Hallo Targa Friends,

We are working on a new Version of a Classic Targa 997

We need your Feedback
http://www.classictarga.com
Thank you

Gerald

 

My feedback... why ?
Looks like a cab with roof removal made a pain... where will you store the panel.
I have had 300ZX and NSX targas before and the cab is so much better as you dont have to take those heavy panels on and off.

 

I personally don't think that looks very good. I don't like how big the rear window is.
I would like it better with the normal rear better.

 

I agree with the others -- don't care for it and don't see the reason to have yet another version of the 997.

 

Tough crowd!

imo, the old Targa look is no longer pleasing now that they have made the 911 so much longer.

I'd like Porsche to return to a more compact 911 design one of these years -- it's getting porky...

 

Looking at the pictures it took awhile to figure out what you were selling- a coupe modified to be a targa or a variation of the hardtop. Eventually I found that the product is a hardtop for cabs (or for boxsters).

Is it feasible to call it a "targa hardtop", so that it might attract the attention of cab owners or prospective owners? I almost think you are better off marketing your products as alternative hardtops for cabriolets, which include a classic targa-like option, rather than marketing your products as an alternative to the targa. As you surely know, there are more cab owners than targa owners, and it would be less expensive to upgrade a cab to have your hardtop than to trade in a targa for a completely new cab plus your hardtop.

Personally I like the current "sliding roof" targa concept, but I know not everyone does. It's a matter of taste. But one thing that your hardtop might provide, especially the one with wraparound glass and no B pillars, is a pretty good omnidirectional view. Do you suppose the whole hard top can be made of glass, except for minimal metal to preserve structure? Then you'd have pretty much the same visual experience as a cab (but not the auditory or olfactory or tactile).

 

No.... Please don't, not like that!

 

I'll stick to the real Targa.

 

agree this is a tough crowd. I quite like the old style targa 'hoop'. Offers a nice alternative for cab owners to a normal hard top. Its good to give options.....good luck

 

Too much rear window.....I have a hard enough time trying to clean the window on my coupe.

 

something just dont look right. looks like a corvette top placed on a 997

 

I'm guessing this is cab based, which means it has none of the advantages of the current Targa being based on the coupe. I think if you're not getting the structural rigidity of the coupe (which you do with the
current Targa), then you might as well buy a Cab. Now, on the other hand, if you could market this as a variant hardtop for the Cab, then that might make sense.

 

Just curious - which MY did the Targa transition to being based on the coupe?

 

With the 996 Targa in '02.

 

Looks like the offspring of the unlikely pairing of a 997 and a Corvette