Type 7 | Peak Tokyo Targa

Peak Tokyo Targa

Peak Tokyo Targa

Author: Ted Gushue

Photographer: Angel Fonseca

A peak at Shota Matsuda's lightly modified 992 Targa.

When our buddy Shota Matsuda, the creative mind behind our recent collaboration with his brand CAREERING, wrote to us that he was getting into modern Porsche naturally we were quite excited.

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“What you reckon with these wheels?” He wrote us a few months back when we learned he was heading towards a new Targa, sending us a picture of the deep dish after market rollers he intended to apply after delivery.

The Targa is finished in a stunning Oak Green Metallic Neo over Truffle Brown, which Shota-san says "just feels right."

He wanted the car to effortlessly blend into the modern, yet understated vibes of Tokyo. "Not too cocky, not too elegant."

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