- The Porsche 718 Cayman and Boxster twins have already been axed in Europe due to cybersecurity laws.
- All-electric replacements are in the works and could launch next year.
- The new electric sports cars will be underpinned by Porsche’s SSP Sport architecture.
Thrilling, rear-wheel drive sports cars with fiery combustion engines are becoming increasingly rare and in October 2025, production will cease on the 718 Cayman and Boxster models, killing the mid-engined icon we’ve come to know and love.
Porsche’s 718 models have been living on borrowed time for quite a while. The carmaker has been hard at work developing electric vehicles for a few years now and confirmed the 982-generation models would be the final ones with a combustion engine. An exact date for when the Cayman and Boxster will be killed off has not been provided by Porsche, but information from a US dealer portal claims it’ll happen in the fall of next year.
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Zerin Dube recently shared a screenshot of the dealer portal on X. It says that “end of production for all 982 models is currently planned for October 2025.” That means keen shoppers have less than 18 months to secure an allocation before the two models go the way of the dodo.
While it’s a shame the 718 duo will be killed off as we know it, we thought it may be axed from global markets before the fourth quarter of 2025. Porsche has already been forced to stop selling the two models in Europe because they fail to comply with new EU cybersecurity laws that take effect on July 1, 2024.
The idea of electric Cayman and Boxster models may not sound too appealing to many, but if one carmaker can make an EV that’s fun and engaging to drive, it’s Porsche. No other brand builds products quite like it and spy shots of the all-electric 718 models have already revealed they’ll be largely identical in size to the combustion models.
Underpinning the duo will be Porsche’s SSP Sport electric car architecture which offers flexibility for rear and all-wheel drive layouts. Details about the battery pack that’ll power the 718 EVs aren’t known.
