Porsche Commercial The 911 Targa – the timeline of a Porsche legend 2025

VIDEO Porsche The 911 Targa – the timeline of a Porsche legend TV commercial 2020 • Public debate about the safety of open-top automobiles in the US gave the engineers around studio head Ferdinand Alexander Porsche an extraordinary idea: open-top driving with maximum cabin safety. The Porsche 911 with the Targa roll bar became the first series safety-convertible in the world in 1967. Continuous refinement of its roof and body make the Targa concept as fascinating today as it was back then. 00:00 the 911 targa still a style icon today 00:04 its unique design emerged from a special 00:06 set of circumstances 00:09 in the early 1960s a discussion about 00:11 inadequate safety features in 00:12 convertibles was underway in the united 00:14 states 00:15 a ban on the sale of convertibles was 00:17 considered so porsha developed a new 00:19 body type under the direction of 00:21 ferdinand alexander porsche 00:23 inspired by motorsport the car was given 00:25 a roll bar 00:27 other new features included a roof 00:29 section that could be taken out and 00:30 stowed in the trunk 00:32 as well as a fabric top in the back that 00:34 continued the silhouette of the 911 00:36 coupe 00:36 all that was missing was a name when i 00:39 came here 00:42 oh my 00:58 the first series models rolled out of 01:00 the planet in zuffenhausen in early 1967 01:03 the targa found fervent admirers from 01:05 the ward go more than a quarter of all 01:07 first generation porsche 911s were 01:09 delivered with a silver roll bar 01:11 in addition to the folding window it was 01:13 fitted with a pane of heatable glass 01:15 at the 1969 iaa porsche debuted the 914 01:19 paving the way for the final 01:20 breakthrough of the targaru 01:23 the 911 s 2.2 targa of 1970 appeared in 01:27 the popular 911 design 01:29 it featured a 180 hp 6-cylinder boxer 01:33 engine 01:34 and reached a top speed of 230 01:36 kilometers per hour 01:37 with minimal turbulence in the cockpit 01:40 ultimately the top of the range 911 01:42 turbo came with the target roof 01:44 in 1995 the fourth generation of the 01:47 targa was fitted with a multi-section 01:49 fully electric panoramic roof made of 01:51 safety glass 01:52 which made the roll bar unnecessary the 01:54 roll bar made its comeback in the 2014 01:56 target 01:57 and with it cutting edge roof technology 02:00 it opened in a swift 19 seconds 02:02 [Applause] 02:02 [Music] 02:04 the first safety convertible became one 02:06 of the most beautiful sports cars in the 02:08 world 02:09 a beauty from the get-go- advertisement spot 2020