hardtop

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Recent Examples of hardtop My grandmother had this long yellow car with a brown hardtop. Jen Chaney, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025 Built in 1957 and 1958, the more exclusive four-door had several model-specific details including quad headlights (a first for an American vehicle), a stainless steel pillarless hardtop, and suicide doors. Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2025 The retractable hardtop can open or close in 14 seconds at speeds up to 28 mph. Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 25 Feb. 2025 Even the hardtop enclosure, with sliding-glass doors and an open area at the back, conveys a sense of airiness. Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 22 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hardtop
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hardtop
Noun
  • This includes considering both traditional sources such as bank loans and bonds along with more structured solutions such as convertibles.
    Sunayana Gutta, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • All of a sudden, a 60s convertible came screeching up, blaring Doors music at top volume.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Polestar 1, a sleek hybrid sedan based on Volvo parts, made a splash in 2017 and was followed by Polestar 2, an entry-level, all-electric high-riding fastback that debuted at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
  • The sporty fastback appeared that August as a 1965 model, rounding out the lineup.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Despite being a small hatchback, the Abarth 600e weighs 1,700kg, whereas the 2025 Mk8 Golf GTI, for example, is just 1,454kg.
    James Morris, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
  • In the car’s fourth generation, a sedan edition was added to the lineup, but it has mainly been sold as a three- or five-door hatchback.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The two-vehicle collision occurred at about 5:17 p.m. near Emmett Road and Hollow Road when a coupe crossed the center line and collided head-on with a large pickup truck, according to Idaho State Police.
    Ashley Fredde, Idaho Statesman, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The Vanquish which ceased production in 2018, was reintroduced as a coupe in September, 2024; the company plans to build only 1,000.
    Scotty Reiss, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • By the time the wagon arrived at the Western District station, its sixth stop, Gray was unconscious.
    Michelle Deal-Zimmerman, Baltimore Sun, 12 Apr. 2025
  • In a squad, a soldier rides one horse in the lead, six horses pull the caisson wagon, and a riderless horse follows.
    Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Throughout most of Hunter S. Thompson’s career, illustrator Ralph Steadman rode shotgun on the bending antennae of the author’s ragtop ’70s Caddy.
    Steve Garbarino, airmail.news, 7 Sep. 2024
  • The park’s historic Red Jammers, a fleet of 1930s ragtop tour buses, allow visitors to take in stunning mountain, lake and waterfall views from the road.
    Teddy Brokaw, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2024
Noun
  • Toyota makes the current version of the popular SUV in Kentucky, Canada and Japan.
    Maki Shiraki, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Just before the discovery, the officer saw two men in their early 20s leaving the parking lot of the complex in a silver SUV, which was originally parked in the lot.
    Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The eighth-generation ‘Vette, or C8, is the first to utilize a mid-engine layout and features a design more in line with the European sports cars GM views as its peers.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Tariffs will be highest on cars manufactured abroad, like the Toyota Prius made in Japan or Porsche sports cars made in Germany.
    Jack Ewing, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025

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“Hardtop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hardtop. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.

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