By Robert Farago
August 18, 2008 -
As you may or may not know (and may or may not care), Porsche doesn't look kindly upon media outlets that use the word "targa" in connection with anything other than a [slow-selling] Porsche product. So what of the legendary Targa Florio race ("Besides the course which traversed mountain roads unchanged since the Punic Wars, there were severe changes in climate, bandits and wolves. Each hairpin competed with a sheer abyss for the driver's attention over a 3 lap race of 277 miles")? Never mind. The so-not-a-targa Veyron (V?) 16.4 is a Grand Sport by name, $2.05m by price (or 21 Porsche 911 Targa 4Ss). Bug owners can store their Veyron's [no extra charge] polcarb top, but not within the targa car. Thankfully, Pistonheads reports that "There is also an emergency soft top that can be fitted to protect the driver from a sudden downpour. In Bugatti’s own words, the soft can be 'stowed in the trunk like an umbrella'… If you go for the soft top then you won't be allowed to go over 80mph." Allowed? By whom? Doesn't VW own Bugatti, and isn't Porsche the Maus that Roared? It all sounds suspicious to me. But fun. Lots and lots of fun.
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August 18th, 2008 at 9:33 am
Well, the car already has a limiter in regards to top speed (to activate top speed mode, you have to turn a separate key), so why not limit when the temporary soft top is in place to ensure it doesn’t fly away (a la Viper).
August 18th, 2008 at 9:50 am
At least the coupe’s roof doesn’t fly off (a la Corvette)
August 18th, 2008 at 10:01 am
Pfffft.
Just drive faster!
Anybody who drvives a roadster can tell you: More speed equals less wet!
August 18th, 2008 at 10:47 am
US$ 2M and I can’t drive at whatever speed I want? Also, no space to store the roof? ROFL
Ummm, they can snug that car nicely in their… well you all know where.
This reminds me the new GT-R, which in Japan is also limited by a GPS system.
I like old cars.
August 18th, 2008 at 11:14 am
Stingray: “I like old Cars”
and I like cars that can go 253 mph
August 18th, 2008 at 11:44 am
“US$ 2M and I can’t drive at whatever speed I want?”
Not in Ohio.
August 18th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Going faster than 80mph in the wet and the car oughta give you a cold shower.
August 18th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
Jonny Lieberman :
Stingray: “I like old Cars”
and I like cars that can go 253 mph
I too, but paying 2M for one that DOESN’T is not fun
By old cars, I meant, the ones that didn’t were that much “controlled”.
August 18th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Stingray: That’s only with e temporary roof in place in case you get caught out in the rain.
And don’t get me started on old cars…
August 18th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
Robert Schwartz :
“US$ 2M and I can’t drive at whatever speed I want?”
Not in Ohio.
“there’s not one state in the 50 that has the death penalty for speeding… although I’m not so sure about Ohio. “