December 1, 2008 – The G Convertible has earned a spot on Car and Driver's Editors Choice list as "One to Watch" for 2009. To create this list, Car and Driver conducted rigorous instrumented testing and editorial evaluation of hundreds of 2009 model-year vehicles, including all the Editors Choice picks and their competitors. The "Ones to Watch" are vehicles that have either not yet been fully tested or not yet been directly compared against the competition, but are considered to show a lot of promise.