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TheGadgetGuru 07-10-2019 01:19 PM

Could this be coming to the C8?
 
I hope so!


Jeff V. 07-10-2019 01:20 PM

No.

TheGadgetGuru 07-10-2019 01:27 PM

With this, all of the frunk space will be usable.

benplace 07-10-2019 01:27 PM

There has been rumors of an electric targa top. Doubt it will resemble this though.

firstvettesoon 07-10-2019 01:32 PM


Originally Posted by benplace (Post 1599730954)
There has been rumors of an electric targa top. Doubt it will resemble this though.


I don't know how you get a powered Targa top when the leaked order sheet lists "removable dual tops"

Would be cool for those who like it.

...rumors... who knows...

TheGadgetGuru 07-10-2019 01:33 PM


Originally Posted by SkyView (Post 1599730962)
I think way to expensive for the base coupe.

There's no doubt that if this is offered, bit will come with a price premium.

RapidC84B 07-10-2019 01:35 PM


Originally Posted by firstvettesoon (Post 1599730992)
I don't know how you get a powered Targa top when the leaked order sheet lists "removable dual tops"

Would be cool for those who like it.

...rumors... who knows...

There was another purported internal leak that said power targa, but as you mentioned, the other leaked configurator does show "removable dual tops". I think the person claiming power targa saw the power vert and mistook it. Given the buttresses stay in place, the roof panel that goes away would look like a targa panel. The difference being no intact b-pillar and the vertical glass rolls down.

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.cor...1499197cc.jpeg

ByByBMW 07-10-2019 01:55 PM

I would like that, would keep the wife happy when she want's it to be a convertible.

Garret 07-10-2019 01:58 PM

No, GM is not this innovative....Queue the Porsche haters now....We know who they are :)

Sub Driver 07-10-2019 02:07 PM

Gotta love all the pandering for youtube clicks this forum gets.

Glenmcp 07-10-2019 02:13 PM

No.

TheGadgetGuru 07-10-2019 02:14 PM


Originally Posted by Sub Driver (Post 1599731258)
Gotta love all the pandering for youtube clicks this forum gets.

I'm not attempting to pander as this is a feature I truly hope is offered on the C8. It's an effective way of storing the targa top without eating into the frunk space. I hope that GM has figured out a way to incorporate something like this into at least one of the C8 variants.

RapidC84B 07-10-2019 02:16 PM


Originally Posted by TheGadgetGuru (Post 1599731313)
I'm not attempting to pander as this is a feature I truly hope is offered on the C8. It's an effective way of storing the targa top without eating into the frunk space. I hope that GM has figured out a way to incorporate something like this into at least one of the C8 variants.

Then you would have titled your thread "Do you think the C8 will have a power targa?" and then discussed the subject in the thread. All you did was a click-bait title and a youtube video.

firstvettesoon 07-10-2019 02:18 PM


Originally Posted by Tool Hoarder (Post 1599731016)
There was another purported internal leak that said power targa, but as you mentioned, the other leaked configurator does show "removable dual tops". I think the person claiming power targa saw the power vert and mistook it. Given the buttresses stay in place, the roof panel that goes away would look like a targa panel. The difference being no intact b-pillar and the vertical glass rolls down.

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.cor...1499197cc.jpeg


makes sense...

...but this image looks very weird... can't wait to see it for real!

Thompyt 07-10-2019 02:19 PM

AFAIK, the C8 will have a solid removable top. The video shows a cloth foldable top. You need a lot more room in the back to put the solid top down.

JDSKY 07-10-2019 02:22 PM

So a power folding cloth targa is more desirable than a spyder version of the car? I don't get why someone would not just buy the spyder version of the C8. Seems like GM would forgo the cost and complexity of offering the same car with two different power top options.

RapidC84B 07-10-2019 02:29 PM


Originally Posted by JDSKY (Post 1599731368)
So a power folding cloth targa is more desirable than a spyder version of the car? I don't get why someone would not just buy the spyder version of the C8. Seems like GM would forgo the cost and complexity of offering the same car with two different power top options.

You’d think one would be a fixed roof coupe and the other the other the spyder. Apparently it has to do with airbag laws as to why the coupe will still be targa.

rob62 07-10-2019 03:41 PM

I didn't think there was an engine that could sound worse than my 1996 John Deere LX 176. Whew.

Telepierre 07-10-2019 04:40 PM

Yep! nice option but $12,300 for it!?

Maybe not...?

jimmyb 07-10-2019 05:01 PM


Originally Posted by Garret (Post 1599731189)
No, GM is not this innovative....Queue the Porsche haters now....We know who they are :)

It's not an "innovation" question. If they did it, there goes the entire trunk. And BTW, when's the last time you saw a current Porsche Targa? I think I've seen ONE in the last 2 years and 911's are more common around here than Corvettes by a LONG shot....Now 911 Cabs? One on every street corner!


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