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In Los Angeles, the Sunset Boulevard Strip is the old bass playground of the city’s sacky music scene, while this neon-coated asphalt segment is characterized by being the playground for each and every lotario, from Jim Morrison and Axel Rose to Vince.Neil and David Lee Roth, the western roads are play areas for some other kind of thrill finder: the dissolute gearbox.
It is here, on this twisted asphalt, where towering palm trees update the capitals of nightclubs, where we check the bravery of the Porsche 911 Targa 4S 2021, and we are not easy, the turns are fast, hard and very staggered.At night, those paths are empty, allowing you to stretch the legs of this 911 outdoors.And the feeling is … Exquisite.
This is where Porsche’s exclusive generation letter soup begins to work, with an exact orchestration similar to the Bavarian radio symphony orchestra. The active anti-roll bars of the PDCC (Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control), the rear axle guide (both available only on the 4S) ) and the active surprise absorbers give the Targa enough strap to attack corners ferociously, without simply slipping.the most productive transmission on the planet: make sure you’re still in the most productive bandwidth.And if you ever make too much noise with this accelerator, which you almost actually will, the PCCB ceramic discs will rub quickly.
Despite all this, the 3.0-liter, 3.0-liter twin-six boxer-in-911 Targa fourS plays the role of driver, instilled force chords in this excellent Teutonic machine.horsepower and 390 pound-feet of torque compared to the Four Targa, which produces 379 horsepower and 331 pound-feet of torque, but on this platform, and with the wide four-wheel driveway and sticky Pirelli P Zeros, that’s all Explosive Accelerator (0 to 60 mph in just 3.4 seconds) allows traumatic heart inflammation outputs from a top , and the back heating increases while the maximum torque reaches only 2500 rpm.
Keeping it connected to the device are among the most productive functional seats in the industry. Sport Plus seats adjustable in 18 directions are straddling this thin but nebulous line between and ruthless, without handcuffing yourself in position as you traverse the Bel Air hills as much as hugging you as a mom.
And this debatable Targa top.Is there a better solution in the automotive world for driving?The uns sealing cabin connects you to reality. There is no “video game” effect here, nor is there a soundproof matrix that separates you from the elements.With the hood elegantly stored on the trunk, the elements play with you: the wind dries your headdress; the sounds of physics and gas burning assault your ears.You’re here right now, young grasshopper. Be present.
Then there’s the convertible action: the way the most sensible batteries on the back are more Transformers than Roll Top MG. The fact that our yellow Targa 4S Bumblebee only exaggerates the robotics of all this. No matter that the chronograph-like movement of this 992-generation Targa is the same as that of the previous generation of the Targa 991, it doesn’t matter.Swiss watchmaker Jaeger-LeCoultre’s remarkable Calibre 101 movement invented in 1929 and the company still assembles its 95 pieces by hand to this day.If it’s not broken, don’t fix it.
Some aestas argue that the Targa is completely useless.The Coupe Race already exists for the average traveler, then many more hard versions of the Turbo to gt3 for those who have an eye on the track.To sunbathe through the zipper to and from the country club, the convertible is there for you, with the roof open as welcome.
We may be the minority who claim that Targa is not the superfluous option, it is the ideal choice.If you’re not a clue rat, it is. Because the 4S offers all the functions that any non-driver can ask for.because, while its Targa roof is the flirtatious golden ricitos of outdoor tourism, it’s perfect.
Raise your head and no matter where you look, you’ll only see the sky.You don’t want the roof to come down absolutely like in the Cabriolet.It is also one of the few “supercars” that we have driven where you do not have to climb on each and every parking ramp at 2 mph (or turn on a hydraulic nose elevator). This may sound like a small detail, but in Los Angeles, where you hit the drainage gutters every time you cross Sawtelle, La Cienega or Crenshaw, this frontal slack is an opiate.The same can be said of the general driving pleasure of the new Targa 4S in general.
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