Speaking of carrying luggage.
It seems that Porsche had this problem totally nailed with the 'hatch' introduced in the 997 Targa model. Now if they made the rear window of the coupe's lift like in the 997 Targa, the 911 would appeal to a wider audience and I would not consider anything else ever again. Oh and wind down rear windows would be a bonus too, please. I know this is possible since the convertible models rear windows can be wound down.. Then the 911 would be absolutely perfect.
The current design is indeed suitable for the race track AND everyday use unless you want to use it for something other than getting one or two adults from A to B. If you have got luggage to carry around then it all becomes complicated.... Transporting two tyres to my local Able fit garage earlier this week was a bit tricky, could only fit one in the rear and that involved folding passenger and driver seats in various directions until I managed to get one of the into the car, the other tyre had to sit next to me in the passenger seat and just about fit in
Admittedly these tyres are massive at 305/30/20. Watching the guys take the old ones off the wheels and fit new ones on was interesting as they wrestled with it and at one point one guy was literally hanging off the tyre whilst the other carefully operated his iron bars to catch the rim onto the wheel before the machine took over
Coming back to the rear window hatch issue. If anyone offers a conversion service of the rear window, into a hatch, like in the Targa, I would certainly be interested... (see link below for picture of this beautiful design that Porsche has for some reason forgot about).
image of targa rear hatch
It says in the brochure of the 997 Targa that "The new 911 Targa 4/4S
is the only model variant with a hinged rear window
it offers extremely convenient access to the rear luggage space......and therefore makes loading and unloading easier" Absolutely Porsche. So why was the concept shelved or not carried over to all Coupe models?
