I think a power soft top is certainly a possibility. It would make sense considering the Sky's upscale placement.Pammysoltice said:In the sky borchure it says it has a soft top but no mention if it was power or manual. What do you guys think? Do you think it will be optional power top????????
ho2go said:I think a power soft top is certainly a possibility. It would make sense considering the Sky's upscale placement.
On the other hand, how would the buttresses clip in to their holes in a power top scheme? It wouldn't make sense to raise the top with the power but then have to get out of the car & clip in the buttresses yourself. Might as well just be an entirely manual process.
That's 4% of the base Convertible Corvette C6 price.Fformula88 said:I just checked Corvette pricing, and that power top option is actually $1995.00!![]()
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i know a few manufacturers do offer them. bmw, porsche... i cant think of any more off the top of my head. i wonder how difficult it would be to just remove the cloth top for use in the winter. if it would only be a half hour long project, id go for it! then the hard top wouldnt add much weight at all.LatinVenom said:Maybe a removable hard top in the future, that should be less expensive that a power top, but it would add a lot more wieght than a power top.
C/F hardtop ala S2000.....swatthefly said:i know a few manufacturers do offer them. bmw, porsche... i cant think of any more off the top of my head. i wonder how difficult it would be to just remove the cloth top for use in the winter. if it would only be a half hour long project, id go for it! then the hard top wouldnt add much weight at all.
We've been debating this for a long time at the Solstice forum. Some think the fuel tank will end up between the seats and the trunk, some think it's not. We're not exactly sure anymore what's ending up between the seats and the trunk. It's defintely not the roof because the roof stows completely in the trunk itself. Personally I've speculated it might be more storage space, like a MR2 compartment. We have seen images of a small compartment behind the passenger seats (some one had said for the can of fix-a-flat).swatthefly said:you know, so many times i find that manufacturers are unwilling to make certain parts and its so hard to find some aftermarket parts, ill probably end up doing my own CF hardtop.
*somewhat related topic*
if the top was taken out of the car, aside from some decorative pieces, would there be anything between the seats and the trunk? ive seen some cutaways of the solstice, but its hard to tell.
well, ive seen some of the pics of the skeleton of the solstice and it looks to me like the tank is behind the rear axle closer to the ground, so that leads me to believe it will be the same with the sky. if that is the case, it wouldnt surprise me to have a plastic lined case behind the seats. saturn would probably try to sell us on all the storage space that it has. :banghead: well, maybe you could put a bag behind each seat. heck, id be able to do two. im 5'6". my seat would really be scooted up. still, i wonder... maybe it will just be open space?brentil said:We've been debating this for a long time at the Solstice forum. Some think the fuel tank will end up between the seats and the trunk, some think it's not. We're not exactly sure anymore what's ending up between the seats and the trunk. It's defintely not the roof because the roof stows completely in the trunk itself. Personally I've speculated it might be more storage space, like a MR2 compartment. We have seen images of a small compartment behind the passenger seats (some one had said for the can of fix-a-flat).
We've all seen detailed skeleton pics of the Sol'.swatthefly said:well, ive seen some of the pics of the skeleton of the solstice and it looks to me like the tank is behind the rear axle closer to the ground, so that leads me to believe it will be the same with the sky. if that is the case, it wouldnt surprise me to have a plastic lined case behind the seats. saturn would probably try to sell us on all the storage space that it has. :banghead: well, maybe you could put a bag behind each seat. heck, id be able to do two. im 5'6". my seat would really be scooted up. still, i wonder... maybe it will just be open space?
Closer to home, Ford T-bird. Fully removable hardtop in body color.I recall a recent Mercedes that does the same. You install a sling in your garage rafters and its one-person lift off. This type of roof dates back to '55 tbird, '56 vette, '56 MGA.swatthefly said:i know a few manufacturers do offer them. bmw, porsche... i cant think of any more off the top of my head. i wonder how difficult it would be to just remove the cloth top for use in the winter. if it would only be a half hour long project, id go for it! then the hard top wouldnt add much weight at all.
More then likely the cloth top weighs less I'm betting. Say the removable hard top is fiber glass so it's fairly light weight, it'll still have support structures in in too, and the glass area will more then likely be larger then the glass in the cloth top. More then likely even though it's still fairly light weight I'm betting the cloth is lighter then fiberglass.swatthefly said:see, i know the removable hard top isnt heavy. but imagine that 40lbs without the weight of the cloth top. i bet the cloth top weighs as much or more. (does it?)