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Porsche’s Prototype 911 Targa

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1965 — The Frankfurt Debut

Frankfurt, September 1965. At the Frankfurt Motor Show, Porsche unveiled the now-iconic Porsche 911 Targa concept — alongside the debut of the timeless Fuchs wheels. The reaction was immediate. The public embraced Porsche’s innovative safety roll bar design, and the Targa concept quickly established itself as a defining element of the 911 — one that would carry forward through generations to come.

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