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June,
2007 |
Volume 5, No. 6 |
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2008
Sebring
By
Tom Lankard
From
$25,470
to
$31,670 |
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Riviera 56
By Lenny
Rudow
$1,531,848 |
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2008
Chrysler Sebring Convertible. New,
with a choice of tops that drop.
After
almost single-handedly resurrecting the
U.S. convertible market in the early
1980s, Chrysler has worked hard to
retain its foothold in the drop-top
niche as competition has expanded and
improved. With the 2008 Sebring
Convertible, Chrysler raises the ante,
offering the first, domestic-brand coupe
with a retractable hard top.
Not
comfortable letting it all ride on a new
roof, the company has improved the
Sebring to some degree in virtually
every other area. There are now three
engine choices, a new, 232-horsepower,
3.5-liter V6 and more powerful versions
of the inline-4 and 2.7-liter V6. The
2.7-liter flex-fuel engine is capable of
burning regular gasoline or E-85, a
blend of 85 percent ethanol and 15
percent gasoline. The new V6 also has a
new, six-speed automatic
transmission, a most-welcome step up
from the outdated four-speed automatic
that carries over with the other two
engines.
Interiors
get an injection of modern-day style and
electronics tempered with classic
touches. Black-on-white gauges echo the
watch-like, analog clock centered high
on the dash. The optional
audio/navigation system stores map data
and personalized entertainment files on
a 20GB hard disk drive accessed via a
Universal Serial Bus port. Quality
plastic moldings and sleek metallic trim
with muted color combinations present a
quiet visual landscape. ..........More>
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The
throttles are pinned, 36"-by-45"
five-bladed props are swinging at 2360
rpm, the front curtain is open, and my
hair is plastered back in the 46.1-mph
wind tunnel of love called a Riviera 56
Flybridge. What’s that you say? Rivieras
are cruisers, not fishers, and they’re
relatively slow boats with small
powerplants? Think again. Not only does
this boat have the power and speed to
run with today’s tournament-level
pelagic fish hawks, it has a
take-no-prisoners attitude that’s among
the best. Here’s why.
 Rivieras
have long been a low-cost alternative in
the luxury, high-performance, big-dollar
rides of the flying bridge boat world.
They’re built in Australia and had an
eye more toward efficiency and cruising
than speed and voracity. Their interiors
looked more hoi polloi than hoity-toity,
and the fishing features spoke snapper
instead of swordfish. No more. The 56
Flybridge marks a watershed departure
for this builder with one caveat:
Riviera still beats competitors big-time
on bang for the buck. Bertram’s 570,
despite its model designation, is more
than 2' shorter and has 5" less beam
than the Riviera, yet starts at about $2
million. Ocean Yacht’s 54 SS is 5'2"
shorter, has 6" less beam, and when
rigged with 584 fewer horses, it starts
at about $1.5 million, which is about
the same as the Riviera. All of these
boats offer three-stateroom/three-head
layouts, and all have the glitzy
interiors you’d expect of a big-bucks
battlewagon. .......More>> |
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