Remember when Porsche said it would be discontinuing the petrol version of the Macan and go all electric? Well, it turns out it may have spoken too soon, because Zuffenhausen has confirmed plans to replace the combustion-powered SUV with a new model that will complement the EV version.
While the company did not explicitly define the segment the new car will occupy, CEO Oliver Blume said it will be “touching the Macan segment,” albeit “clearly differentiated” from the electric model. The latter suggests it will not use the Macan name but instead be called something different, as well as featuring a unique design. Blume added that the first concepts and designs for the car are “very promising.”
No launch timing has been given for this new model officially, with the company only saying it may show up near the end of the decade. However, Blume said it has an “ambitious engineering timing” for the car that will include “methods we have learnt in China” to speed up the development process, adding that 36 months “seems to be realistic.” That would put the launch of the car somewhere around 2028.
The news comes amid a slowing EV take-up rate around the world, something Porsche itself alluded to in its 2024 financial results presentation yesterday. While the company remains adamant that making the Macan electric-only last year was the right move, the company is hedging its bets with petrol and plug-in hybrid power with this car.
Also part of the reorientation are the combustion-powered Panamera and Cayenne, which will continue to be offered well into the 2030s. In particular, the current third generation of latter will receive “considerable engineering effort” to survive alongside the upcoming fourth-generation model, which will be fully electric.
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I first thought 5 series G60 interior was blank. After sitting in my boss 530i a few times, its growing on me and the crystal light ambient and everything seems so futuristic, luxury and tidy. The weird hidden non air con vent design is growing on me too. It looks so clean and full. Now looking at this piece of expensive Macan interior feel so so so blank and yesterday if not yesteryear. The air con vent seems outdated to me now. So weird. I prefer the 5 series g60 interior even more than the e class where last year my dream interior was the disco ambient e class. The 5 exterior too is so like battle tank. This Macan is just so…glorified VW and nothing special other than the badge, the insane spare parts price, and prone to problems for the last gen. And EV ofcourse is nothing but a show. VW and Porsche and Merc bet too soon and too big. Laughing at the conservative BMW and now they silently reversing plan following BMW step.
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