However, the reason for the cancellation was due to cybersecurity regulations, not exhaust gas regulations.
Oh, I was surprised.
Porsche CEO Oliver Blume announced at the last general meeting of shareholders that ``Even after the EV Macan goes on sale, the ICE Macan will also be sold for a while,'' so I thought that was the case. According to the news I saw today, ``Sales of the ICE Macan will end in the spring of 2024.''
However, this sale will only be discontinued in Europe, and sales of the ICE Macan will continue in other regional markets.
The reason why this happened so suddenly is not that sales were discontinued due to the so-called exhaust gas regulations that have been said before, but because the Macan will not be able to comply with future "cyber security regulations" in Europe.
what is that.
But anyway, a Porsche spokesperson also said that sales of the Macan in EU countries will end next spring, so it seems to be true.
At the time the current generation of Macan was being developed, the content of future cybersecurity regulations had not yet been finalized, but when the content of the regulations was decided, the Macan did not comply with the regulations. It seems like it was.
It appears that the company has decided to discontinue sales of the Macan in EU countries because it would be too expensive to modify the vehicle to meet new regulatory requirements.
*By the way, if you sell a car that does not comply with this new regulation in the future, you may be fined up to 30,000 euros (approximately 4.65 million yen) for each car sold (UNECE WP.29 regulation). ).
Countries where Macan sales will end from spring 2024
Macan sales will end in the following 27 EU countries from spring 2024:
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- republic of cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Italy
- latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- malta
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
Looking at 2023, the best-selling model up to October was the Macan, with approximately 20,000 units sold in Europe by October, so this was a sudden blow for Porsche.
I was really surprised that sales would end due to cybersecurity regulations rather than exhaust gas regulations.
It looks like there will be a flood of orders for the Macan in Europe by the spring of 2024 (?).
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I'm Rika, the author of this article. Ever since Porsche 911 became my favorite car, I've become totally addicted to Porsche, and I can't stop loving Porsche, so I started this blog. My favorite cars are 911 Carrera (991.2), 911 Carrera Cabriolet (992.1), and 911 Carrera T (992.1).
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