Globally, Porsche customers in China are some of the youngest in the world, averaging just 35 years old, compared to 53 in the USA and Germany. Porsche China also has the highest proportion of female customers, at 47 percent, suggesting very high upward mobility of women there.If you want to know where the centre of Girl Power is, go to a Porsche showroom in ChinaThose numbers have been more or less unchanged for the last 5 years but it is the demographics of Porsche Taycan buyers that are surpr
Feb 22, 2022
Porsche delivered 301,915 cars in 2021, up 11 percent from 2020. The figure is Porsche’s highest ever annual sales record, breaking the pre-pandemic era 2019’s record of 280,000 cars.Never before in the companys 73-year history (since 1948) has more people bought a Porsche. If there was an economic slowdown last year, Porsches customers never felt it.“Despite the challenges posed by the semi-conductor shortage and the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic we have been work
Feb 3, 2022
Want to leave internal combustion and emissions behind? Here are the Electric Vehicles available right now.More and more there is a sense that the small rock first thrown by Toyota and Honda is slowly turning into an avalanche that can no longer be stopped. The ongoing pandemic has changed the consciousness of many regarding the environment and their impact on it. What’s more, vehicle sales globally in the past few years have shown that sales of EV continued to go strong, and in 2020 it ro
Jan 21, 2022
Following the Ministry of Finance’s Budget 2022 announcement to exempt electric vehicles (EVs) from taxes, EVs are now generally referred to as tax-free.In October 2021, Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz’s Budget 2022 proposed for EVs (specifically, it’s battery electric vehicles or BEVs) to be made tax-free. Some buyers confused this to include sales tax.However, the Malaysia Automotive Association (MAA) has since clarified that the tax-free reference only r
Jan 20, 2022
Up to 598 PS/850 Nm with overboost function 504 km range in the WLTP cycle Priced from RM 708,000Porsche Malaysia, represented by Sime Darby Auto Performance, has introduced the new Taycan GTS, positioned above the Taycan 4S and below the Taycan Turbo. Prices start from RM 708,000, excluding options and registration fees.However, the press release did not mention the arrival of the Sport Turismo wagon body style in Malaysia, so wagon fans will have to hold their breaths.With a range of up to 504
Jan 18, 2022
RM 76k cheaper for the base Taycan All Taycan models are now priced under RM 1 million Taycan GTS introducedSime Darby Auto Performance (SDAP), the official distributor of Porsche models in Malaysia, has announced the tax-free prices for the Porsche Taycan, starting from RM 508,000 for the base Taycan to RM 934,000 for the Taycan Turbo S. 2022 Porsche Taycan - Price in Malaysia Variant Previous (RM) Tax-free (RM) Taycan RWD 584,561 508,000 Taycan 4S 699,986 595
Jan 18, 2022
Porsche has been around for quite some time but has only just turned 20 in the Asia Pacific region. To mark the occasion, the carmaker took to celebrating the power of dreams and believing in oneself by virtue of an inspiring new film out now on YouTube.Putting the kind of power its vehicles deliver into inspiring young dreamers, Porsche Asia Pacific commits itself to supporting young dreamers as it announces a new long-term partnership with United Women Singapore; a non-profit organisation that
Dec 21, 2021
The Porsche Taycan GTS has made its global debut along with the introduction of a new body style, the Sport Turismo. The addition of the Taycan Sport Turismo means that the model family now includes three body variants – Taycan, Taycan Cross Turismo, and Taycan Sport Turismo.The new derivative is aimed at those who want a similar level of everyday practicality as offered by the Taycan Cross Turismo, but without the rugged off-road design elements. Headroom in the rear is more than 45 mm mo
Nov 18, 2021
Earlier this week, Porsche Malaysia, represented by Sime Darby Auto Performance, announced that for the first time ever, the Porsche Cayenne will be produced outside of Europe, with local assembly (CKD) to start in Kulim.Prices start from RM 550,000, and deliveries will begin by March 2022. Not only that, buyers of the CKD Porsche Cayenne can also opt for the Exclusive Manufaktur Package, Porsche’s own customization programme.Also read: Customisable Porsche Cayenne is the first CKD model f
Nov 14, 2021
Not ACOs charger, but ABB at Bandar SunwaysACO Group, one of Malaysia’s largest distributors of electrical products, has tied up with EV Connections, the developer of the JomCharge app and operator of 5 solar-powered EV chargers at petrol stations, to install a 180 kW DC fast charger at ACO Group’s headquarters in Taman Johor Jaya in Johor Bahru.ACO Group says the DC fast charger will be one of the fastest in the country, and the fastest in Johor. To encourage EV adoption, the servic
Nov 10, 2021
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