Porsche confirms the death of diesel
Production of diesel Panameras and Macans has ended, and that's that for diesel Porsches
But now the Cayenne diesel is no more, in fact Porsche diesel is no more. Some may say the writing was on the wall when the new Cayenne was launched with only petrol engines, and today it has been confirmed with production of both Macan and Panamera diesels ceasing, too.
In addition to the apparent lack of customer confidence in diesel at the moment, Autocar's comment from Porsche also cites a "software update" for the halting of production. It's been suggested that this is related to the new WLTP emissions test, which has also seen the F80 M3 bow out early. Combine the need to reengineer the product for new legislation with reduced demand from customers and the decision to remove diesel Porsche makes more sense.
Despite less than a decade on sale, the removal of Porsche diesels does look like a significant move given their previous popularity in the UK. Of those for sale on PH at the moment, nearly half of the Panameras are diesel; for the Macan and Cayenne it's significantly higher, at 62 per cent and 70 per cent respectively. So is now the time to pounce on a diesel Porsche? Or stay well away? Over to you...
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If you live in the city or do less than 10000 Miles a year you should not have a diesel.
This was even the case before dieselgate thanks to the filters getting clogged on diesels with no long drives.
To be honest this year I’m potentially looking to get my first diesel as my commute is long enough to justify it and my commute only goes through 2 small towns.
But I fully understand why Porsche has done this as they are the most sporty brand in the SUV market currently
I've been a diesel driver (mostly) for 10 years now, I like the way they drive, the modern ones don't sound like a tractor (on the inside anyway) and hardly ever driving in the city or short trips it made sense.
Ironically perhaps my Wife's VW TSI powered car drives a lot like a Turbo Diesel.
But it all fell on the fact that these are only euro 5, and the city where I live are actively discussing banning these ... Oh well. Maybe a G30 530d then as the next fast cruizer, bit boring really in comparison, if probably very competent too...
I wish I could live in petrol eutopia but I can't.
I feel really sorry for the manufacturers. Certain governments confused C02 with carcinogenic particulates. This seems pretty strange given that diesels, even the new ones, smell horrible and petrol cars do not - there is clearly something bad in diesel exhaust emissions. Nonetheless, the manufacturers were coerced into building diesels because car tax rules in many countries made diesel cars much cheaper to own.
The manufacturers were forced into a huge r&d project which many of them probably thought was madness, but had to follow to sell cars, given the governmental rules.
I wonder how many other technologies which should have died out could have been advanced to incredible levels of development if there were sufficient governmental incentives? Steam engines? Betamax players? It could be like the Blade Runner films and the parallel universe technologies therein.
I wonder how long the Bentayga Diesel has to run?
Deep down I'm sure Porsche know that VW diesels are going to struggle in real world testing rather than blaming it on market shifts.
I wish I could live in petrol eutopia but I can't.
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