Porsche mulling Panamera and Taycan Merger

[Fun TC Driving]

Inteeresting reading the stuttcars article in which they definitively say neither the Panamera nor the Taycan is getting a new version until the end of the decade — if then.

The Taycan arrived in 2019 and got a facelift in 2024. The current Panamera launched in late 2023 and is already penciled in for a mid-cycle refresh around 2027. Neither car is getting a full replacement before the end of the decade at the earliest, which means whatever Porsche decides, buyers have a few more years with the current setup regardless.

Of course stuttcars could be wrong, and their presumption is different from quite a few posters on this forum who are strongly saying that the Taycan J.2 is coming in 2028. We shall see who is correct. I also add in other reasons why the 2028 predicton for the J.2 Taycan might be optimistic (besides cash flow, declining annual sales slowing and development costs growing), and that is the article in which TheDrive (quoted here in this forum twice) stated into two separate articles that the 2027 Taycan will be getting not just a virtual PDK with gearing sounds and torque feel (with Porsche test drivers saying it is close to a PDK in a 911) and TheDrive also stating the 2027 Taycan is getting major software updates. Do we think all those things are going to happen in the 2027 Taycan when many here are strongly predicted the Taycan J.2 for 2028? Or is TheDrive also wrong?

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[Dabz]

It’s frustrating not knowing because I have no idea how long to extend my warranty for while I wait!

 

[Fun TC Driving]

Interesting questions raised in this Panamera/Taycan to merge or not video:

 

[Dabz]

My dealer this morning is still saying they're expecting a new Taycan in 28/29 and haven't heard anything different. Though often the sales guys and gals are the least in-the-know

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