ragtop

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Recent Examples of ragtop 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 The livelihood of the convertible might be threatened by hulking SUVs, but a handful of sporty stalwarts continue to validate the timeless allure of alfresco driving—especially when that ragtop is paired with the right road. Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2023 Basically, Brits are tickled pink anytime their beloved ragtops are close at hand. Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 24 Apr. 2023 See All Example Sentences for ragtop
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ragtop
Noun
  • Surprisingly, the numbers showed that convertibles did not lag behind their hardtop siblings.
    Josh Max, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The electrically retractable hardtop folds away beneath the roof at the press of a button, and there's no rear windshield to interrupt the monolithic shape of the vehicle.
    Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Click here for more photos of this 1982 Triumph TR7 convertible.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The couple hard-launched their relationship when Swift famously attended a Kansas City Chiefs home game in September before riding off with the tight end in a convertible.
    Glamour, Glamour, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The nose bears a family resemblance to the Ariya, and the body style is sort of a crossover, sort of a fastback sedan, depending on your frame of reference.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Blending the best parts of a sedan, hatchback and crossover, the all-electric fastback will again be offered in two power-train options.
    Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The shimmying scramble off the line as the coupe tries to best translate 755 ponies to the road is equal parts satisfying and exhilarating.
    Sean Evans, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Xpeng launched the Mona series in China last year with the debut of the Mona M03 electric coupe.
    Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But by mid-2020, the commissioner appeared to have fallen off the wagon, according to political insiders around him.
    Joey Flechas, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Twenty years later, Volvo revived the V90 wagon for 2017 as a companion to the 2017 Volvo S90 flagship sedan.
    Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Guangzhou Automobile Group unveiled its Aion V compact SUV and Aion UT compact hatchback.
    Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • But after Hyundai launched Santro — a quirky looking hatchback, priced right in the comfort zone of middle-class India — there was no looking back.
    Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • According to Mercedes-Benz' website, a brand-new 2025 G-Class SUV — or G-Wagon, as it's often called — can range in price from $148,250 to $186,100, depending on the model.
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Positioned squarely in the mid-size SUV segment, the G7 offers spacious seating, advanced driver-assist features, and triple Turing AI chips that enable L3-level computing power.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • About 18 vehicles, including a number of rare barn find cars, were auctioned from the collection.
    Eric D. Lawrence, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Take Tesla, Elon Musk's car company last week delivered its first electric SUV, Model Y, from its showroom in Mumbai.
    Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Ragtop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ragtop. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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