Porsche AG is headquartered in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, Germany. Volkswagen Group controls approximately 75% of the company; the remainder trades on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The Macan compact SUV has been Porsche’s volume driver since 2014, currently transitioning to all-electric on the PPE platform (shared with Audi).
Porsche
Porsche AG
🇩🇪 Germany
German sports car and luxury SUV brand, majority-owned by Volkswagen Group. Sells the 911, Cayenne, Macan, Panamera, and Taycan. The Macan is its best-selling model globally.
Models
ICE
discontinued
Macan
Porsche's compact SUV and volume leader since 2014. Combustion production at Leipzig ends summer 2026 - ICE Macan still outsold the electric successor, with 10,130 of 18,209 Q1 2026 Macans being petrol-powered.
EV
Taycan
The Porsche Taycan is a full-size electric sports sedan and estate available in RWD and AWD configurations. The 2027 model year adds E-Shift (8 simulated gears via paddles), native NACS charging on the passenger side, and extends the Performance Battery Plus 105 kWh as standard. Range up to 700 km WLTP. Prices from €102,600 in Germany.
News
EV
Porsche Taycan 2027: E-Shift simulates eight gears via paddles, NACS becomes standard
The 2027 Taycan adds E-Shift - eight simulated gear changes through paddle shifters with physical jerk and a virtual rev limiter. The passenger-side DC port switches to native NACS. Performance Battery Plus 105 kWh is now standard across Taycan, Taycan 4, and Taycan 4S. Range up to 700 km WLTP. Prices from €102,600 ($111,900 in the US).
18 Jun 2026
EV
Porsche Taycan: production paused as sales fall 22% in 2025
Taycan sales dropped 22% in 2025 to 16,339 units, then a further 19% in Q1 2026. The Zuffenhausen factory has been running with intermittent shutdowns since early May.
25 May 2026
Porsche Ends ICE Macan Production This Summer
The petrol Macan outsells the electric version - 10,130 of 18,209 Macans sold in Q1 2026 were combustion-engined. Porsche is discontinuing it anyway. Leipzig production ends summer 2026; a combustion replacement on Audi Q5 III underpinnings arrives in 2028 under a different name.
9 May 2026
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Frequently asked questions
- Who owns Porsche?
- Porsche is owned by Volkswagen Group (since 2009).
- What country is Porsche from?
- Porsche is a Germany brand, headquartered in Stuttgart.
- When was Porsche founded?
- Porsche was founded in 1931.
- What kind of cars does Porsche make?
- Porsche makes sports cars and performance SUVs, increasingly electric.