2017 Porsche 911 Targa 4

The 991.2 Targa 4 in Rhodium Silver Metallic over Luxor Beige — the roll-hoop Targa Porsche brought back on the 991 platform, in a considered color-and-interior combination. A 2017 Porsche 911 Targa 4, seven-speed PDK, all-wheel drive, showing 30,642 miles.

The 991.2 is the facelifted 991 platform, produced from the 2017 US model year, and the change that mattered most on the Carrera line was mechanical: Porsche moved the naturally-aspirated flat-sixes to turbocharged versions, and the DB rates this Targa 4's engine as the 3.0L turbocharged flat-six at 370 horsepower — the factory figure for the 991.2 Targa 4 specification. Seven-speed PDK is the transmission Porsche introduced on the 991 platform and continued through the 991.2 facelift.

The Targa on the 991 generation is the return of the roll-hoop design Porsche last built on the classic G-body Targas of the 1980s. The mechanism is theatrical: the rear glass hinges open, a fabric roof panel folds and stows behind the seats, the rear glass returns. The all-wheel-drive Targa 4 configuration adds the platform's poor-weather confidence to a body Porsche only offers with AWD standard. Rhodium Silver Metallic paired with the Luxor Beige interior is a factory-catalogue combination that reads correctly period for the 991.2 era.

A pre-purchase inspection on a 991.2 Targa 4 focuses on the Targa mechanism (well-documented as a service item as the cars age — every open-close cycle should be smooth, no failed motor or alignment issue), front-end paintwork on a 991's low nose, coolant hose condition on the turbocharged flat-six, PDK software history, and documented service records at a Porsche-experienced shop.

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