Confusing model terminology
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From: Taildragers rule! USA1
Only the ignorant call it a "Targa."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Targa_top
""""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. The term was first used on the 1966 Porsche 911 Targa,[1] and it remains a registered trademark of Porsche AG.[2]"""""
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Targa_top
""""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. The term was first used on the 1966 Porsche 911 Targa,[1] and it remains a registered trademark of Porsche AG.[2]"""""
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Only the ignorant call it a "Targa."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Targa_top
""""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. The term was first used on the 1966 Porsche 911 Targa,[1] and it remains a registered trademark of Porsche AG.[2]"""""
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Targa_top
""""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. The term was first used on the 1966 Porsche 911 Targa,[1] and it remains a registered trademark of Porsche AG.[2]"""""
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Only the ignorant call it a "Targa."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Targa_top
""""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. The term was first used on the 1966 Porsche 911 Targa,[1] and it remains a registered trademark of Porsche AG.[2]"""""
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Targa_top
""""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. The term was first used on the 1966 Porsche 911 Targa,[1] and it remains a registered trademark of Porsche AG.[2]"""""
"FRC" = Z06 when applicable
Convertible = "vert" = rag top
"Semi-convertible car body style with a removable roof section and a full width roll bar behind the seats, first used on the 1966 Porsche 911 Targa, and it remains a registered trademark of Porsche AG"
Yes?
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It's the standard word used in the professional auto press. Look at the Car and Driver magazine Corvette homepage. They refer to it as a targa. Road and Track's Corvette articles also call it as a targa top. Jalopnik too.
Porsche has the trademark, but at this point, it's a generic word for a removable roof. There is nothing wrong with using it in reference to non-Porsche vehicles.
Porsche has the trademark, but at this point, it's a generic word for a removable roof. There is nothing wrong with using it in reference to non-Porsche vehicles.
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You guys with the newer cars might not remember this, but if IIRC, GM wanted the new ‘68 removable panels in the coupe to be called “targa” tops, but the Porsche trademark was a problem, so they were nicknamed “t tops.” Some people think the “t top” reference had to do with the way the car looked with the tops out. I’ll let historians fight about what’s accurate.
I do know that when the C4 came out, in conversation people started routinely calling the one piece removable top a “targa” as a way to differentiate from the 2 piece design of the C3.
It’s been routine for different marques to put their own spin on terms (“roadster” for instance) that were used in a specific way before. I wouldn’t get too shook up on the application here.
I do know that when the C4 came out, in conversation people started routinely calling the one piece removable top a “targa” as a way to differentiate from the 2 piece design of the C3.
It’s been routine for different marques to put their own spin on terms (“roadster” for instance) that were used in a specific way before. I wouldn’t get too shook up on the application here.
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Hey are you calling me ignorant? I use all those brand names, just like I use targa when discussing a vehicle that has a targa! Targa, just had to say it one more time.
Methinks ztheusa searches for "targa" weekly, then tries to, uh, correct them for using this generic term.
I use all those brand names, just like I use targa when discussing a vehicle that has a targa! Targa, just had to say it one more time. Methinks ztheusa searches for "targa" weekly, then tries to, uh, correct them for using this generic term.
Last edited by grantv; Feb 9, 2018 at 11:52 AM.
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