SAAB 900 Turbo 16 Convertible

    Robert J. Sinclair, President of Saab-Scania of America, was the initiator of the Saab 900 Turbo 16 Convertible unveiled in 1983. But the Saab Design Department, headed by Björn Envall, had already started sketching an open-top Saab 900. It was felt that the demand for it was in the air.
    The Saab 900 Turbo 16 Convertible was first shown as a design study at the International Motor Show in Frankfurt in the autumn of 1983, pricipally to gauge the interest of the motoring public. The prototype car had been built by the American Sunroof Company (ASC) to Saabs drawings.
    The prototype aroused enormous interest - particularly among dealers around the world. In April 1984, a decision was made to take the car into production at the Saab-Valmet plant in Uusikaupunkki, Finland. Production started during spring 1986.
    The Saab 900 Turbo 16 Convertible is an open car, manufactured under perfectly standard production conditions and subjected to the same rigorous quality inspection as other Saab cars. Saab-Valmets experience of special cars (such as the Saab 900 CD - a lengthened version of the Saab 900 Turbo) and their flexible production resources are perfect for the Convertible. The special parts for the top are produced by the American Sunroof Company. The Saab 900 Turbo 16 Convertible includes about 300 special parts that differ from those of the corresponding two-door Saab 900 Turbo 16 Sedan.