First dead Macan. At least in Europe. And now Porsche has to kill both the Boxster and the Cayman in our latitudes.
It is not easy to be a car manufacturer in Europe. While some car factories are clamoring for support to cope with competition from China, the EU Parliament is making it increasingly difficult to be a car factory.
Porsche is one of the car brands that feels the consequences. A new law on cyber security will mean the death of a large number of car models in the coming time. Also at Porsche.
First, the Germans from Zuffenhausen recognized that they could not sell the gasoline-powered Macan alongside the car's fully electric version. And now it's time for the "cheapest models".
That's what Motor1 writes.
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For Porsche, it is not worthwhile to rebuild the cars so that they meet the EU's new, stricter cyber security rules. As a consequence, the cars may not be sold here.
On the first of July, all new cars sold in Europe must be equipped with so-called cyber security certificates. And that regardless of how advanced they are.
Both the Boxster and Cayman were developed long before the new EU regulations were thought of. And it does not make sense to change the cars just to please the government in the EU.
In England, where you are no longer part of the EU, the rule does not have to be followed. The same applies to the American market.
Amidst the misery, however, Porsche has good news. The factory can avoid the EU requirement with both the Cayman GT4 RS and the Boxster RS, because the cars are only built in very few copies.
