket. They look like it.

Tata (JLR doesn’t count)

Probably a zillion other manufacturers from China or similar that I can’t think of.

pip bip - choose Corrour > atfsgeoff 04/27/2019 at 06:51

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lada_Samara

pip bip - choose Corrour > sony1492 04/27/2019 at 06:53

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google Daewoo G2X

:)

pip bip - choose Corrour > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 04/27/2019 at 06:56

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lada_Samara

WilliamsSW > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker 04/27/2019 at 07:49

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I know, but thar is a Dodge, not a Ram.

404 - User No Longer Available > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/27/2019 at 08:41

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I think most of the Chinese manufacturers haven’t, at least the mainstream ones. I can’t think of a convertible car manufactured by GAC or Dongfeng for instance, not even the partnered models.

I could however name one that does: Geely. They own Volvo and Lotus.

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/27/2019 at 08:55

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O_o

pip bip - choose Corrour > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 04/27/2019 at 09:12

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:)

WilliamsSW > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/27/2019 at 09:17

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OK, was thinking brands rather than manufacturers.  

WilliamsSW > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/27/2019 at 09:19

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Even the S2000 wasn’t Honda’s first.

WilliamsSW > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/27/2019 at 09:21

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In the late 50's you were required by law to produce convertibles in the US

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/27/2019 at 09:29

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Pontiac sky!

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/27/2019 at 09:31

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Oh come on they made the worst car in the world according to top gear.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/27/2019 at 09:32

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so bad it slipped my mind

:)

pip bip - choose Corrour > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/27/2019 at 09:33

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aka Opel GT too

RT > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/27/2019 at 13:17

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Dear, people who said Subaru.

This exists.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > RT 04/27/2019 at 14:24

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Kinja’d

HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute > RT 04/27/2019 at 15:04

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This is probably one of the funniest kinja'd moments ever get rekt

glemon > VW Max 04/27/2019 at 16:16

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I know about the Lotus based thingie.  Is the rear window fixed?  If so it is a targa not a convertible, I am having no luck with Google trying to answer this important question.

RT > HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute 04/27/2019 at 16:25

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Kinja chooses its battles wisely. ;P

Nauraushaun > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/27/2019 at 23:41

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The word is “had”. Holden didn’t manufacture it but they did offer convertibles. They “had” convertibles ;)

Nauraushaun > 12and35 04/27/2019 at 23:41

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Fisker!

Nauraushaun > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/27/2019 at 23:42

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Skoda perhaps? They’re a maybe.

Fisker ;)

Tata perhaps, but they’re such a big company...who knows.

Great Wall? Nobody really knows what these companies offer in China.