End of the line for Porsche diesel models

PORSCHE has abandoned the diesel engine as it plans to concentrate on making ‘powerful petrol, hybrid and purely electric vehicles’.

The move by the German car maker, which offered diesel options only in its familyfocused Cayenne, Panamera and Macan models, follows a collapse in demand since 2015 when parent company Volkswagen was caught installing so-called ‘defeat devices’ to dupe emissions tests.

Several German cities have since banned diesels in a bid to bring down air pollution.

The company said it would keep servicing diesel models on the road now.