Four-seat cabriolets tested - specifications

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On the road price £321,740 £38,110 £26,595 £21,795 £19,940
Total as tested £325,088 £46,825 £29,145 £25,100 £26,225
Residual value (after 3yrs/30,000) N/A £19,817/52.0% £8,776/33.0% £9,197/42.2% £10,568/53.0%
Annual tax liability std/higher rate £22,522/£45,042 £2,058/£4,115 £1,861/£3,723 £741/£1,482 £638/£1,276
Annual fuel cost (12/20,000 miles) £5,045/£8,408 £2,528/£4,213 £2,843/£4,739 £2,164/£3,607 £2,245/£3,742
Ins. group 50 43 20 18 32
Insurance quote N/A £622 £561 £395 £675
VED band M J M G E
VED cost £435 £235 £435 £155 £110
Length 5,609mm 4,698mm 4,751mm 4,407mm 3,714mm
wheelbase 3,320mm 2,760mm 2,947mm 2,578mm 2,467mm
Height 1,581mm 1,402mm 1,840mm 1,791mm 1,683mm
Width 1,987mm 1,786mm 1,877mm 1,443mm 1,414mm
Engine V12/6,749cc 4cyl in-line/1,796cc 4cyl in-line/2,777cc 4cyl in-line/1,390cc 4cyl in-line/1,598cc
Peak power 453/5,350bhp/rpm 204/5,500bhp/rpm 174/3,800bhp/rpm 120/5,500bhp/rpm 184/5,000bhp/rpm
Peak torque 720/3,500Nm/rpm 310/2,000Nm/rpm 460/2,000Nm/rpm 200/1,500Nm/rpm 240/1,600Nm/rpm
Transmission 6-spd auto/rwd 5-spd auto/rwd 5-spd auto/4wd 6-spd man/fwd 6-spd man/fwd
Fuel tank capacity 80 litres 66 litres 85.2 litres 55 litres 50 litres
Roof times up/down 41.5/39.7 seconds 26.6/23sec (26.5)* Approx 10mins 36.1/37.1sec (40.3)* 16.4/19.8sec
Boot capacity (roof folded) 315 litres 390 litres 498/935 litres 205/380 litres 125/660 litres
Kerbweight 2,695kg 1,695kg 2,230kg 1,523kg 1,305kg
Payload 430kg 470kg 355kg 397kg 355kg
Drag coefficient 0.36Cd 0.28Cd 0.49Cd^ 0.33Cd N/A
Basic warranty/recovery 4yrs (unltd)/4yrs Variable 3yrs unltd/4yrs 3yrs (60,000)/1yr 3yrs 60,000/1yr 3yrs (un’ltd)/3yrs
Service intervals Six Variable 12,500 miles Variable Variable
UK dealers 136 82 223 148
Driver Power manu./dealer position 9th/15th (09) 33rd/25th (09) 17th/21st (09) 19th/16th (09)
0-60mph 5.6 secs 7.8 secs 13.5 secs 10.9 secs 7.3 secs
Top speed 150mph 150mph 107mph 122mph 140mph
Auto Express economy 13.3mpg 26.2mpg 23.6mpg 30.6mpg 29.5mpg
Range 234 miles 380 miles 442 miles 370 miles 324 miles
Government urban 12.2mpg 25.7mpg 23.3mpg 37.2mpg 37.7mpg
Extra-urban 25.0mpg 46.3mpg 35.3mpg 53.3mpg 55.4mpg
Combined 15.7mpg 35.8mpg 29.7mpg 45.6mpg 47.1mpg
Actual/claimed CO2 491/377g/km 249/190g/km 321/252g/km 213/144g/km 257/139g/km
Tax bracket 35% 27% 35% 17% 16%

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