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The updated and Cabriolets have already broken cover, and now, in record time, the latest permutations of Stuttgart’s ne plus ultra of sports cars are the 2009 Porsche 911 Targa 4 and Targa 4S.

This is the one with the sliding glass roof and the flashes of chrome over the side windows.

Like the rest of the 911 range, Targa models offer either the standard six-speed manual transmission or the seven-speed double-clutch gearbox (the PDK, or Porsche-Doppelkupplungsgetriebe).

The entry-level’ engine is the 3.6-liter flat six that develops 345 horsepower and enables a zero-to-60 time of 5.4 seconds.

Source: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/uptospeed/2008/07/the-next-episod.html