Ragtops inevitably have much bigger boots than convertibles with folding hardtops because folding hardtops take up most of the boot. However the sense of these cars is that they have enormous boots with the folding hardtops up, so if, for example, you are driving down to the South of France, only a nutter would do that with the top down and you can use the commodious boot space for all your luggage. Once you get there and unload, you can cruise around locally with the top down.

Beware of Eos. Their roofs are made of too many sections, which makes them difficult to seal. Focus CCs have a screen rail sealing problem. Renault Megane CCs are surprisingly good. Volvo C70s are expensive for Focus based cars, but quite good. Saab 9-3 ragtops now feel hopelessly old-fashioned. The best of the lot are BMWs, either the old E46 ragtops or the current E93 coupe convertibles.