Matthias Müller wants a baby Porsche – And a Porsche sportscar for everybody
A new report today from Reuters claims that Porsche is still mulling over an entry level two-seat sportscar. This new sportscar could revive the classic two-seater race car 550 Spyder and would be cheaper than the Boxster, Chief Executive Matthias Mueller told a German newspaper. “I can imagine that such a modern version of the famous James Dean Porsche would be well-received by our customers,” Daily Handelsblatt cited Mueller as saying in an interview published on Thursday.
Porsche may add this entry-level sports car as part of the plan to double global sales to 200,000 units by 2018. In previous statements, Porsche Cheif Executive Matthias Mueller has told reporters that Porsche could make the car a little bit cheaper by using modular systems from the next-generation Volkswagen Golf platform. “That could be a way to have a platform for a smaller sports car.” He also said a small Porsche could be produced in one of the automaker’s Golf assembly plants.
It has been rumored for some time that Porsche was also considering the less expensive option of adapting an existing VW four-cylinder powerplant to power the new “Baby-Boxster.” Porsche has not sold a vehicle with a four-cylinder engine since 1995.
Source: Reuters, Bild.de
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