Test Drive Porsche 911 Carrera Targa 4 997 since 2008 coupe
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Porsche employees most interested in my impressions at all about the new Targa. They were interested in the newest concept from Lamborghini - after all, the four-door Estoque is the most direct competitor to the future sedan Porsche Panamera. I was lucky, just in the morning of the same day, see the view of Estoque on the Motor Show in Paris, and in the evening, to be on the Italian Lake Garda, where we presented a new Targa. In Italy, where the word Targa came from, he has two values \u200b\u200b- a sign and shield . It was the first and made it famous because the Golden Rectangular Plate was the main race for Sicily, organized by Vincenzo Florio. Until World War II, it was mostly Italian competitions. But from 1955 to 1973, Targa Florio was part of the World Championship, and Porsche leads among the brands of the winners. Is it worthwhile to be surprised that the new version of the body of the famous Porsche 911 was assigned to Targa?
As often happens, a new idea was born due to problems. The United States was already an important market for many automakers, and Porsche among them. And open body were very popular in America. Porsche released the version of the roadster from the very first model 356. But just in the sixties, the lawyer Ralph Nader took up research on passive security, and in his famous bestseller is dangerous at any speed (unsafe at any speed) among other things criticized and cabriolets that did not create protection when tipping over. There was a possibility of a complete ban on open bodies in the United States. In reality, she embodied much later, but Porsche reacted with the probe. The principal distinction of Targa from the usual rhodster was the presence of a safety arc. It was possible to put a rigid roof between it and windshield. Panoramic rear window on the machines of the first series was made of plastic and it could also be removed. So the car was advertised as four in one: two removable details allowed to create four different combinations. Later, the rear window was fixed. And by that time it became almost a standard: for the sake of security, such a body type began to use many firms. But the right to Targa remained for Porsche.
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Yes, this year, the turn has reached a new family 911. Success does not always facilitate life: Porsche designers, he complicates it. Form 911 was created over 40 years ago Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, the son of the founder of the Ferry Porsche car company and, accordingly, the grandson of Ferdinand Porsche. The style turned out to be so perfect that all subsequent models are variations on the same topic. Is it easy to improve the ideal? Periodically, third-party influences are interferred in the case: tightening safety standards, finishing from the point of view of aerodynamics ... But the car has long become cult, so make a new one and not spoil it every time everything is more complicated. Sometimes designers help themselves: an attempt to find new accents led to the emergence of 996 new form headlights. But many of the fans of the brand name did not like the novelty. So when creating a series of 997 in 2004 it was clear what to do with light engineering: oval headlights triumphantly returned.
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However, the wheel suddenly it turns out that the usual mechanic is simply gorgeous. And with such an engine, in fact, switch the transmissions from a clean desire to deliver the pleasure of the accuracy of this process. The motor perfectly pulls on almost any revolutions and in the range required for the country road, to change the transfer almost no need. No, if we begin to take care of ecology, then, perhaps, it is worth working as a lever.
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True, this mode switch is included in the Sport Chrono Plus optional package. Together with the stopwatch on the instrument panel and the Launch Control function, this is when the machine starts with the motor turnover at the level of 6500. The four-wheel drive helps to use the entire torque, and the transmission allows the wheels to stop smoothly so that the start is as fast as possible.
The abundance of options is not only dignity, but also a disadvantage. Because at 911, not only the latest headlights with lighting in turns are offered, but also such banalities, as a parking sensor or, for example, a rear wiper. By the way, the shift roof also does not improve, although transparent. However, it is probably the only drawback of the new Targa. And not so significant: who in such a car may be interested in what is happening from behind?
Porsche 911 Targa 4 / Targa 4S
EngineBenzine
Opposite
6-cylinder-working volume (cube cm) 3614 /
3800
Power (hp at rpm) 345 at 6500 /
385 at 6500moment (nm at rpm) 390 at 4400 /
420 with a 4400 transmitted full transmission. 6-speed
(PDK 7-speed) Length / Width / Height (mm) 4435/1852 / 1310-1300Massa lied (kg) 1530 (1560) /
1540 (1570) Maximum speed (km / h) 284 (282) /
297 (295) Acceleration up to 100 km / h (c) 5.2 (5.0) /
4,9 (4,7)
Fuel consumption city / highway (L) 18.5 / 12.1 /
16,5/7,7 (16,1/7,5)
Price in Moscow4 577 200 /
5 090 300
Note: Data in brackets relate to Versions with PDK transmission
Text: Valery Chusov
Photo: AG
A source: "Autopilot"