The legend is leaving quietly, without a farewell tour. Porsche is winding down the first-generation combustion Macan — the very one nicknamed the “sports car among SUVs.” It has been built since late 2013, and the last example rolls off the Leipzig line at the end of July.
In Europe the gas Macan vanished from showrooms even earlier — it couldn’t meet the new GSR2 cybersecurity rules. Now it’s leaving every other market too. And for Porsche the call proved painful: Stuttgart was convinced buyers would happily switch to the second-generation electric Macan. They didn’t.
The numbers say it all. In 2025 the electric version really did outsell the combustion model — 45,367 cars against 38,961. But in the first half of 2026 everything flipped. Of the 35,315 Macans delivered, 19,695 were gasoline-powered and just 15,620 were electric.
Porsche stockpiled inventory for the US market in advance and expects those reserves to last into 2027. After that — a void. There is no direct replacement for the gas Macan yet: a new compact crossover with combustion and hybrid options is expected closer to 2028, and it will wear a different name, because Macan is being reserved for the EV. The lesson is a sobering one. A sharp pivot to electric power can cost even the giants dearly.
