CAVALIER CABRIOLET
When the sun comes out, do you notice the rush of convertibles and cabriolets that suddenly appear on our streets? It isn’t just in the sunny summer months either, because lots of people like to get their top down all year round, and in a car with a powerful heater it takes more than a blast from the Arctic to make them batten down the hatches. And you don’t need to break the bank with something like a modern BMW or Audi to enjoy that fresh air feeling, because there are some classic and relatively cheap options that allow you to savour the sunshine in this way; amongst them, perhaps surprisingly, is a Cavalier Convertible from Vauxhall.
In the 1980s there was a vogue for cutting the roof off many a mainstream saloon, one that was copied by most of the world’s major manufacturers. The Volkswagen Golf and Ford’s Escort spring immediately to mind, but Renault, Peugeot and Rover were at it too. General Motors in the form of Vauxhall and Opel were not going to be
