Yes, now is absolutely the time.
Photograph Courtesy PCA
Our friends at PCA make a compelling case for an electric Porsche 914. “Particularly among younger brand devotees, the existence of the Taycan, and what it represents, is going to cause an aspirational sea change — electricity is going to become the perceived gold-standard in performance,” states author Rob Sass.
“It’s already been noted by others that a Taycan Turbo S is faster in many situations than a McLaren 570S. How long will it be before people take note of the fact that a Taycan Turbo can hang with a GT3?”
But what Porsche needs, the article continues, is an affordable EV roadster–something less expensive than a Cayman. “A 914/E obviously wouldn’t be a 911 killer, but an Elise-like 0-60 time of well under five seconds, and a range of 150 to 180 miles would seem like fairly easy marks, and would make the car more than attractive enough for most two-seater buyers, which sort of gets to the last part of the puzzle: Do two-seater buyers exist in sufficient numbers for something like this to be profitable?”
Yes, now is absolutely the time.
In reply to jstein77 :
What color for you? I'd have to do Ruby Red for mine.
How many Tesla roadsters were sold?
I'd wager that the market is somewhere in between the boxter and the old roadsters. The higher the cost, the closer to the Tesla...
The car has two problems- it's a sports car and it's an EV. Neither of which have massive penetration at the moment- the sports car part being worse than the EV part.
Me likey.
Yes, but it has to be at a reasonable, sub-$30K price point. Which IS doable. The question is whether Porsche wants to play in that arena. IIRC, they had more customer issues with 914 and 924 models than anything else. Not because the cars were bad but because the, um, entry level customers expected so much.
I really like that rendering.
I probably wouldn't buy it new unless they got it under $40k. And that would probably be bare bones and I would want $10k in options.
And then there's the reality of having a family....
If they make it, I hope someone buys it
I already know a few guys with electric 914's Guy I got mine from has one.
alfadriver said:How many Tesla roadsters were sold?
I'd wager that the market is somewhere in between the boxter and the old roadsters. The higher the cost, the closer to the Tesla...
Around 2500 of the original roadsters were sold. But the world was different then. The roadster was basically an expensive novelty (100k starting price) from a boutique manufacturer. When Tesla first began hyping their next Roadster in 2017, they had people giving them $50k and even $250k deposits. I don't know that an 914e would be a huge seller, but they'd be much more common than a Roadster from 10-12 years ago just because the market has changed and Porsche has tons more brand equity than Tesla did when the first Roadster was released.
David S. Wallens said:In reply to jstein77 :
What color for you? I'd have to do Ruby Red for mine.
Tangerine.
That rendering has me mumbling to myself. And not in a "that's my stapler" kind of way.
Guards Red please.
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