Porsche Macan Turbo

It wasn’t too long ago that Porsches were a rare sight in many places. This is becoming less and less the case as the German Performance car maker has had strong sales for a while.

Much of the sales of Porsches come from the company’s SUV lineup. The Cayenne and Macan have made the nameplate available to more people who otherwise wouldn’t consider a car from the marquee. But, does this dilute the specialness of the machines?

For more about Porsche sales so far this year, click past the jump (or scroll down if you came directly to the full article).

Porsche sold 20,831 new cars worldwide in June of 2015. That is a 28 percent increase over the previous June. With half a year in the books we now know that the German automaker sold 114,000 vehicles globally which is a 30 percent increase over the first six months of the previous year.

“In the first half of the year, Porsche was carrying forward its successful growth trajectory”, says Bernhard Maier, Member of the Executive Board Sales and Marketing of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG. “We continue watching the development of the global markets very attentively. The general conditions in North America are remarkably positive at the moment. Looking at the European markets, we are cautiously optimistic yet remain vigilant so we can react flexibly to demand, if need be. In China, Porsche has performed well so far in a difficult market environment.”

Of the vehicles delivered in June over 2,900 were 911s. Sales were also improved for the Cayman, up 28.4 percent and the Cayenne, up 19.7 percent. The Macan had particularly good numbers with 7,281 sold which is more than double the previous June. Having said that, the numbers are somewhat inflated because the smaller SUV was not available on all markets in June of 2014.

All these numbers are good for Porsche’s long term existence and we are sure that Volkswagen Group is very happy with them. Although many purists miss the days when the badge had much lower production numbers and no SUVs or Sedans.

The good news for us pure sports car enthusiasts is that with strong sales of other models, we should still see cars like the 911, Cayman, Boxster and even the likes of the 918 Spyder produced for a very long time.