Porsche drops guidance for 2025

[Maruscmn]

As for PTS I am in early days yet on a car that has not yet been announced:)...however, I liked the retro version on the 992 which was not available in Canada, and am inclined to use it as a base with an extreme spec. We will see:)......

You can see it here compared to my spec on the 992:

PCNA22_1125_fine.jpg

A very, very small part of me is glad I do not have to make a color choice because deciding on which retro version I would pic (red, green, blue, orange) would probably give me a heart attack…

Mike
OPS

[blueline]

As for PTS I am in early days yet on a car that has not yet been announced:)...however, I liked the retro version on the 992 which was not available in Canada, and am inclined to use it as a base with an extreme spec. We will see:)......

You can see it here compared to my spec on the 992:

PCNA22_1125_fine.jpg

A very, very small part of me is glad I do not have to make a color choice because deciding on which retro version I would pic (red, green, blue, orange) would probably give me a heart attack…

Mike
OPS

Lol. It is difficult to decide but a pleasant dilemma to have nonetheless!

[blueline]

VBRG paint-to-sample - Verde British Racing Green

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[P_Coastal]

VBRG paint-to-sample - Verde British Racing Green


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Very classy design

[blueline]

More data and opinions from today's WSJ on Porsche:

"Porsche Tried to Be Both Ferrari and Mercedes. With the Trade War, It Struggles to Be Either."

https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/pors ... _permalink

Snippets -

"Though known for its iconic 911 sports car, Porsche has become an SUV maker without any U.S. manufacturing."

"...61% of the cars Porsche delivered in the first quarter were sport-utility vehicles, not sports cars."

"Making matters worse, Porsche erred by aiming to become 80% electric by 2030, partly seduced by the Chinese market."

"In the third quarter of 2022, Porsche shipped 28,085 units to China. But that number had plunged to 9,471 by the first quarter of this year."

"Ultimately, though, the decision to bet on sports EVs despite their low resale values, or to go big in China, where the Porsche name carries little weight, are examples of how gearing a luxury business toward large-scale production of depreciating assets tends to dilute the brand."

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[ROB III]

I'm loving that paint and body inspection area!

[blueline]

I'm loving that paint and body inspection area!

It is quite the precise, clean, well-lit, clinical-like area. Would make a fine detail garage or space to perform open-heart surgery.

[blueline]

More details on Porsche's daunting but likely temporary woes from an Automotive News story (via Yahoo Finance) linked in today's e-Brake News.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/porsche- ... ccounter=1

From the piece:

"According to Fabio Hölscher, analyst at Warburg Research, Porsche‘s initial strategy to have all its models fully electrified, apart from the 911, is at the root cause of the problem.

He added that to transition to electric Porsche would have benefited from adopting “a more flexible production approach between combustion and BEV cars, like BMW did.”

“For Porsche and all German automakers, the biggest problem is China,” Gartner Vice President of Research Pedro Pacheco told Automotive News Europe. “For several decades, China was the gift that kept on giving."

[RDMcG]

Yep, some job cuts on the way:

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/top ... &t=2115698

[blueline]

Porsche's worldwide sales for the first half of 2025 dropped 6% due to the continuing slide in the Chinese market.

However, on the plus side, North American sales were up 10% for the first six months of the year. That's quite good.