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Porsche keeps saying the 911 will never be electric so they are just making new cars to be electric.
by r00t4ccess 6y ago
Porsche keeps saying the 911 will never be electric so they are just making new cars to be electric.
- firecall 6y agoIt’s odd they say that. You’d think that at some point ICE will be no more, and then what? Porsche kill the 911 brand? Doesn’t seem likely. I’ve owned a couple of 911s and I’d happily own an electric one!
- kwhitefoot 6y agoIt already exists, though not from Porsche: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJLdzRJdKrs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJLdzRJdKrs
- Zigurd 6y agoAn electric 911 would not still be a 911. The 911 is defined by engine placement and configuration. I think they are acknowledging that their customers would regard an electric 911 as a travesty.
- oblio 6y agoTheir current customers. Customers change (both changing habits and younger customers).
- mprovost 6y agoPeople said the same when they switched from air to water cooled engines.
- rbanffy 6y agoI really loved the roar of the air cooled engines.
- qzw 6y agoExactly. And the great majority of their cars are now sold with automatic (PDK) transmissions. The manual isn’t even offered on the base 911 anymore. Sales have not suffered.
- kipchak 6y agoIt and the other changes made seems to have had an effect on resale values/interest though, 993's[1] catch a good bit more than 996s[2] looking at BAT auction results. Granted there's nowhere near enough enthusiast interest to justify making them, but I think there's something there. [1]https://bringatrailer.com/porsche/993/ https://bringatrailer.com/porsche/993/ [2]https://bringatrailer.com/porsche/996/ https://bringatrailer.com/porsche/996/
- qzw 6y agoThere are already threads on Porsche forums saying don’t drag race against Model 3s. When the 911 starts getting spanked by every other electric Honda off the line, you’ll hear their customers change the tune.
- decafninja 6y agoIt was considered heresy for AMG to be anything less than a big V8*. Then came the 4cyl 45s. Then came the non-hand-built 35/43/53 "notareal" AMGs. Now the next generation C63 is supposed to be a 4cylinder hybrid. The cries of heresy have already started. I imagine the generation after that might be fully electric. (* yes, I know there were early non-V8 AMGs, but AMG seems to have built their reputation on putting a massively powerful V8 into everything). The only options Porsche will eventually have for 911s will be to go electric, to kill the 911 brand entirely, or reserve it as non-roadlegal track toy. Might not happen in 5 years or 10 years or 20 years, but it will happen. Assuming humanity hasn't killed itself yet.
- agloeregrets 6y agoI kinda agree with you. I think Porsche will Introduce a new Electric GT car to replace the base 911, the 718, Macan and Cayenne will be electrified, Panamera will be discontinued and the 911 will live on only in the Turbo and up variants with a Stick and DCT and a Hybrid option.
- theluketaylor 6y agoPorsche has not said never for the 911. They have said it will be the last of their vehicles to go fully electric. The new 992 platform for the 911 has been modified for electrification, so we'll be seeing a mild hybrid 911, likely for the 992.2 revision.