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enzo1 03-14-2013 07:31 PM

991 Targa Caught Testing...spy shots
 
Disguised as a convertible, the Targa design will incorporate a removable center roof section and a Targa roll-bar that helps to give the car more of a classic look.
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enzo1 03-14-2013 07:42 PM

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EarlyPorsche 03-14-2013 08:15 PM

The 997 targa was literally perfect. The targa bar doesn't strike me as something it'd want on my 100k car.

snbush67 03-14-2013 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by EarlyPorsche (Post 7329919)
The 997 targa was literally perfect. The targa bar doesn't strike me as something it'd want on my 100k car.

Agreed, also, If I spend that much money I would expect to press a button to open the roof. That looks like a manual top, which was cool in the 70's-80's, but to have opening levers and have to store it behind the seats would not be cool.

speeder 03-14-2013 09:32 PM

Why would anyone want this? When they already make such a beautiful cab with a top that goes up and down with the flick of a switch and has roll-over protection?

speeder 03-14-2013 09:33 PM

The 991 cab has possibly the best looking rag top I've ever seen.

Jim Richards 03-15-2013 04:10 AM

991 Targa Caught Testing...spy shots
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by speeder (Post 7330028)
Why would anyone want this? When they already make such a beautiful cab with a top that goes up and down with the flick of a switch and has roll-over protection?

Yeah. I can't figure this out. The recent targas have looked great. This one is just wrong.

BReif61 03-15-2013 04:14 AM

Interesting as a novelty; don't think I'll see many "in the wild," however.

Rich76_911s 03-15-2013 04:54 AM

Well appears I am in the minority but I like the idea. I'd really like it if they followed Ruf's model and go totally throwback with a soft window targa. Unfortunetly for them I'm about 100K short of being able to buy one. . .

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kach22i 03-15-2013 05:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Rich76_911s (Post 7330359)
Well appears I am in the minority but I like the idea.

I like it too.

And who is to say at this point that with a push of a button the top does not raise a couple of inches, rotates to an incline angle, and retracts into the back seat area somehow.

The lines work better than any Targa before it, which may cause coupe lovers to worry about their status in life.;)

72T 03-15-2013 05:36 AM

I'm a traditional targa guy. I liked the slide back roof well enough, but those cars still had bars across the window area that messed up the look. If I was buying a new 911, I would certainly consider this.

kach22i 03-15-2013 05:42 AM

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Originally Posted by 72T (Post 7330432)
..... bars across the window area that messed up the look.

Bars across the top of the door windows don't mess up the looks, they extend the lines of the car without interruption.

I drove a Geo Tracker for nearly 20 years, and it never quite felt like an open top with those bars there. That is what the 993 Targa and water pumper 911's Targa's suffer from as well.

It is the experience from inside the car, not the outside that a potential owner should be concerned about - in my opinion.

A bird in a cage is not free, he can only pretend to be.

KevinTodd 03-15-2013 05:45 AM

I like it also--but I think all of us that do are just Targa guys to begin with. To each his own....I do agree that the 991 is gorgeous.

plumb4u2 03-15-2013 05:53 AM

that green Ruf car is smokin hot

dave 911 03-15-2013 06:22 AM

Count me in as a 'like' also. I think it looks great with the lines of the car, and is a great nod to the old-school classic targa look - it makes the car look more like a Porsche, and less like everything else on the road these days. . . .

And yeah, I'm a targa guy also :)

cantdrv55 03-15-2013 07:11 PM

The second this new targa rolls off the showroom floor, our air cooled targas will increase in resale.

PorscheGAL 03-16-2013 05:27 AM

I like it. Of course, as a Targa owner, I am biased. I am glad to see a return to old look of the entire section coming off.

exc911ence 03-17-2013 03:51 PM

Since full cabriolets are for trophy wives and hairdressers, it's nice to see Porsche offering real men an open-top option.

And no, that was not meant to be in green. :D

I hope they sell a crap-load of them.

enzo1 12-16-2013 08:00 AM

Porsche 911 Targa Images Revealed Ahead of Detroit....
 
Future Porsche 911 Targa 2014 : les premières images scoop ! - News Automoto 2013 - MYTF1

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M.D. Holloway 12-16-2013 08:13 AM

I'm dig'n this..


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