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- noun UK  Shortened form of drophead coupé 
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								It was this one, drophead Mercedes SL; the colour was pale blue. Above Suspicion Lynda La Plante 2004 
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								It was this one, drophead Mercedes SL; the colour was pale blue. Above Suspicion Lynda La Plante 2004 
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								Which possibly explains why many a Ferrari, Alfa or Fiat drophead has been known as a barchetta, which is Italian for "little boat". Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010 
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								That meant an evening full of saloons, drophead coupes and plenty of classic roadsters. Autoblog 2010 
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								YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW: special editions included the Grand Raid, which had a winch and roof-mounted spare wheel, a luxury Rancho X version with velour seats and metallic paint, and a drophead version with a canvas canopy over the rear seats, like the Mark I Land Rover Freelander Softback. Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010 
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								The 80-11 designation underlines just how limited these luxury British convertibles will be with Bentley building only 80 examples of each drophead in Auto Motto 2010 
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								Like its other Continental stablemates, Bentley has finally taken the drophead into their Speed garage for the transformation from really fast to "Egads!" fast. Autoblog 2009 
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								The two-door saloon was soon joined by a four-door and a drophead coupe. Autoblog 2009 
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								Feeley was responsible for the elegant drophead variant of the new 2.6 litre, the first Lagonda of the David Brown era, produced from 1948 to 1953. Autoblog 2009 
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								Suggested drophead: Alphin helped lead Hawks to state championship in 2006, runner-up finish in 2007 unknown title 2009 
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