In motion, the car proved to be an exceedingly comfortable machine to be in. It might be specified with PASM (Porsche Active Suspension Management) dynamics for nifty handling round corners, but in terms of comfort, it surprised us by being supple enough to make bumpy cobblestone roads, speed bumps and blocky road humps disappear from notice.Perhaps the only quibble we had with the car was that with the roof down, the minimal insulation allowed a fair bit of wind noise to permeate the cabin. But as we preferred to drive it with the roof folded in the crisp Spring air, and the wind in our hair, we hardly noticed this insignificant fault.125 litres of boot capacity qualifies this as a daily sports carOn the country roads that snaked in between charming Spanish villages, the Targa 4 GTS proved to be nothing less than exhilarating. It may have been our first time driving on the route, but like an agile mountain goat, the car was able to negotiate every sweeping corner and blind turn with poise, balance and speed.

When the need arose to take advantage of the brief window to overtake on the narrow single-lane roads, the seven-speed PDK was always ready to jump down a gear and harness the entirety of the naturally aspirated 3.8-litre flat-six engine's 430bhp (30bhp more than the 4S) and 440Nm of torque to complete the overtaking manoeuvre. The Targa 4 GTS will smash the century sprint in 4.3 seconds Make no doubts about it, the Targa 4 GTS will easily make 0-100km/h in 4.3 seconds with the seven-speed PDK automatic, but the best and, perhaps, the most memorable part about pushing the car all the way to its 301km/h top speed was the angry growl of the sports exhausts system that gurgled and popped as the revs changed.