Volvo C70 convertible comes of age

When Volvo introduced the C70 convertible in 1999 — the company's first drop-top in decades — the car had the looks, but little else. Typical of a lot of convertibles from the era, the C70 suffered from some serious "cowl shake," a tendency, when driven over rough surfaces like railroad tracks, for the car to shimmy like it had a rubber suspension.

By Steven Cole Smith

April 10, 2012