In an interview with Automotive News Europe, Porsche’s manager for energy and the environment, Herbert Ampferer, has revealed that the carmaker won’t meet the future CO2 emission regulations applicable from 2012.
“The model for CO2 burden-sharing among individual companies being discussed leads to outcomes that Porsche could never meet or could only meet by abandoning its market identity,” told Herbert Ampferer, to the paper.
The European Union wants the carmaker to have a CO2 fleet average below 130g/km. Porsche’s fleet average was currently 242g/km in 2006 and the company would have to go below 144g/km for its future model, which is technically impossible at a time when the carmaker has only V8 or V10 in the pipes and when the hybrid solution has been delayed.
When the 2012 regulations are applicable, every Cayenne S sold in 2015 will generate a fine of £7,650/€9,702 as each gram over 130g/km will cost £75/€95.
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