German sports car and luxury SUV brand, majority-owned by Volkswagen Group. Sells the 911, Cayenne, Macan, Panamera, and Taycan. The Macan is its best-selling model globally.
The Porsche Cayenne Coupe Electric is the fastback-roofline version of the second-generation electric Cayenne, built on the same 800V architecture and 113 kWh battery as the SUV. Three trims span 442 to 1,156 PS, with up to 669 km of WLTP range. US prices open at $113,800; deliveries begin end of Summer 2026.
Porsche's compact SUV and volume leader since 2014. Combustion production at Leipzig ends summer 2026 - ICE Macan still outsold the electric successor, with 10,130 of 18,209 Q1 2026 Macans being petrol-powered.
The Porsche Taycan is a full-size electric sports sedan and estate available in RWD and AWD configurations. The 2027 model year adds E-Shift (8 simulated gears via paddles), native NACS charging on the passenger side, and extends the Performance Battery Plus 105 kWh as standard. Range up to 700 km WLTP. Prices from €102,600 in Germany.
Volkswagen Group, Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Porsche all lost China sales in Q2 2026, led by a 36.6% drop for VW Group and 28% for Porsche, as buyers shift to faster-moving domestic EV brands.
Oliver Blume told staff in an internal memo that Volkswagen Group may need to cut 50,000 more jobs on top of the 50,000 already agreed, potentially reaching 100,000 total. He cited costs roughly 20% above competitors, weak China sales, US tariffs, and underused European plants.
Volkswagen Group wants to cut its roughly 150 model lines by up to 50% and trim configuration options by up to 75%, while lowering annual production capacity to 9 million cars from a pre-pandemic target of 12 million. The Touareg, Touran, and T-Roc Cabriolet are among the models already leaving.
Porsche AG is headquartered in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, Germany. Volkswagen Group controls approximately 75% of the company; the remainder trades on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The Macan compact SUV has been Porsche’s volume driver since 2014, currently transitioning to all-electric on the PPE platform (shared with Audi).
