Porsche will no longer build the historic Renndienst minivan concept

Porscherevealed some never-before-seen, unbuilt prototypes in late 2020, including a Renndienst minivan concept inspired by the Volkswagen bus-based race service car it used in the 1950s.While we're used to the idea of ​​a futuristic-looking van with aPorschebadge on the nose , we learned that the design study couldn't go into production.

“We were, and will be, a sports car manufacturer. So we’re not going into the small city car segment, nor are we going to go into a segment where there may be more sales. We’re still an exclusive sports car [brand] and we’re going to be in the We see further development in the segment that can define sports cars. So moving to minivan concepts and so on is not our plan at all," Detlev von Platen, head of global sales atPorsche, told Autoblog.

His comments suggest that the brand sees the Taycan Cross Turismo and Panamera Sport Turismo (both exist at the intersection of station wagon and sports car) as utilitarian outer boundaries.Von Platen isn't ruling out an expansion into other segments, however, an earlier report suggested that a coupe and convertible could still be built on the Taycan's J1 platform, albeit a crucial one. Importantly, neither of these has yet been approved.

Many of the upcoming new additions to the Porsche range will be electric, and the company expects at least 80 percent of its sales to come from electric vehicles by 2030.The 911 will be part of 20 percent of non-electric vehicles, although hybrid models are coming.It's unclear which side of the spectrum the 718 duo falls on, though.

The decision not to approve the Renndienst van largely means the upcoming Hyundai Staria has cornered the market for the futuristic minivan.