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: >: > HELP!!!
: >: > my wife has informed me that she wants a convertible for her next car.


: >: FYI, just last week the PBS show Motor Week gave the results of what they 
: >: thought were the best cars for '93.  In the convertible category, the 
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: Does Porsche have a patent on the "targa" name?
: I mean, convertible to me means "top down", which the del Sol certainly
: does NOT do.  It has the center that lifts out.  This is what i would
: term a targa(unless Porsches was gonna sue me for doing that).  I know
: the rear window rolls down, but i still can hardly consider this car
: to be a convertible.
: 
: DREW

Here we go...

No, of course Porsche doesn't have a patent on the "targa" name.  If that were
the case, what would Fiat do?  I suppose that technically my del Sol is not a
"convertible" in the literal sense, but it certainly classifies as an open-
topped car.  In addition, the rear section behind the removable top is what
makes my car _infinately_ safer than a convertible.

(flame-retardant on ...)