No more Porsche Diesels

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Porsche axes all diesel variants from line-up

German manufacturer drops diesel versions of Macan and Panamera, citing a "cultural shift" among customers

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/porsch...

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The Macan Western European diesel mix in 2017 was 45.3%, what will those consumers buy now? Petrol?

Porsche's CO2 average has frozen reflecting the whole German market despite impressive PHEV sales:

Jan 2018: 185.4g/km

Jan 2017: 185.2g/km

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Leipzig, Germany (dpa)

"Environmental bans on diesel-powered vehicles are legal in German municipalities, a top German court ruled on Tuesday, in a verdict that could have wide-ranging effects on the nation's automotive industry.

The ruling only specifically touches on the cities of Dusseldorf and Stuttgart, which sought to interpret German law so they could implement diesel bans in an effort to clean up polluted air."

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@Porsche CEO, Oliver Blume, in interview with @BILDamSONNTAG: "There will be no more diesels in the future from Porsche. We have never developed, produced diesel engines ourselves. Nevertheless, Porsche's image has suffered. The diesel crisis has caused us a lot of trouble."

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champ19ns said:

So last of the diesel engined Cayenne’s should hold value pretty well going forward?

Just like the last normally aspirated GT cars...