I ran it on the Macan post. The result is clear:
• 70 % verifiable fact (earnings, timelines, regulations)
• 20 % stretched projection (€5 billion loss, early EV-share dip)
• 10 % pure interpretation (boardroom motives, unattributed slides)
Overall: 7/10 — an insightful enthusiast’s...
D00notD00d – you’re right, fines hurt but losing the whole market hurts more.
EU fines if petrol Macan stayed: €100M+ (2025).
UK hybrid tax perks: Gone – now low-volume only.
EU/UK rules review: Still unclear – plans frozen.
Global view: Macan = 45% of Porsche sales. Fines = Europe pain...
@W1NGE – huge thanks for the TaycanForum intel on the PPC successor and WP.29 lifeline.
You nailed it:
No Macan hybrid → new CUV on PPC (gas + hybrid) in 2028, leaving EV Macan orphaned.
2-year void = €900M+ extra burn → €5B+ total.
WP.29 (UN R154) begged for a PHEV bridge – zero fines...
1. WHAT HAPPENED?
Porsche killed the gas Macan (its #1 best-seller) to go 100% electric in 2021.
2025 reality: EV Macan = only 15% of sales (14k vs 79k gas in Q1).
Result:
99% profit crash (from €4.6B to €46M)
€3.5B+ lost profit (2026–2028)
3,900 layoffs
2026 sales crater
Now rushing a...
I get that Porsche’s big dilemma was whether adding YouTube to their cars made sense. After all, it’s a sports car, not a living-room entertainment system. Someone here mentioned that, and I totally agree. But once you put a passenger screen in the car, there’s really no debate anymore. If the...