Autocar: new Boxster & Cayman could use 911 Flat 6!!

[HighwayStar]

Porsche are in the midst of cutting back their EV plans…
https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/new-po...

[CanAm]

This has been mentioned recently in the Spyder RS thread, but is really of interest across the board.

[Augustash]

At what price i dread to think

[HundredthIdiot]

If they use the t-hybrid exclusively it means no manuals unless they copy/license something like Koeningsegg's funky auto/manual box.

[Snafu361]

EVs are finished!

[Jon_Brown91]

Society of Motor Manufacturers and (SMMT) reporting a 29% year on year increase of electric car sales with 72,779 electric cars registered in September 2025, the highest in any single month. Porsche is at the top of the pricing range and perhaps their expectations are a little overambitious

[GT3ZZZ]

Jon_Brown91 said:

Society of Motor Manufacturers and (SMMT) reporting a 29% year on year increase of electric car sales with 72,779 electric cars registered in September 2025, the highest in any single month. Porsche is at the top of the pricing range and perhaps their expectations are a little overambitious

Problem is that almost all of those were Chinese junk. There is no meaningful market for £100,000+ sports car EV's/ SUV EV's which are grossly overpriced.

[Clad-Hach]

Jon_Brown91 said:

Society of Motor Manufacturers and (SMMT) reporting a 29% year on year increase of electric car sales with 72,779 electric cars registered in September 2025, the highest in any single month. Porsche is at the top of the pricing range and perhaps their expectations are a little overambitious

According to BBC news 71.4% of that figure were registered to business and fleet buyers, private buyers are still keeping well clear of EV cars.

[bosshog]

Still. It was 25% of all cars sold in September I believe

[HundredthIdiot]

Clad-Hach said:

According to BBC news 71.4% of that figure were registered to business and fleet buyers, private buyers are still keeping well clear of EV cars.

61% of all new cars in 2025 were registered to business and fleet buyers, so that 71% stat isn't quite as alarming as it seems in isolation.

EVs are presumably more appealing for business use to due to BIK bands and salary sacrifice schemes. If you want an EV and have the option of a salary sacrifice it's a no brainer, why would you buy privately? That shifts EV demand away from private sales.

[Discombobulate]

GT3ZZZ said:

Problem is that almost all of those were Chinese junk. There is no meaningful market for £100,000+ sports car EV's/ SUV EV's which are grossly overpriced.

Some Chinese cars sold aren't very good, but most are far from junk (sadly for the UK and European car industry).
The term Chinese junk, when applied to cars at least, reminds me of "Jap crap" back in the seventies. And look what happened next to the global bike and car industry.