5 Most Forgotten Convertible Cars Now Hidden Treasures!

[@MichaelRoberts-n9l]

In 96 my girlfriend wanted a convertible. I worked for Ford and had access to several dealerships. There was a 91 well maintained Reatta convertible with 80k miles that l picked up. I was surprised at how well the car held up. It wasn't a sports car but the perfect car for beach weekends and she loved it. After three years we split up and l lost track of both the car and girl

A guy I worked with bought one of those Reattas, brand new. A very attractive little sled, with one of the best engines GM ever produced.

[@snakehandler87]

I LOVE THE X90

[@nelson2503]

The Buick Reatta 's front overhang is too long and the rear bumper too bulky. Had the designers taken a closer look to the sport convertible European car industry, they could have come up with a much more balanced product.

[@arnesahlen2704]

Reatta: if I recall correctly from past reading, a *manual* convertible roof on so costly a sports car was not appreciated.

[@TheRealDrJoey]

I always liked those Geo convertibles. If they made that car today I bet they'd sell a lot. I'm surprised there's nothing here about the Cadillac Allante.

[@JeffMiletich]

Riatta's were beautiful cars. I knew 2 people who were very happy owners.

[@donberry7657]

After this I'm driving my 2001 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder GT rowing my 5 speed down to the beach on this sunny day:)

[@dj33036]

My boss owned a Reatta that I drove a few times. It drove like a car twice it's size. It was a barge.

[@ahoorakia]

1:23 my 1981 VW rabbit convertible had rear glass and electric defroster!

[@jrdervish]

Where is the location at 9:25 (showing the Metro conv)? An auto museum?

[@joesutherland225]

If they had put the turbo in it and rear wheel drive in the buick,they would have sold many thousands more of them😊

[@MrWombatty]

The problem with that Suzuki was that as you couldn't carry anything more than a medium-sized suit-case, it was quite useless as a 4WD when you could buy one of Suzuki's other 4x4 models which were very capable despite their smallish size!

[@blackdeath3213]

They sure were pretty!

[@user-wh7hs2bc6m]

Hi, the 2 gen Saab 900/9-3 " wasnt " a Saab, it was more the Saab version of a GM platform/chassis. The others were Opel/Fiat and Lancia. And than there was the " special " Lancia Thema 8.32 with the Ferrari 8 cylinder.

[@jayartz8562]

Hey you forgot about series 1 Volvo C70 convertible.

[@Kbfan43]

Red Bull also cut up a mini and turned it into a pick up with a can on it for marketing

[@raverboyloki]

The Suzuki X-90 (btw - not a convertible) limped so the Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet could trip, stumble and fall.

[@mikeross801]

You accidentally showed the Buick riata's engine when you were describing the TC by Maserati...

Saab, by a country mile!

P.S., First Gen. I wouldn't touch a GM Sabb, with a barge pole.

[@JSchroederee]

Classic GM, the buick wanted to compete with other GM products 😂

[@worst-buy7073]

Gen 1 Toyota Solara

[@allenmontrasio8962]

To be fair, the X90 was a bit of an aberration.

[@user-wh7hs2bc6m]

Hi, wasnt it also sold as GEO ? I know several " little " japanese cars were sold or build under " cheap " US brands to avoid taxes ?

[@ahoorakia]

if you want to sell overpriced sport cars you need strong engine,perfect handling and lots of luxury standard features ,none these car had these three or even two out of three

[@Lucerd127]

👍

[@RobertGuidry-f3f]

1, 2 and 5. They are Front-WRONG-Wheel-Drive. They have problems that you don't have to care about on a Rear-Wheel-Drive vecile when either get old. A malfunctioning excelerator module that makes it over rev it's brakes for one. Number 3. It is ugly and the Company died. Number 5. It is cute and is good for point A to point B driving, but it is useless for using it as truck.

[@oldietolfree1632]

apart from the saab they all look terrible tbh

[@peterpann9619]

They were junk.

[@ProtoType99468]

a rare find today? even in the nineties you rarely saw one, i wanted a white convertible reatta and in 12 months never found one, no help from Windows 95