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I'd like to throw in a few comments.
The convertible market in the US is about half a percent of vehicle sales, so any convertible will sell in low numbers regardless of the ratio-changing device between the engine and drive wheels.
The GM ignition switch recall has more to do with driver behavior (keeping a pound of keys on the key ring) than a failure of the company to issue a recall. And the unfortunate people who may have perished because the ignition turned off and the key (loaded with a pound of keys) fell to the floor has more to do with the driving situation and unfortunate timing, and perhaps driver panic. Shit happens when you drive and most people are ill prepared to deal with it.
Ask BMW owners how the level of anxiety increases when their HPFP dies on them suddenly. BMW only got concerned after 60 Minutes made an issue of it and a class-action lawsuit was ensuing.
BMW has a faulty air-bag seat mat sensor in a lot of E9X's (and other models) that took them 8 years to issue a recall notice, but maybe that's not of interest to anyone on this Forum...
Stop believing the spin a bunch of ambulance-chasing lawyers are saying about an engineered product (when they probably know nothing about engineering, manufacturing, and product development) and listen to both sides of the story.
And finally, BMW and Mercedes have been buying automatic transmissions from GM for various applications for over 40 years.
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