Porsche CEO Oliver Blume has announced that the German brand could have a new supercar in the near future.
Porsche aficionados may be in luck: company CEO Oliver Blume has suggested that the german company could launch a supercar in the near future.
In an interview in Car Magazine, Blume has pointed out that “The hypercar has always been part of Porsche’s strategy” and added that “Porsche has always been successful with this type of hypercar showing what is possible, showing future technologies, cutting-edge products.”
It could be launched no earlier than the middle of the decade
And he is right, although Porsche supercars and hypercars in history are not many. In fact, the German brand has only released three to date: the 959, the Carrera GT and the 918 Spyder.
Thus, in the not too distant future (not before the middle of the decade), Porsche intends to introduce a fourth flagship, although the 54-year-old German executive has made it clear that it is not worth anything: the model must earn its status hypercar introducing new technologies to create a cutting-edge product.
Which seems pretty clear that It will be electricity that will drive this alleged new hypercar, either through batteries or even through hydrogen. It must be remembered that the last great supercar of the automobile industry, the 918 Spyder, was presented in production version almost a decade ago with a plug-in hybrid propulsion system.
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Till the date, Porsche has a lot of work ahead of it, with the preparation of the next generation of the electric Macan, which will be delayed until 2024 due to software problems. A year later, the 718 Boxster and Cayman are due to arrive, which will also be electric; and later we expect a 100×100 electric SUV larger than the current Taycan and a second generation Taycan, which could be complemented by a larger electric model similar to the Panamera.
All this with the clear objective, set by the brand itself, that more than 80 percent of its annual sales in 2030 correspond to electric vehicles.