DETROIT AUTO SHOW: FIRST Snaps AND VIDEO Of The Porsche 911 (991) Targa's Top IN USE — You'll Want To See This

People have complained that 911 never change in terms of style.It is true in many respects.I think the last time Porsche offered a true targa was back in the early 90s(about 20 yrs. ago. By offering a targa now it's almost like a design change for Porsche. I really like the design. It breaks up the regular greenhouse of the 911 into somthing that seems fresh.

I'm not a big Porsche fan but I absolutely love this Targa!

You two are probably the only people who liked it!

Out of curiosity, how old are you two? Are you purists who love manuals?

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Agent 00R let me put it this way. In 1981 I used to drive my fathers MGB. It was a very fun car. It gave the illution of speed even though it was not very powerful.Also they lived off a dirt road. Everytime you drove over it some screw or bolt would come loose on the car. He finally traded in for a Rabbit convertable. That was also a nice car and had a really nice thick convertable top. I learned to drive on a 1971 Mercedes 280SE 3.5 convertable that my father bought new for $12,500. I used to take it to highschool every day.Fast forward to 2000. I bought a used 78 911 SC. Great car but very expensive if somthing were to go wrong. I've owned 3 Alfa's which I sorely miss even though they required repairs every couple of months. I've gone through a few cars since then. Now I drive a Fiat 500 Abarth which I am in the process of speeding up a bit with an intake and Piggy back ECU. Your right though. Other then the Mercedes all the other cars were and are manual tranny cars.Unless the car was a Porsche GT3 I would not be caught dead driving a dual clutch tranny.Why don't you like the targa?I think it gives the 911 a fresh look and breaks up the monotany of the same design over and over again.In my view the 911 needs to look more like the new 918. Porsche has to take a daring pill. At least with the Targa it shows off a different look for the 911.

This Targa, with all its complication, epitomizes the "answer to the question no one asked". The coupe is better looking - the cab is a true convertible, though the least attractive 991 design. I guess the Targa is better looking and visually more interesting than the cab.

The 991 model line now has 16 variants, and I think the GTS version is coming soon. They sure have learned how to milk that cow.

More variants costs lots--passed on to all buyers, including those who choose the base 911. And yes, I agree, this Targa is stupidly complicated and probably added $10K to the price of what a design with a manually removable panel would've cost.