What does "targa" mean?

[konman]

Hey,

What does "targa" mean? Is it something with the roof? I saw that word in a V8 add.

[lotusguy]

Hey,

What does "targa" mean? Is it something with the roof? I saw that word in a V8 add.

Well, here's what the Oxford dictionary has to say about it, don't think I can add to that...Jim '85TE


targa

t noun [usu. as MODIFIER] a type of convertible sports car with hood or panel that can be removed, especially leaving a central roll bar for passenger safety: a targa roof.

—ORIGIN Italian, literally 'shield', given as a name to a model of Porsche with a detachable hood (1965), probably suggested by the Targa Florio ('Florio Shield'), a motor time-trial held annually in Sicily.


>> Edited by lotusguy on Sunday 29th December 20:00