Porsche and Volkswagen planning to share more

Porsche and Volkswagen planning to share more

Porsche will be looking for help from owners Volkswagen AG in the form of platform sharing and technical cooperation in order to improve and extend the range of cars. This wouldn’t be something out of the norm or unheard of as the Cayenne already shares the same platform as the Volkswagen Touareg and both companies have a long history of working together.

This was revealed by Detlev von Platen, CEO of Porsche Cars North America, who also said that the sports car maker plans to increase overall sales from 75,000 to 150,000 worldwide in five years. The bulk of that figure will be from the US, which is projected to contribute up to 60,000 units. Because of that, it’s vital for Porsche to meet tough new fuel economy standards by the US government: a corporate fleet average 17.4 km/l by 2016.

One way to achieve this is by using VW’s direct injected, turbocharged TSI engines, which combine power and efficiency very well. Or how about an entry level Porsche using the Golf’s chassis? Official announcements will be made in six months time.

Porsche Golf
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Porsche Golf
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Jacob Alexander

Jacob Mathew Alexander has been a motoring nut for as far as he can remember and has recently turned his passion into writing. After spending some time in the same industry in the UK, Jacob's work is from a slightly different perspective.

 

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  • Althalus on May 11, 2010 at 4:49 pm

    Love the design!!!

    like it better than scirocco

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  • No FWD Porsche, please. Please stay true to heritage rather than go with the flow. If Porsche want’s an entry variant, they should so something in the vein of the 924/924 Turbo. small, light and RWD! Ferdinand Porsche would not approve of this. Remember his famous statement of not finding the car he was looking for. Something small, light, efficient, and so he built it himself (can’t remember his exact words). That’s what a Porsche is. Something built with passion. Not a re-hashed VW.

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  • 2fast on May 11, 2010 at 8:09 pm

    Good idea using the Golf platform, will create an affordable baby Porsche to compete with the low end 3 Series and C-class. But they should use the RWD or 4WD for the car.

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  • Gajen on May 11, 2010 at 10:24 pm

    porsche please dont make any cheap hatchback,small,sedan cars…just build sports cars…like how u do now…

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  • brossprocps on May 12, 2010 at 2:15 am

    let porsche do porsche and VW do VW.

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  • a corporate fleet average 17.4 km/l by 2016 wow… mean 40L of fuel can go for ~ 696kms??!! that’s a good number for a performance car

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  • azrai on May 12, 2010 at 1:12 pm

    I was thinking what this will mean to us in Malaysia when VW start manufacturing their cars for ASEAN and Japan market at Proton Tg. Malim plant. This is good one for sure.

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