For a narrowly focused, hard-edged sports car, Porsche offers enough variants of its current 911 (997 in Porsche-speak) to make your head spin. Buyers can choose between two flat-six engines (325-hp 3.6 L and 355-hp 3.8 L), rear or all-wheel-drive, six-speed manual or 5-speed Tiptronic transmission, and coupe or convertible. That’s before looking at the 480-hp Turbo or the race-ready 415-hp GT3 RS.
Just to keep things interesting, Porsche has now slid a Targa version into the 2007 997 line-up. In a nutshell, the Targa is a 911 with the mother of all sunroofs.
The first 911 Targa was introduced in 1966. Named after the famed Targa Florio road race, the car featured a removable roof panel. This 2007 Targa, like those of the two previous generation 911s (996 and 993 for those who are counting), has a large glass roof panel that drops down and slides back under the rear window, giving a near convertible experience when the side windows are down.
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