This not for the faint hearted. As with all production cars, the crash impact has to be measured to make a car roadworthy and safe. Likewise, this fate did not indulge this flatnose convertible:
As Valmet wrote: “It should also be remembered that making a convertible is not just about putting on a retractable roof. As an example of the chassis changes, below an early sketch of the body reinforcements added to the Saab 900 Cabriolet – a total of 14 reinforcement points with around 300 special parts”:
