Sebring buyers to get choice of tops

Chrysler plans a novel approach for the redesigned Sebring convertible. It will offer two models: one with a retractable hard top and one with a soft-cloth top, say dealer and supplier sources.

In taking the two-pronged approach, Chrysler will go to German supplier Wilhelm Karmann GmbH to supply both the soft and hard tops for the Sebring. Longtime supplier Dura Convertible Systems Inc. declined to bid for the next-generation Sebring.

The Sebring convertible, which arrives in 2007 as a 2008 model, is an important vehicle for Chrysler.

Full article here

chewy - 6/6/2006 11:11:03 PM

+1 Boost

I have some doubts. I think there is quite a lot of engineering required to make one car have to different kinds of roofs. With the whole market shifting to hard top convertibles, not sure if a soft top is even needed. If they do come out with this, it will be quite interesting. I wonder what would be the price difference.