“…costs $45 bucks to fill…” – Wow, Americans really complain a lot. I drive a 94 Camry down here in Australia and it costs a minimum of $120 to fill. Puts things in perspective, huh?

Anyway, best thing about all these cars are they’re so cheap that you can afford to work on them, for convertibles. Beats the hell out of buying something reliable or fast and converting it into a convertible.

“that 2.2 L 4-cyl has a reputation for popping before it reaches 125K”?
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What the bloody heck are you talking about? Those motors have lasted longer than 200K without any major work.

yeah, yeah I guess a Miata’s a good choice.
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…if you’re a chick.

it seems that at least two of the most fun for the sun four bangers are being left out here..
the absolute fun mobiles : the early mazda miata !
1.6-1.8 inline 4s
five speed on the floor
rear wheel drive
and the mid eighties- early nineties 3 series bimmers (four cylinder ragtops if available
both of them will turn heads no matter what their color is,easy on the pocket(particularly the mazda)
happy summer driving … every body!

the point is, convertibles are awful unless they’re hardtop, but I’ll take ANY car right now, so im not complaining

hell ya!! I have the exact Cavalier w/ 3.1 V6. I love that thing.

WTF IS SIZZLERS AND GET A NEW CAR YOU RETARD!!!!

I didn’t see the qualifying dollar amount cutoff, but a couple more for under $2500 you can still find convertibles such as the 2.4L Mitsubishi Eclipses Spyders that still get ~25MPG if you don’t lead foot them. The Pontiac Sunfire 4cyl for sure, latest generation.

All of those on my list (V earlier V) are available as a convertible with a 4-cylinder. Don’t you guys know your cars…

Yeah, we’re talking convertibles, and my first statement applied to convertibles… Camaro or Firebird convertibles.
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Plus, if you can have a 6 cylinder that gets mileage similar to one of these 4 bangers, but outperforms them… why choose an inefficient anemic box?