Ninesomething Posted July 4, 2023 Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 Oddly I just saw the test mule EV Macan. We get a lot of test Porsches hereabouts because VW has a big test centre about 20 kilometers away. Other people have said they've seen it with 2 sports cars which are presumably the EV boxster and Cayman but I only saw the Macan. Filthy, covered in taped on sensors etc. Didn't have time to snap a pic. https://jalopnik.com/porsche-is-having-second-thoughts-about-replacing-its-h-1850594720?utm_campaign=Jalopnik&utm_content=1688137206&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_source=facebook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart21UK Posted July 4, 2023 Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 9 hours ago, JonSta said: Oddly I just saw the test mule EV Macan. We get a lot of test Porsches hereabouts because VW has a big test centre about 20 kilometers away. Other people have said they've seen it with 2 sports cars which are presumably the EV boxster and Cayman but I only saw the Macan. Filthy, covered in taped on sensors etc. Didn't have time to snap a pic. https://jalopnik.com/porsche-is-having-second-thoughts-about-replacing-its-h-1850594720?utm_campaign=Jalopnik&utm_content=1688137206&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_source=facebook did it look like this https://audiclubna.org/spied-ppe-based-porsche-macan-ev-test-mule/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninesomething Posted July 5, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2023 Yep - pretty much exactly although I only saw it for a few seconds. He was coming off a roundabout while I was going the other way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JurassicBGTS Posted October 28, 2023 Report Share Posted October 28, 2023 https://electrek.co/2023/10/27/vw-delays-porsche-macan-ev-platform-cuts-jobs-amid-software-struggles/?fbclid=IwAR3qiWXTp3UGkrvfxXsLaj3leU_MsiT8IhYKq1phNWEFlq92PNtwbW4jSYg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iborguk Posted October 28, 2023 Report Share Posted October 28, 2023 2 hours ago, JurassicBGTS said: https://electrek.co/2023/10/27/vw-delays-porsche-macan-ev-platform-cuts-jobs-amid-software-struggles/?fbclid=IwAR3qiWXTp3UGkrvfxXsLaj3leU_MsiT8IhYKq1phNWEFlq92PNtwbW4jSYg Wonder what that means for the Boxster EV/983 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JurassicBGTS Posted October 28, 2023 Report Share Posted October 28, 2023 Macan on ice in more ways than one. I think the Boxster/Cayman is a totally different platform, so may not have an impact, but going to be an interesting period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninesomething Posted November 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2023 I saw the 2 test boxsters here last week and there was one Macan with them. Manufacturers seem to be coming out of the woodwork backpedaling like mad on EVs. And sooner than I imagined they might. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JurassicBGTS Posted November 3, 2023 Report Share Posted November 3, 2023 13 hours ago, JonSta said: I saw the 2 test boxsters here last week and there was one Macan with them. Manufacturers seem to be coming out of the woodwork backpedaling like mad on EVs. And sooner than I imagined they might. Were they camouflaged or could you see what the final product is really going to look like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninesomething Posted November 4, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2023 (edited) Camouflaged by being absolutely filthy dirty with wires taped all over them. For some reason I only ever see them when they're going the other way and I can't turn round. I mean basically they're immediately recognisable as a Boxster - it seems to me that the rear deck it higher than a 718 but IDK why it should be. When they were testing the 718 a few years back I found them sitting outside a cafe while pilots were having coffee. We had a brief chat in what I call German. I mentioned the war once but I think I got away with it. Edited November 4, 2023 by JonSta 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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