Porsche Panamera, Cayenne to be axed in wake of VW takeover

Good, I approve the execution.

No way, I want Porsche to expand the model range. Yes yes yes they do look ugly, but are actually two very good automobiles. So no need to kill something that can just be fixed with a little design change.

i approve as well. i saw the panamera for the first time yesterday. as a deep porsche fan i liked it but now i think if porsche gets more porschish like the old days before cayenne and panamera existed. it would be cooler but dont know if they would make more sales. As a badge it would be better to execute the two but sales wise i think they would decrease. I guess time will show.

Looks like Dr. Piech has got it right. foucusing on sports cars only took porsche to the legendary place it exsits today. you think porsche you think magic. expanding to common, plain niches would gain profits in the short term, but will be the start of the Porsche brand's descending. Good Decision!

Yeah, Porsche are meant to be execlusive sports cars, not heavy weight SUV or sedans that can be seen everywhere on the road.

Absolutely great news! Panamera and Cayenne, a real image destroyers.

This is the best news I heard today! Thank you VW for getting those things of the roads.

killing off the Cayenne would be good, especially the diesel one. But I do like the Panamera. Perhaps make a new 928 on the same platform? If the entry level model is just a rebadged VW, what's the point.

I love the GTS! Bad move VW!!

WTF? The VW group has room for absurdities like 1001HP Veyrons and push-rod powered Bentleys, but Porsche can only make stereotypical "sports cars". I should've realized how crazy Piech was when the Phaeton came out so over-engineered.

It is ridiculous to believe that Porsche will kill their "Cash Cow" Cayenne just because of Piech?s revenge.

VW wants to make money by selling boxter and 911 only!! no one cared about Porsche that much until the Cayenne showed up. As for the Panamera (I do hope they will kill it).

He's doing this out of spite obviously. As ugly as these cars may be, they (will) heavily bolster Porsche's profit margins. Stupid move.

i'm all for turning the Panamera into a new 928 and killing the Cayenne if they make a new Carrera GT and a new 914. but how are they going to double sales if they kill the best selling vehicle ?

F the people and their Cayennes. I can't stand them (SUVS or the people). Good move VW!

Yes, awesome move VW, now replace them with a 928 and a MX5 rivalling car.

as much as I agree the Porsche should concerntrate rather on sport cars than having their hands and a bit of everything, I don't agree with killing off the new Panamera. Porsche just spent a fortune on developing this car and before it's even hit the showroom floor and not knowing how it will sell they already want to kill it. such a waste

Its definitely a bad move to kill off the Cayenne being that it is their money maker. If the case is to really put the company's in their respective markets, then the R8, Phaeton, and Continental GT should be axed too regardless of the money they make because none of these models are in their respective class. The Continental GT is not on any level of the previous Continental or Brooklands and could get away with being a high-end luxury Audi. The R8 could easily be badged as Porsche, I mean if you want to put them in their respective classes. And being that Porsche is an "exclusive high-end" sportscar company, it would be foolish to make an entry level priced around $30k. That's like Aston Martin coming out with a model that competes with Jaguar's XF.

i totally agree, porsche needs to do what they're great at, and that's making pure sports cars. good move VW! BMW needs to follow too, they also need to stop making a little bit of everything and go back to wjat they were before they started making suv's. i know they're suv's are all one of the best in its class if not the best, but it just doesn't seem right. plus they're not making a lot of money for it anyway, at least not like they're trademark cars are. so do it BMW, or i'll stop buying ur cars!

Although its a good move to kill the Panamera but not the Cayenne since that is a fastest suv & coolest one and finally they are bring back the Carrera GT since that was the best supercar ever made by Porsche.