911 deliveries post 12% gain inside broader pullback
Porsche said Friday that its worldwide car deliveries fell 16% in the first nine months of 2026, posting declines across every major region as the German luxury sports-car maker faced persistent market challenges in China.
The automaker delivered 178,532 vehicles from January through September, down from 212,509 in the same period of 2025. The drop was steepest in China, where deliveries plunged 33% to 21,493 cars, and in Porsche’s overseas and emerging-markets region, where volumes fell 19% to 35,048.
North America, Porsche’s largest single sales region, saw deliveries decline 13% to 56,088 vehicles. In Europe, deliveries outside Porsche’s home market of Germany slipped 11% to 44,949, while German deliveries fell 7%.
The company attributed the decline to three factors: persistent market challenges in China, the end of production of the combustion-engined 718 model line, and tough year-on-year comparisons created by strong 2025 demand for the all-electric Macan.
“In a persistently challenging market environment, the company continues to consistently pursue its value-oriented sales strategy and maintain a balanced relationship between supply and demand,” Porsche said in its statement.
Within the broader pullback, the 911 posted a 12% year-over-year increase in deliveries, and Porsche said its high-performance derivatives — the GTS, Turbo and GT models — again accounted for a significant proportion of total nine-month sales.