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By Jonathan Crouch

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You'll either think the 911 Targa offers the best of both worlds when compared to a 911 Coupe or a 911 Cabriolet. Or you'll think it's neither one thing nor the other. This rare glass-roof variant gets the same 992.2 updates as the rest of the range, has AWD and also comes in T-Hybrid form.

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It's a hard decision isn't it, when you're choosing a Porsche 911 - Coupe or Cabriolet. And for those who can't decide, Zuffenhausen has another option, this car, the 911 Targa. This car's unusual roof format is part of the brand's history - dating back to a model unveiled in September 1965 at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The name 'Targa' was borrowed from the famous Targa Florio road race and that first car featured a fixed rollover bar, a removable folding roof and a hinged rear window. It evolved over the years, via a pop-out hard top roof panel with a fixed rear glass window, to a full-length sliding glass roof, but the theme was much the same; namely one of 'semi-open' motoring. Porsche knows that amongst 911 customers, the market for this Targa variant will be a small one, so restricts this variant to the 4WD powertrain it thinks likely buyers will want and to the mid-range S and GTS engines. As part of the mid-term changes made to this 992-series car, the GTS model's engine is now a Hybrid. A variety of other small but significant updates have been made too. Let's take a closer look.