Porsche 911 Carrera 4 Brochure & Specs page 46

Passive safety in the 911 Carrera Cabriolet
and 911 Targa 4 models.
No need to lose your cool here, either.
Despite their modest weight, at each of the rear wheel arches
the torsional rigidity and flexural provide additional reinforcement
strength of the 911 Carrera of the bodyshell.
Cabriolets are exemplary. Body
flexing is minimal, even on uneven Increased protection if the car
roads. Additional brace members overturns is provided by an
911 Carrera S Cabriolet
automatically deploying roll-over
protection system (Fig. p. 93).
Two spring-loaded roll-over bars
are located behind the rear seats.
The roll-over sensor continuously
monitors changes in body tilt,
longitudinal and lateral accelera- by a cross-member integrated
tion and contact with the road between the glass roof and the
surface. In an emergency, it rear screen. The glass roof is
deploys the roll-over bars within a made of laminated safety glass,
fraction of a second. the opening rear window of single
pane safety glass.
The 911 Targa 4 models offer
excellent body rigidity – despite Naturally, all 911 Carrera Cabriolet
the large glass area. The roof models and 911 Targa 4 models
bars, with optimised structure and are fitted with Porsche Side
strength, limit torsion to a mini- Impact Protection (POSIP) as
mum on uneven road surfaces. standard.
Additional stability is provided
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Safety
911 Targa 4S
For open-top sports driving, even
in changeable weather conditions,
nothing stands in the way of
relaxed driving pleasure. Another
distinct advantage of passive
safety.