Volkswagen says it will launch a convertible version of the Golf VI in 2010. "It is a demanding time frame," an insider said. "But the new Golf convertible is aiming for spring business the year after next." For reasons of cost and timing, the new four-seater will get the Audi A3's roof system. It has to be lengthened for the Golf, however. Edscha supplies the A3's folding fabric roof. The new convertible will not have the aesthetically troubling middle frame that caused earlier models to be dubbed the "little strawberry basket." The new Golf drop-top is expected to be priced between the New Beetle convertible and the Eos. A VW source said that would keep it a "small respectful distance" from the base model of the A3 convertible, which starts at 24,950 euros (about $37,925). The two VW plants in Wolfsburg and Mosel that produce the Golf VI are the only ones in line to get the assembly contract for the convertible.