Right, so here we are again in the great, ongoing saga of “will it be electric, or will it have pistons and character and occasional mechanical violence?”

At the heart of it is Porsche, a company that has spent decades building one of the most sacred objects in motoring—the Porsche 911. A car so iconic that changing it feels less like product planning and more like arguing with history itself.

Now, according to reports out of the latest corporate rumour mill, Porsche’s boss Michael Leiters has essentially suggested something heretical: don’t expect a fully electric 911.

Or at least not anytime soon. Or maybe not ever. The wording, like all good automotive drama, is deliberately slippery enough to keep lawyers employed.

This comes as the wider Volkswagen Group is tightening its belt, trimming costs and quietly adjusting to the uncomfortable reality that the EV revolution is not moving at the pace of PowerPoint presentations from 2019.

Porsche, meanwhile, has been doing what Porsche does best: saying one thing, then cautiously walking it back when accountants enter the room. The electric Macan was supposed to signal the future.

Then suddenly, an internal combustion version is coming back like an old rock band reunion tour nobody quite expected—but everyone is secretly pleased about.

And then there’s the 911, which sits there in Stuttgart like a national monument with wheels. It still sells brilliantly, especially in North America, where SUVs do the heavy lifting but the 911 does the image work.

The idea of replacing it with a silent electric version is, for many purists, about as appealing as swapping espresso for lukewarm dishwater.

So what we’re really watching is not just a product decision—it’s a philosophical argument inside a company. One side says “future, efficiency, electrification.” The other side whispers “yes, but have you heard one at full throttle through a tunnel?”

And for now, at least, it sounds like the tunnel wins.