Black and Platinum: The Porsche Design 50th Anniversary Targa

From the archive: A look back at Porsche’s 2022 Porsche Design anniversary edition. The photograph shows the car at Seoul Mobility Show in April 2023. Not a current sale listing.

The accent color carries the outline

In this show photograph, the light Targa bar interrupts the black roofline, while the wheel finish repeats the contrast lower down. The body is the dark background against which those shapes become legible. It is a color scheme built around placement rather than a large number of different shades.

A watch-inspired specification

Porsche’s 2022 account links the black exterior to the original Chronograph I, Porsche Design’s first product. The 750-car edition used the 911 Targa 4 GTS as its starting point and offered Black or optional Jet Black Metallic.

Platinum in a satin finish appeared on the Targa bar and wheels, with a matching door graphic. Inside, black and Cool Grey checked seat centers and a red clock second hand extended the design theme. These are distinct material and trim choices, not additional exterior paint aliases.

Black is not a single specification

The photographer identifies this example as metallic black. That is useful context, but the model’s two documented finishes should still be kept separate when cataloguing a particular car. Reflections alone cannot establish a factory paint code.

Try following the light trim around the car before focusing on the body. In this image, the bar and wheels create the principal rhythm; the glossy panels mostly carry the exhibition lighting. It shows how an understated exterior can remain specific and recognizable.

This anniversary is for Porsche Design, not the 911’s own 50th birthday in 2013. Keeping those two milestones distinct helps avoid mixing the 992 Targa with the earlier 991 anniversary coupe.

Source: Porsche’s 2022 design account.