Porsche has already announced that the sports car duo will be replaced by electric models
June 13, 2024 at 10:35 am
- The twin Porsche 718 Cayman and Boxster have already been taken off the market in Europe due to cybersecurity laws.
- Fully electric replacement models are in the works and could hit the market next year.
- The new electric sports cars are based on Porsche’s SSP sports architecture.
Exciting rear-wheel drive sports cars with fiery combustion engines are becoming increasingly rare, and in October 2025 production of the 718 Cayman and Boxster models will cease, marking the end of the mid-engine icon we know and love.
Porsche’s 718 models have been living on borrowed time for some time now. The carmaker has been working hard on the development of electric vehicles for several years and confirmed that the 982 generation models will be the last with a combustion engine. Porsche has not announced an exact date when the Cayman and Boxster will be discontinued, but information from a US dealer portal says it will happen in the fall of next year.
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Zerin Dube recently shared a screenshot of the dealer portal on X, which states that “the end of production for all 982 models is currently scheduled for October 2025.” This means eager buyers have less than 18 months to secure a quota before the two models become extinct.
While it’s a shame that the 718 duo is being discontinued in the form we know it, we thought it might disappear from the global market before the fourth quarter of 2025. Porsche has already been forced to stop selling the two models in Europe because they don’t comply with new EU cybersecurity laws that come into force on July 1, 2024.
The idea of electric Cayman and Boxster models may not sound too appealing to many, but if any automaker can build an electric car that’s fun and exciting to drive, it’s Porsche. No other brand builds comparable products, and spy photos of the all-electric 718 models have already revealed that they will be largely identical in size to the combustion models.
The duo will be based on Porsche’s SSP sport electric car architecture, which offers flexibility for rear- and all-wheel drive. Details of the battery pack that will power the 718 EVs are unknown.
