Pretty soon there are going to be two different Porsche Macans. They won't share the same platform, the same powertrains, or the same bodywork. The current Macan is based on the same platform as it has been since it was introduced in 2014. The next Macan will be all-electric and based on the Volkswagen family PPE platform. Both the gasoline Macan …
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How Does The Porsche Macan Turbo Perform In A Drag Race?
Stack Porsche's new Macan Turbo up against Alfa's Stelvio Quadrifoglio and Audi's RS Q3 in a drag race and you've got a proper battle of the European sporty compact SUVs. They're all very expensive, very heavy, and very powerful. So which company makes the quickest one? From a standstill, the Macan Turbo has a clear advantage with Porsche's …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Newest Macan Is Quicker Than a 911 Carrera
Porsche's venerable 911 is routinely used as the benchmark against which all other sports cars compare themselves to. But what about a compact SUV? Yesterday, Porsche introduced the "Macan Turbo with Performance Package". No, it's not a Turbo S (presumably we might still see one of those in the future) but it does add 40 hp to the Macan Turbo's …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Issues Voluntary Recall For 58,881 Macan S and Macan Turbos Globally
Owners of the Porsche models Macan S or Macan Turbo will soon be contacted by their local dealer to have their cars looked at after Porsche issued a voluntary safety recall today. Of the 58,881 Macan S and Macan Turbo vehicles around the world 21,835 are in the United States, 3,490 are in Canada, 3891 in Germany, 1302 in Australia and the rest …
Continue to the full articleThis Is The Porsche Macan Production Line & Proving Grounds
If you're one of the 44,636 people who took delivery of a Macan in 2014, or one of the 50,000 Porsche expects to do so in 2015, then you already know it's worthy of the Porsche badge. But, do you know how it's made? Sure, Porsche showed us their owned gussied up video a couple of years ago featuring the production line in motion, but it was edited …
Continue to the full articleWe Answer All Your Porsche Macan Questions
Before our date with a gaggle of Macans last week, we went to Facebook to ask you, the readers, what you were most interested in learning about Porsche's new puts-the-sport-back-in-SUV Macan. You asked some interesting questions that were certainly worth answering, and we did our best to find out for you. We want to connect you to the car, and …
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