a pro sure from back in the day describes the 1200 as uncompromisingly sporty be that as it may you have to shift quickly because the engine reaches the maximum torque of 76 newton meters at 2000 rpm at peak performance at 3400 r.p.m. after that the car doesn't get any faster only louder. but it's not that often. as skipped christof knows there are some designs that need no improvement only a minor touch ups are made to the body of the beetle convertible in the 31 years of its production being 1200 convertible was based on the post 958 beetle with a rectangular rear window and somewhat larger front and rear windows this was v.w. used version of the facelift i got in 1959 they replaced the door levers with fixed door handles over a poor. and they're not just 1960 the pop up some of 4 turn signals were replaced