Porsche’s Taycan Is Outselling its 911 This Year
Here is one of those interesting bits of news that provides what you’d call food for thought. Certainly there are different ways you could interpret it, but one thing is clear: there’s no denying that there’s movement afoot among Porsche fans. Here’s the news: Since the beginning of the year, the German automaker’s all-electric Taycan model is outselling the legendary 911 with its “old school” combustion engine.
To be more precise, Porsche delivered 28,640 Taycans in the January-to-September period of 2021. The 911, meanwhile, drew 27,973 buyers, which is actually a 10 percent increase over pandemic-plagued 2020.
One of the elements that makes this so interesting is that, for the past few months, there has been much debate regarding the future of the 911, and especially whether it can or should go electric. While that question remains unanswered, the new sales figures show that a big portion of the brand's buyers is pretty open to making the switch.
The overall global sales figures released by Porsche today show that the automaker delivered 217,198 vehicles worldwide in the first three quarters of the year - a 13 percent increase over 2020.
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