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The rally started as a five day event, expanded to six days in 1994.

• Leg 0 (prologue) - George Town to Launceston.
• Leg 1 The Northern loop - Launceston - Devonport - Launceston
• Leg 2 The North east loop - Launceston - Bicheno - Launceston
• Leg 3 The Southern loop - Launceston - Cygnet - Hobart
• Leg 4 Hobart to Mole Creek to Burnie
• Leg 5 The West Coast Enduro - Burnie - Queenstown - Hobart

The Targa is not part of the Australian rally championship, and as well as attracting elite drivers going all-out to win has a large field of cars of all speeds and drivers of varying seriousness. The rally prides itself on having a large range of rally cars from all ages of motoring - in the past they have included:

Modern cars:

• Ferrari F40 and Testarossa
• LamborghiniAutomobili Lamborghini S. commonly known as Lamborghini is a manufacturer of high performance sports cars based in the small Italian village of Sant'Agata Bolognese, near Bologna. The company was founded in 1963 by Ferruccio Lamborghini ( 1916 1993) as a Diablo VT
• LotusLotus Cars is a British manufacturer of sports cars and racing cars based in Hethel, Norfolk, formed as Lotus Engineering Ltd. by the engineer Colin Chapman in 1952. In 1960s and 1970s Lotus was active and competitive in Formula One. Chapman died in 1982, Espirit S4
• PorschePorsche Dr. Porsche AG correctly pronounced as pour-sha 1, but some English speakers use the incorrect pronunciation porsh is a German manufacturer of sports cars, founded in 1931 by Ferdinand Porsche, the engineer who created the first Volkswagen. The co Boxster
• BMWcircle divided into four quadrants of alternating white and light blue colour. This is a stylised representation of an aircraft propeller. The colours of the logo are those of the flag of Bavaria. BMW AG, abbreviation of Bayerische Motoren Werke ( Bavaria Z3

Classic cars:

• LanciaLancia is an Italian automobile manufacturer founded in 1906, part of the Fiat group since 1969. During the 1980s the company cooperated with Saab Automobile, with the Lancia Delta being marketed as Saab 600 in Sweden. Saab also helped with the logistics Aurelia
• Jaguar SS100
• Invicta 'S' Type
• Locomobile Speedster
• Rolls Royce Silver Ghost
• Alfa Romeo Mille Miglia Spider

Past and current competitors have included Sir Jack Brabham, Dick Johnson , Peter Brock, Glenn Ridge , Eric Bana, Jim Richards , Barry Sheene, Michael Doohan, and Murray Walker.

External link: http://www.targa.org.au