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Macan is becoming 10 years old, and still not much information or specific release date announced for the new 718.
But these are due to electrification.... kind of exception...
For the more regular models, the gen 3 Cayenne did not get facelift for 5 years, the exact same shape 2019-2023 MY, and then face lift for 2024 MY.
Panamera 971.2 is going to be produced for 4 years, 2021-2024 MY.
Probably the 7 year cycle (with .1 for 4 years, .2 for 3 years) is now going away.
New cycle will be 9 years I guess, .1 for 5 years and .2 for 4 years.
They are going to stretch the gas powered cars lifecycles as long as they can. Once EV bans come into force, even with the e fuel exemptions, sales volumes for these cars will drop significantly so they can not justify spending hundreds of millions of dollars to develop significantly new models.
What's worse is that they put that ridiculous grille on the i4. It's an EV, what reason do they have for that monster grille. Same with Audi. Note to the car manufacturers, you have a massive opportunity for front end design innovation/departure on EV models. But no, mercedes did it too.
The grill is a defining feature for a car brand so they will add it superfluously to their EVs until they can transition to something more universal like taillights (see Genesis).
Originally Posted by Nibiru12
Porsche is getting lazy with updates ... New cycle will be 9 years I guess, .1 for 5 years and .2 for 4 years.
I see two possible explanations for this: 1) seeing how well Teslas are selling with the oldest average model age in the industry and 2) the transition to electric forcing Porsche to reallocate resources.
What's worse is that they put that ridiculous grille on the i4. It's an EV, what reason do they have for that monster grille. Same with Audi. Note to the car manufacturers, you have a massive opportunity for front end design innovation/departure on EV models. But no, mercedes did it too.
Agreed - I would seriously be considering the I4 M50 as a DD if it didn't look the way it does.
Location: The way to hell is paved by good intentions “Wenn ich Purist höre...entsichere ich meinen Browning” "Myths are fuel for marketing (and nowadays for flippers too,,,)" time to time is not sufficient to be a saint, you must be also an Hero
Well, let the turbo owners deal with the first year hybrid problems I guess. I am still not convinced the dealers know the truth as communicated to them from PCNA.
03-24-2023, 11:57 AM
