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RRER A TARGA , 1989

omobile resta in produzione      In the case of car models, like the Porsche 911, which
 della Porsche 911, è inevita-   are produced over a period of decades, it is inevitable
ù o meno riuscite. La Carre-     that some of the versions will be more successful than
  alle prime, anzi, si può dire  others. The Carrera 3.2 undoubtedly belongs to the
 pria punta di diamante per      first category; in fact, it can be said to represent a true
 ssenzialmente, per due ra-      jewel in the whole family crown. There are essentially
 e tecnico poiché il suo mo-     for two reasons for this. First, from a technical point of
 ado di efficienza elevatissi-   view, its engine had reached a high level of efficiency
 on prestazioni di alto livello  and was totally reliable, allowing it to turn in impressive
di complicazioni costruttive     performances, yet it had none of the construction-re-
 rsioni successive. La secon-    lated complications that were to dog the later versions.
 opo una iniziale perplessità    The second reason is esthetic: after some initial per-
USA, la serie 'G' della 911 di-  plexity over its large US-style bumpers, the 'G' series of
anza che venne rimpianto a       the 911 became regarded as an example of elegance,
 con i suoi scudi deformabili    and it was much missed once the 964, with its deform-
cio amovibile delle Targa è      able shields, took its place. There can be no doubt that
giunto. La 911 Targa offerta,    the removable roof on the Targa versions also offered
ata in Italia, dalla Germania,   added value. The 911 Targa offered for sale, a preserved
 ora, cinque proprietari, l’ul-  car, came to Italy, from Germany, in 1988. Since then, it
                                 has had five owners, the present one since 2005.

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