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50 years of the Porsche 911 Targa

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Created on September 18, 2015

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Porsche 911 2,0 targa (1967)

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Porsche 993 Targa (1996) - der 993 musste ohne Targa-Bügel auskommen, die Scheibe konnte elektrisch nach hinten geöffnet werden

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Summary

In 1965, Porsche presented the first targa, a safety cabriolet for the future. Fifty years later, four generations of 911 with targa bows invite comparison and show how and where vehicle technology has developed the most. This driving report shows four generations of Porsche 911 targa in pictures and compares driving impressions over five decades.

This article contains the following chapters

Further development
The dead live longer
Constantly optimized
Targa driving in comparison
More power, more weight
From manual work to advanced robotics
Technical data in comparison

Estimated reading time: 6min

Preview (beginning of the article)

"The world's first standard safety cabriolet" - this was the headline with which Porsche presented the first 911 targa at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 1965. Porsche was proud of this new 911 variant with roll bar and removable folding roof, and to the outside world it was the Porsche engineers' clever response to the looming American safety regulations. At the time, Porsche confidently told journalists and customers: "The targa is neither a convertible nor a coupé, neither a hardtop nor a saloon, but something completely new." From December 1966, Porsche produced the targa, an open-air version of the 911 that was intended to build on the success of the popular 356 Cabriolet.

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