{"id":97690,"date":"2020-06-05T09:05:51","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T14:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/all-destinations\/porsche-911-targa-les-legendes-sont-eternelles\/"},"modified":"2020-06-05T11:17:46","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T16:17:46","slug":"porsche-911-targa-legends-are-timeless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/en\/so-barnes-en\/porsche-911-targa-legends-are-timeless\/","title":{"rendered":"Porsche 911 Targa, Legends are timeless"},"content":{"rendered":"
R<\/span>evealed by Porsche on social media, the new 911 Targa subtly pays tribute to its 1965 predecessor. Here we look back with #SoBARNES<\/a> at one of the most remarkable stories in automotive history.<\/h5>\n

Don\u2019t you remember? It was only yesterday. Or thereabouts. The Frankfurt Motor Show, September\u00a01965. Porsche was unveiling a new car that would take the public\u2019s breath away. It was neither a cabriolet nor a coup\u00e9. Neither a hardtop nor a saloon. It was something completely new. The 911 Targa was the world\u2019s first safety cabriolet, and its fixed roll bar would soon set a trend. Open-top driving could now be enjoyed in several ways, with a folding removable roof and a fold-down plastic rear windscreen. The Targa could be driven fully closed, fully open or at once part-open and part-closed, with the roof\u2019s central section removed or the rear windscreen folded down. This trailblazing concept would soon be applied to all generations of the 911 (with \u2013 let\u2019s be honest \u2013 varying levels of success).<\/p>\n

In the Targa, Porsche had found a clever way of meeting growing demands for safety in the US market. Some were even calling for a blanket ban on cabriolets in America! To decide on its name, the title of a circuit or race where Porsche had enjoyed great success would be used. Targa Florio was chosen, as the brand had shone in this Sicilian open-road race since the mid-1950s. From the end of the summer of 1967, a Targa could be ordered with a fixed glass heated rear windscreen instead of the fold-down plastic rear windscreen. This solution became a standard feature a year later and largely remained so until 1993!<\/p>\n\n\t\t