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The 911 Carrera has been one of the world’ s best-selling sports cars for decades and with its new offering the Porsche 911 Targa 4S offers enthusiasts a hint of nostalgia with a modern twist.
The stylish yet effortlessly cool design plays homage to the Porsche of yesterday, based on the latest 911, known among Porsche-philes as the 991, the new Targa is a clear homage to the original design of 1965, with a brushed-aluminium roll bar and that distinctive, curved-glass rear window.
The roof’ s operation, however, is thoroughly modern. With the push of a button, the rear glass lifts and glides backward along with what seems to be the entire rear end of the car. The trim at the top of the bar opens, the black-fabriccovered roof panel moves up and then back, nestling behind the rear seats, and the rear window whirs back into place. This automated metamorphosis takes 19 seconds. In the original Targa, this process required tools to release the top, getting out of the car, lifting the vinyl-covered top off the car, and then awkwardly folding the accordion-like roof to get it to fit in the front trunk.
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