The gas-powered Porsche Macan may live to see another generation after all. Porsche’s second-best-selling model was previously slated to go all-electric as the automaker slowly transitions global markets away from the outgoing model,

Porsche launched an electric-only second-generation Macan last year with plans to end first-generation production in 2026. However, the German automaker’s worst-selling model in 2024 was the Taycan. Sales for the first electric Porsche plummeted 50 percent last year, with only 20,836 Taycans sold. Autocar explained the potential shift:

The all-new, all-electric second generation of Porsche's Macan compact crossover is already on sale — but there may be another Macan model in the brand's pipeline. A new report suggests that Porsche could also be considering the creation of a new internal combustion Macan,

Due to slowing demand for electric vehicles and worsening Macan sales after the switchover to electric, an internal combustion-engined comeback is considered

Porsche has a lot riding on the Macan's success. The model was the automaker’s bestseller in the United States in 2024 by moving 25,180 units, which was down slightly from delivering 26,947 examples of the SUV in 2023.

The Porsche Macan EV made its debut in January 2024, but customers didn’t get their hands on one until the very end of September. Of the 27,795 units sold in Q4, nearly 66% (18,

Slowing growth in EV demand, especially in the luxury sector, means Porsche will now continue to offer gas engines for longer.

An insider says Porsche is worried about the Macan EV's long-term sales, so a new ICE model might become necessary.

The company is considering adding combustion engines to future model lines that were originally envisioned as EV-only