Porsche is considering releasing a new Macan with an internal combustion engine

17.01.2025/12/45 XNUMX:XNUMX    329


Porsche is considering releasing a new Macan with an internal combustion engine




Porsche may release a new fuel-powered Macan. The eponymous electric crossover made a good start last year, but its prospects remain hazy due to changes in customer preferences. According to Autocar, the Germans are ready to reconsider their development strategy and want to extend the life of models with internal combustion engines as much as possible.

Last year ended with a 3% decline in global sales for Porsche, with volumes falling the most in China — by almost a third. The company is entering one of the most difficult periods in its history, and strategies that seemed winning a few years ago will likely have to be reconsidered. First of all, this concerns electrification. It has come to the point that Porsche is evaluating the prospects of installing hybrid systems and conventional internal combustion engines on models that were conceived as purely electric.

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The result of these studies could be a second-generation fuel-powered Macan. Currently, it only exists as an electric vehicle and is equipped with one or two electric motors. This is the first Porsche model on the PPE (Premium Platform Electric) platform, developed jointly with Audi, but it will not fit the gasoline Macan. For this, the Volkswagen concern has the PPC (Premium Platform Combustion), which is the basis of the “third” Audi Q5 and the entire A5 family.

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The previous Macan sold around half a million units over 10 years, but with the introduction of new cybersecurity requirements, it had to leave one of its main markets, Europe. For this reason, Porsche has discontinued the 718 Boxster/Cayman, whose electric successors are being delayed due to problems with battery supplier Northvolt.

Also, in light of recent events, the fate of the flagship electric crossover K1 is unclear. It may also have to be converted to gasoline.

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