Feel The Wind In Your Hair Anywhere: A Round Up Of The Convertible SUV Market

Kia Sportage

Back in the 1990s, Kia entered the then young SUV market with the Sportage, a three or five-door SUV promising fun and functionality. What the public got was a roadgoing hazard the Australian ANCAP gave just a single star for safety, noting that a seatbelt failed, and there was a major structural collapse in this vehicle. The smaller model was offered in a soft top, and was styled much like the Sidekick and RAV4, where the cargo area and rear seats are exposed with the top off, but the front seats are still firmly in the cabin. Fortunately for the safety of the public, the early Sportage failed to make sales. This would change with later models, but by then the convertible option had been taken off the table.

Our final slide is the granddaddy of every other vehicle on here.