992 TARGA FIRST DRIVE

I have to stop and get out of it. Sat on a bench, in a sleepy village about 30 miles from Porsche UK’s Reading HQ , where I picked up the Targa 4S, I’m at a bit of a loss. I’ll admit right now, I like my 911s with a roof, a conventional, metal one that doesn’t fold away. Pressing and holding the roof button on the key fob of the Targa 4S sees the car do its party trick. It never gets boring.

That feat of automotive origami is a sight to behold. The rear window, and a sizeable portion of the bodywork, including the rear wing tops and the engine air intakes, lifts up and gracefully tips backwards. The signature Targa hoop reveals itself to be sectional as two parts of it flip up quickly to allow the mechanism of the centre fabric section of the roof to be stowed visibly under the rear window. It’s impossible to do just once, and each time I do it I notice another movement, a cool little detail – like