Porsche Will Not Be Making Self-Driving Cars, Says CEO

Porsche Will Not Be Making Self-Driving Cars, Says CEO

Published: February 9, 2016 | By: American Luxury Staff

Porsche has always prided itself on being a company that offers some of the finest performance vehicles in the history of the automobile, and as such the German brand’s CEO Oliver Blume has stated his company has no desire to make autonomous cars.

Blume has made it clear that Porsche will remain a driver-oriented brand first-and-foremost, despite pressure to make a driverless vehicle along with other class automakers like BMW, Audi, and Mercedes-Benz.

“One wants to drive a Porsche by oneself,” Blume told German newspaper Westfalen-Blatt. “An iPhone belongs in your pocket, not on the road.”

Though Porsche has shown a certain ability to adapt to trends, as seen with its popular Cayenne SUV, the Panamera sedan, and the Macan crossover, it doesn’t look like an autonomous vehicle is in the cards for the brand, at least not in the near future.

Porsche isn’t completely against future technology as it recently confirmed its all-electric Mission E (the lean, mean concept packed with an impressive 600 horsepower) will hit production lines near the end of the decade.

Our prediction: You’ll see an autonomous Porsche on the road within ten years.

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