Overview
- Ex-CEO Oliver Blume acknowledged in an FAZ interview that ending the petrol first-generation Macan was a mistake.
- The combustion Macan will be phased out this year with global production scheduled to end by mid-2026 and no direct successor planned.
- The first-generation Macan left the European market in mid-2024 because it did not meet GSR2 cybersecurity requirements.
- Porsche is developing a new combustion SUV positioned below the Cayenne for a 2028 launch that will not carry the Macan name and is expected to leverage Audi Q5/Premium Platform Combustion synergies.
- The company is adding combustion and hybrid options back into its range, including returning Boxster and Cayman to petrol power and fitting a planned large seven-seat SUV with combustion engines, as Michael Leiters takes over as Porsche CEO and Blume remains Volkswagen Group CEO through 2030.