Porsche Has Completely Ditched Diesel Engines From Its Cars
Porsche has completely dropped diesel engines from all of its ranges, in a dramatic move based on the paradigm shift in consumer attitudes towards hybrids.
The Stuttgart performance merchant has taken the huge step to remove the diesel Panamera and Macan from production altogether. The all-new Cayenne won’t now be offered with a diesel, and the move affects all of Porsche’s global markets. Any brand new diesels you see for sale will be from existing dealer stock.
Auto Express reports that re-engineering the diesel models to comply with the latest WLTP emissions test would be too expensive and short-termist. Electrification is seen as a more profitable and long-term viable route. In a surprisingly cold-reading statement, Porsche distanced itself from diesel engines, saying:
“Diesel engines traditionally play a subordinate role at Porsche. Porsche does not develop or build diesel engines itself. Currently, the demand for diesel models is falling, whereas interest in hybrid and petrol models is increasing significantly.”
Dieselgate is also partly responsible for the collapse in diesel’s fortunes at Volkswagen-owned Porsche. It wants to be seen to be making the ‘right decisions’ when it comes to the environment – and in the eyes of the lawmakers now scrutinising its every move.
Porsche is known to be spending heavily on research and development for hybrid and electric powertrains, like the Mission E project. There will soon be hybrid drivetrain options for almost every model, including the 911, while the Cayman and Boxster were controversially downsized to smaller capacities across just four cylinders.
Source: Auto Express
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so…..no more diesel emission scandals?
Could there be electric scandals?
Porsche can still succeed in what they’re doing…I just hope ICE will return in its purest, strongest form…The Best will come
Honestly, I’m actually relieved about this. Porsche makes great hybrids and I’ve always said you simply cannot have a Diesel Porsche. Awesome move from the Germans, I just hope Maserati follows suit - their Chrysler-sourced diesels are sluggish and awful!
Diesel doesn’t belong to a Porsche, they did a right thing.
Yay?
Bcuz Euro6 kicked in hard… And Porsche don’t want to deal with “stupid emmisions”… I understand… Porsche diesels were cool but they may be gone for good?
Me and you rn…
I honestly loved every Cayenne D I had ever driven, it fit the car so well
Where i live you can find diesel cayenne , panamera and macan around every corner xD well this is a real shock ahahaah
Ouch, that will hurt sales massively. The Macan and Cayenne S diesel are their best selling cars.
RIP Cayenne S Diesel
Not for us Americans. We’ve only had one diesel model in the past 10 years (Cayenne) and it wasn’t terribly popular to begin with. Then again, this won’t affect the majority of SUV buyers because Porsche, even compared to BMW and Audi, is NOT a large player in that market. Not comparatively.
Not too bad, the Porsche Diesels were terrible value for money anyways. You could get the same chassis and the same engine in an Audi for a considerably lower price. Yes, they made a car that’s less value for money than an overpriced rebadged VW, hooray. Not a surprise nobody bought these.
VW conned the authorities and, more importantly, their customers with diesel engines that weren’t regulation compliant. Now they cite a “cultural shift” away from diesel for the decision to pull those engines.
Are they really blaming the customer here?