{"id":1758105,"date":"2026-01-26T09:52:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T06:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1758105"},"modified":"2026-01-26T09:52:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T06:52:36","slug":"analysis-how-can-michael-leiters-save-porsche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1758105","title":{"rendered":"Analysis: how can Michael Leiters save Porsche?"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"articleItem\">\n<p>    {&#8220;@context&#8221;:&#8221;https:\/\/schema.org&#8221;,&#8221;@type&#8221;:&#8221;Article&#8221;,&#8221;image&#8221;:&#8221;https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/242056\/agenda_michael_leiters_saved_porsche_before_but_now.jpg&#8221;,&#8221;mainEntityOfPage&#8221;:{&#8220;@type&#8221;:&#8221;WebPage&#8221;,&#8221;@id&#8221;:&#8221;https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/car-news\/industry-news\/porsche\/michael-leiters\/&#8221;},&#8221;url&#8221;:&#8221;https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/car-news\/industry-news\/porsche\/michael-leiters\/&#8221;,&#8221;author&#8221;:{&#8220;@type&#8221;:&#8221;Person&#8221;,&#8221;name&#8221;:&#8221;Ben Oliver&#8221;,&#8221;description&#8221;:&#8221;Ben Oliver has been a leading writer for CAR magazine for two decades, bringing an authority to his subject matter, whether heu2019s interviewing a CEO for our news pages or scaling a Himalayan mountain for one of our fu00EAted drive stories.nBen is fascinated by cars, the industry and car culture u2013 and owns our car of the 1980s, a glorious Peugeot 205 GTI, among other joys tucked away in his garage.nFollow Ben on Twitter here and his exploits on Instagram here.&#8221;,&#8221;image&#8221;:{&#8220;@type&#8221;:&#8221;ImageObject&#8221;,&#8221;url&#8221;:&#8221;https:\/\/car-assets.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/14260\/benoliver1.jpeg&#8221;,&#8221;caption&#8221;:&#8221;Ben Oliver&#8221;},&#8221;sameAs&#8221;:[&#8220;https:\/\/x.com\/thebenoliver&#8221;,&#8221;https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thebenoliver\/&#8221;],&#8221;url&#8221;:&#8221;https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/author\/ben-oliver\/&#8221;},&#8221;dateModified&#8221;:&#8221;2026-01-26T09:52:36+00:00&#8243;,&#8221;datePublished&#8221;:&#8221;2026-01-26T09:52:36+00:00&#8243;,&#8221;headline&#8221;:&#8221;Analysis: how can Michael Leiters save Porsche?&#8221;,&#8221;publisher&#8221;:{&#8220;@type&#8221;:&#8221;Organization&#8221;,&#8221;name&#8221;:&#8221;Bauer Media&#8221;,&#8221;brand&#8221;:{&#8220;@type&#8221;:&#8221;Organization&#8221;,&#8221;name&#8221;:&#8221;Car Magazine&#8221;},&#8221;logo&#8221;:{&#8220;@type&#8221;:&#8221;ImageObject&#8221;,&#8221;url&#8221;:&#8221;https:\/\/car-assets.bauersecure.com\/images\/logos\/car.200&#215;88.png&#8221;}}}<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"column xlarge-10 xlarge-push-2\">\n<header>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAnalysis: how can Michael Leiters save Porsche?<\/h1>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div class=\"hide-for-xlarge-up\">\n<div class=\"compact-author-info\">\n\tBy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/author\/ben-oliver\/\">Ben Oliver<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"dates\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dates__date\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPublished: 26 January 2026<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"cms-content\">\n<div class=\"in-page-gallery full-width thumbnails-bullets\">\n<ul class=\"carousel\" data-orbit=\"true\" data-options=\"bullets: true; resume_on_mouseout: false; timer: false; variable_height: true; slide_number: false\">\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/242056\/agenda_michael_leiters_saved_porsche_before_but_now.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/car-assets.bauersecure.com\/images\/1056x594\/transparent.png\" alt=\"Michael Leiters\" data-interchange=\"[https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/242056\/480x270\/agenda_michael_leiters_saved_porsche_before_but_now.jpg, (default)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/242056\/720x405\/agenda_michael_leiters_saved_porsche_before_but_now.jpg, (medium)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/242056\/1056x594\/agenda_michael_leiters_saved_porsche_before_but_now.jpg, (large)]\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption orbit-caption\">\n<div>Michael Leiters<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/242056\/isydh2hr-agenda_michael_leiters_saved_porsche_before_but_now.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/car-assets.bauersecure.com\/images\/1056x594\/transparent.png\" alt=\"Analysis: how can Michael Leiters save Porsche?\" data-interchange=\"[https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/242056\/480x270\/isydh2hr-agenda_michael_leiters_saved_porsche_before_but_now.jpg, (default)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/242056\/720x405\/isydh2hr-agenda_michael_leiters_saved_porsche_before_but_now.jpg, (medium)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/242056\/1056x594\/isydh2hr-agenda_michael_leiters_saved_porsche_before_but_now.jpg, (large)]\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/242056\/t7y6kjua-agenda_michael_leiters_saved_porsche_before_but_now.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/car-assets.bauersecure.com\/images\/1056x594\/transparent.png\" alt=\"Analysis: how can Michael Leiters save Porsche?\" data-interchange=\"[https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/242056\/480x270\/t7y6kjua-agenda_michael_leiters_saved_porsche_before_but_now.jpg, (default)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/242056\/720x405\/t7y6kjua-agenda_michael_leiters_saved_porsche_before_but_now.jpg, (medium)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/242056\/1056x594\/t7y6kjua-agenda_michael_leiters_saved_porsche_before_but_now.jpg, (large)]\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"articleContent\">\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/car-reviews\/porsche\/\" title=\"View all Porsche  Reviews\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"info-link\"> View all Porsche  Reviews<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"bold-links\">\n<p><strong>\u25ba Analysis: is Michael Leiters right for Porsche?<br \/>\u25ba Led McLaren through a tough time\u2026<br \/>\u25ba \u2026can he do it again with Stuttgart?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2023 \u2013 the last financial year for which McLaren published full figures \u2013 it somehow managed to lose \u00a3872 million on the sale of just 2137 cars. That is more than \u00a3400,000 per car, and more in a single year than was invested in McLaren\u2019s creation 15 years before.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019d think that whoever presided over this would struggle to find work in the car industry again. Yet on 1 January 2026, Michael Leiters started work back at Porsche: not washing cars or serving wurst in the canteen, but as the new chief executive.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mpu-inject hide-for-medium-up\">\n<div class=\"mpu-ad advert\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Contrary to what those stark figures suggest, Porsche is lucky to have Leiters, for three reasons. The first is that the problems at McLaren were not of his making, and as CEO for the past three years he steered it intact through the most difficult period in its short life and into new ownership. He might even have saved it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mpu-inject show-for-medium-up hide-for-xlarge-up\">\n<div class=\"mpu-ad advert\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>That loss in 2023 is an unfair figure to quote as it includes an impairment charge of \u00a3375m related to Leiters\u2019 bold (and correct) decision to delay the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/car-reviews\/mclaren\/artura-spider\/\">Artura<\/a> and get it right, and that low sales figure is skewed by the fact that McLaren only had the Artura and GT to sell in 2023. The 765LT, 720S and Elva all ceased production early that year, and the 750S only went on sale as it ended. By the third quarter of 2024, the last for which we have figures, things were starting to come right. Turnover had almost doubled, year-to-date losses had shrunk to \u00a385m and sales looked likely to finish at over 3000 for the year.<\/p>\n<p>The figures stop because McLaren was bought by CYVN, a division of the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/car-news\/industry-news\/mclaren\/forseven\/\">merged with Forseven<\/a>, the luxury hybrid and EV maker CYVN had founded three years previously. Forseven\u2019s 700 engineers had been developing a range of cars in stealth mode from its base in the Midlands.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mpu-inject hide-for-medium-up\">\n<div class=\"mpu-ad advert\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Those cars will now be sold as McLarens, so it would have been odd if Leiters had been kept on to bring them to market. There\u2019s no question that Leiters makes great product: the Artura and 750S are among McLaren\u2019s best cars, and the W1 might be its best ever; we\u2019ll find out soon.<\/p>\n<p>But this was essentially a reverse-takeover by Forseven, so its CEO Nick Collins, formerly the product boss at JLR, got the top job when the two were merged under the McLaren brand, as we reported in Agenda in September. Collins wasn\u2019t entirely positive about the line-up he inherited, but Leiters\u2019 departure was more to do with circumstance than performance (and he may already have been in talks about the Porsche gig anyway).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/242056\/480x0\/isydh2hr-agenda_michael_leiters_saved_porsche_before_but_now.jpg?scale=down\" alt=\"Porsche\" class=\"wp-image-242109\" data-interchange=\"[https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/242056\/480x0\/isydh2hr-agenda_michael_leiters_saved_porsche_before_but_now.jpg?scale=down, (default)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/242056\/720x0\/isydh2hr-agenda_michael_leiters_saved_porsche_before_but_now.jpg?scale=down, (medium)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/242056\/1040x0\/isydh2hr-agenda_michael_leiters_saved_porsche_before_but_now.jpg?scale=down, (large)]\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"mpu-inject hide-for-medium-up\">\n<div class=\"mpu-ad advert\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mpu-inject show-for-medium-up hide-for-xlarge-up\">\n<div class=\"mpu-ad advert\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The second reason Porsche is lucky to have Leiters is that it\u2019s possible to view his entire career as being a long preparation for this. The German engineer first joined Porsche in 2000 and spent 13 years there, mostly when it was in its imperial phase under Wendelin Wiedeking and making enough money to attempt to take control of Volkswagen. He led the development of the Cayenne hybrid and then managed that entire product line: the model that put Porsche\u2019s volume and profits on steroids.<\/p>\n<p>He then went to Ferrari as CTO for eight years, where he successfully introduced new body types and hybrid power to an even more demanding audience with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/car-reviews\/ferrari\/purosangue-suv\/\">Purosangue<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/car-reviews\/ferrari\/sf90-coupe\/\">SF90<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/car-reviews\/ferrari\/296-gtb\/\">296<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Then McLaren gave him three years\u2019 practice as CEO of a sports car maker in a tough spot: experience directly relevant to what he now faces at Porsche. He wasn\u2019t there long enough to be the CEO who introduced a McLaren SUV. Instead he was overtaken by events, and found himself available when Porsche came calling.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s almost like Porsche planned the whole thing: raised him, sent him out into the big wide world to learn, then called him back when it needed him.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mpu-inject hide-for-medium-up\">\n<div class=\"mpu-ad advert\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The third and final reason why Porsche is lucky to have Leiters is that good CEOs willing to helm car makers are in short supply. It took Stellantis six months to find a replacement for Carlos Tavares, and Renault\u2019s brilliant Luca de Meo \u2013 who could have had the Stellantis job or almost any other senior role in the industry \u2013 quit for Kering, the luxury goods maker.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a horrible time to run a car maker, and Porsche faces the same problems as almost every other Western car manufacturer: slumping sales in China, the uncertainty and cost of tariffs, and a deadline to drop combustion engines despite falling demand for EVs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mpu-inject show-for-medium-up hide-for-xlarge-up\">\n<div class=\"mpu-ad advert\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Who\u2019d want to be a car boss now? And how bad are things at Porsche? It just made its first quarterly loss since its IPO (initial public offering) in 2022, losing nearly \u20ac1bn in three months after a profit of the same amount in the same quarter the previous year. Profits as of late 2025 are a scant \u20ac40m, by comparison with \u20ac4bn at the same point the previous year. The share price has plunged from a peak of \u20ac120 to around \u20ac45.<\/p>\n<p>What was once Europe\u2019s most valuable car company and its largest-ever IPO has just dropped out of the DAX index of Germany\u2019s 40 largest companies. Global sales are down six per cent, but in China by 26 per cent. Around 3900 workers will lose their jobs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mpu-inject hide-for-medium-up\">\n<div class=\"mpu-ad advert\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/242056\/480x0\/t7y6kjua-agenda_michael_leiters_saved_porsche_before_but_now.jpg?scale=down\" alt=\"Porsche\" class=\"wp-image-242110\" data-interchange=\"[https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/242056\/480x0\/t7y6kjua-agenda_michael_leiters_saved_porsche_before_but_now.jpg?scale=down, (default)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/242056\/720x0\/t7y6kjua-agenda_michael_leiters_saved_porsche_before_but_now.jpg?scale=down, (medium)], [https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/242056\/1040x0\/t7y6kjua-agenda_michael_leiters_saved_porsche_before_but_now.jpg?scale=down, (large)]\"><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Porsche\u2019s plan to get out of this mess has already been decided, before Leiters starts the new job. Like most O other manufacturers it\u2019s going to continue developing combustion, hybrid and electric powertrains concurrently until customers and legislators decide what they want: a very expensive business.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/spy-shots\/porsche\/k1-electric-suv\/\">new three-row K1 SUV<\/a> will get combustion and plug-in hybrid powertrains rather than being purely EV as originally planned, but has been postponed from 2027 to the early \u201930s. It would have been Porsche\u2019s first car on the Volkswagen Group\u2019s SSP electric platform, and might still be.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mpu-inject show-for-medium-up hide-for-xlarge-up\">\n<div class=\"mpu-ad advert\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/spy-shots\/porsche\/electric-boxster-and-cayman-sports-car\/\">new 718 won\u2019t be purely EV any more<\/a>, instead gaining petrol-powered halo versions. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/spy-shots\/porsche\/sports-suv\/\">Macan-sized petrol SUV will return<\/a>, and the Cayenne and Panamera will also continue to offer petrol and hybrid power for the foreseeable. Porsche will take a \u20ac3.1bn hit for these changes, but more cost is likely to follow.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mpu-inject hide-for-medium-up\">\n<div class=\"mpu-ad advert\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>So Leiters won\u2019t carry the can for the plan, but he does take responsibility for an awful lot of execution as Porsche revises its powertrain plans for every model bar the 911. Ironically, the guy responsible for introducing hybrid power to the Cayenne in 2014 is now charged with reintroducing non-electrified power to four models. Every one of the new variants needs to be done quickly, but to Porsche standards.<br \/>And that plan may well be adjusted again: those new petrol and hybrid variants are being planned despite the EU\u2019s 2035 ban on their sale remaining in place. But it\u2019s the subject of intense lobbying and likely to change, as will customer sentiment and demand for EVs.<\/p>\n<p>Leiters might also want to change the plan when he gets his feet under the desk vacated by Oliver Blume, who has been CEO of Porsche for a decade. Trouble is, Blume remains his boss, as CEO of the Volkswagen Group, which owns just over 75 per cent of Porsche. Blume\u2019s attachment to Porsche caused him to retain both CEO jobs for three years, long after everyone from investors to union leaders started calling on him publicly to quit the Porsche job and focus on the even bigger problems at the wider VW Group.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mpu-inject hide-for-medium-up\">\n<div class=\"mpu-ad advert\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Blume now has, finally, done what they asked and the share prices of both firms flicked upwards a little when he did. But he\u2019s unlikely to leave Porsche entirely alone, even if the other brands within the family \u2013 from mass-market Seat, Skoda and VW, via Audi and Cupra to upmarket Bentley, Ducati and Lamborghini \u2013 also have challenges to face.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mpu-inject show-for-medium-up hide-for-xlarge-up\">\n<div class=\"mpu-ad advert\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And how much influence does either CEO really have when the Porsche and Pi\u00ebch families control both companies? Plunging profits and share prices at their two prize assets have put them in an unaccustomed squeeze.<\/p>\n<p>Porsche is the easier to put right. If Leiters doesn\u2019t get it back to profit soon, he might be looking for another new job. On the other hand, if he can generate some proper cash for the clan in a weird, tough market, he might be looking at taking Blume\u2019s job again.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<aside class=\"about-author\">\n<h2 class=\"about-author-heading\">About the author<\/h2>\n<div class=\"about-author-inner\">\n<div class=\"main-author-summary-container\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"main-author-image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/author\/ben-oliver\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/14260\/120x120\/benoliver1.jpeg?quality=90)\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"main-author-name-container\">\n<div class=\"main-author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/author\/ben-oliver\/\">Ben Oliver<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"main-author-job-title\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"main-author-byline\">Ben is one of the most respected voices in the motoring space and writes for a number of titles in the UK and at leading automotive publications around the world.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"column show-for-xlarge-up xlarge-2 xlarge-pull-10\">\n<figure class=\"author-info clearfix\">\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"author-image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/author\/ben-oliver\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/car-images.bauersecure.com\/wp-images\/14260\/85x85\/benoliver1.jpeg?quality=90)\"><\/a><figcaption>\n<p class=\"author-name\">\n\t\t\tBy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/author\/ben-oliver\/\">Ben Oliver<\/a>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"author-quote\">Contributing editor, watch connoisseur, purveyor of fine features<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"column xlarge-10 xlarge-push-2 disqus\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a id=\"commentsExpander\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/car-news\/industry-news\/porsche\/michael-leiters\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon 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