cabriolets

Topless horse-drawn vehicles

Cabriolets are convertible automobiles with retractable roofs.

The term comes from a light horse-drawn carriage with a folding hood, and the automotive sense preserves that feature: a line of cabriolets parked along the French Riviera.

Often shortened to cabrio in marketing and casual use.

automobile

convertible

Car with folding roof

BMW · Mercedes · Audi · retractable · topless · sports car · open-air · wind · summer · driving

carriage

horse-drawn

Powered by equines

coachman · Victorian · promenade · elegant · pleasure · gig · chaise · calash · phaeton · buggy

furniture

Queen Anne

English monarch, furniture period

  • curvedSmoothly bent, not angular
  • chairSingle-person sitting furniture
  • setteeSmall upholstered seating furniture

carved · scrolled · S-curve · antique · eighteenth century · ornate · Chippendale · Louis XV · rococo · mahogany

Categories
Opposites
roof type

cabrioletshardtops

Automobiles with permanent roofs

coupes · sedans · saloons · hatchbacks · station wagons

vehicle enclosure

cabrioletslimousines

Elongated luxury automobiles

broughams · coaches · landaus · panel vans · armored vehicles

Family

cabriolet

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G