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Targa top body style on a Porsche 914
Targa top body style on a Porsche 914

Targa top, targa for short, is a semi-convertible car body style with a removable roof section and a full width roll bar behind the seats. History Development By the late 1960s both Volkswagen and Porsche were in need of new models Porsche was looking for a replacement for their entry-level 912 A convertible is a type of automobile in which the vehicle's roof can retract and fold away converting it from an enclosed to an open-air vehicle Cars can come in a large variety of different body styles. Some are still in production while others are of historical interest only The rear window can be fixed or removable, making it a convertible type vehicle. In common usage, any piece of metal or trim which rises up from the side of a car and continues in an uninterrupted line over the roof and down the other side may be called a targa band, or sometimes a wrapover band. Targa tops are different from T-tops, which have a solid, non-removable bar running between the top of the windshield and the rear roll-bar. A T-top is an automobile roof with removable panels on either side of a rigid bar running from the center of one structural bar between pillars to the center of the next structural

The word targa first came into use from the 1966 Porsche 911 Targa, though the first production car with this system as an option was actually released five years before, namely the 1961 Triumph TR4 where it was called a surrey top. The Porsche 911 (pronounced as Nine Eleven, Neunelfer is a Sports car made by Porsche AG of Stuttgart, Germany Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Triumph TR4 was a Sports car built in the United Kingdom by the Standard Triumph Motor Company and introduced in 1961 Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The name was first adopted by Porsche after the Targa Florio road race in which they entered, used type of body style to allow a quicker entry and exit to the car by drivers in 1962 and many race cars adopted it, especially Ford and its bitter rival at the time, Ferrari in the 60s and early 70s for twistier road courses. The Targa Florio was an open road Endurance automobile race held near Palermo Sicily. Ford Motor Company is an American Multinational corporation and the world's fourth largest automaker based on Worldwide vehicle sales, following Ferrari SpA is an Italian Sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy

This body style became popular in the 1970s, when the Department of Transportation (DOT) in the United States attempted to ban convertibles, due to concerns when the car is overturned. The United States Department of Transportation ( DOT) is a federal Cabinet department of the United States government concerned with Transportation The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A ban (derived from Banishment) is generally any Decree that prohibits something As a result, manufacturers adopted Targa tops or T bars. As Porsche helped to popularise this body style, they took out a trademark for the Targa name and manufacturers sought to look for alternative names for their removable roof.

With the introduction of the Mazda Miata in 1989, saw a revival of convertibles as recent models had roll bar incorporated into the front windscreen, Targas and T-top witnessed a slow decline as manufacturers discontinued them one by one, putting convertibles into favor, but will continue to produce them when it is not possible to incorporate convertible styles. Generations and overview Now in its third generation the MX5's first generation the NA, sold over 400000 units from 1989 to 1997 &mdash with a Straight-4 The windshield or windscreen of an Aircraft, Automobile, Bus, Motorcycle, or Tram is the front Window

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Glass roof

1996 saw the debut of a retractable glass roof in the Porsche 993 Targa, a design continued on the 996 Targa. The Porsche 993 is the company's internal name for the version of the Porsche 911 model manufactured and sold between late 1993 and early 1998 replacing the 964 The glass roof would retract underneath the rear window revealing a large opening. A shade was there to help prevent the greenhouse effect of the closed roof. The Greenhouse effect refers to the change in the Thermal equilibrium temperature of a planet or moon by the presence of an Atmosphere containing gas that absorbs This system was a complete redesign, as previous Targa models had a removable roof section and a wide B-pillar functioning as a roll bar. An A-pillar is a name applied by car stylists and enthusiasts to the shaft of material that supports the windshield (windscreen on either of the windshield frame sides The new glass roof design allowed the 993 Targa to retain nearly the same side-on profile as the other 911 Carrera variants and finished with the inconvenience of storing the removed top of the old system. The Targa has the body of the cabriolet with the Targa glass roof replacing the fabric roof.

Examples of traditional targa-top

Examples of the Targa car and T-bar top body style include:

Targa tops in pop culture

See also

A hardtop is a term for a rigid rather than canvas Automobile roof
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