Each month, Panorama magazine brings you the best from the world
of Porsche. Races, vintage car shows, technical articles, we cover
it all!
At Panorama, we never have room for all the pictures we'd like
to
share with our readers. Here are some photos that just wouldn't
fit
into the magazine this month.
The November issue of Panorama features stories on both the new
911 Targa and the 911 GT3 variants. Leonard Turner went to Faro,
Portugal, to see the new Targa and then to Ceram, a little known
test track outside Paris, to experience the 911 GT3 models on
the track and skidpad. Here are some of his photos from the trip.
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All of the new Targa models are built on the C4S platform
and show the muscular lines of that car.
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The large sliding glass roof gives tremendous access
to sun and air when open, good protection from the
elements when closed.
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This Targa S, with its roof retracted, gives access
to the outdoors at the cost of limited rearward
vision.
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Our test machine was equipped with
a Tiptronic S transmission, navigation system, and
the S engine.
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The reflective glass roof and the
sharply tapering quarter windows are signatures
of the Targa model.
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A gaggle of Targas in various colors ready for
driving.
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A Cup car climbs almost to the armco
while doing a hot lap on the steeply banked oval.
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The "plain vanilla" GT3 in plain white negotiates
the radical 43-degree banking of the Ceram track.
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One of the pair of Cup Cars on hand
sits before a slightly less colorful GT3 RS and a
normal GT3.
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Porsche junior drivers took delight in throwing their
cars around the autocross circuit set up in the infield.
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Porsche factory driver Marc Lieb heads
out onto the track in one of the new 911 GT3 Cup cars.
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The newly introduced 997 version of the GT3 RSR was
on hand for inspection but was not driven.
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Check out the November issue for all the details on the
new Targa and the four 911 GT3 models. This jam-packed issue
of Panorama also includes a story on the Zone 1 Escape to
Finger Lakes, an Art of Driving feature from racing expert
Dennis Macchio, the story behind Petit Le Mans 2006, and
Jim Schrager's advice on how to tell if you have a collectible
Porsche, along with all our regular departments.
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