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 …
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More Macans Headed To The U.S.
Porsche is working to increase supplies of the new Macan midsize crossover to U.S. dealers in 2015. “We’re certainly pushing because it’s been a big success,” Joe Lawrence, COO of Porsche Cars North America, said after the Porsche make meeting here on Sunday. “We’re having some issues with customers having to wait longer than we’d like, and we …
Continue to the full articleA Total Of Only 7 Porsche Macans Recalled In The U.S.
Back in May Porsche issued a recall of their new Macan for a potentially faulty brake booster. Of the 2500 cars to be inspected, none were in the U.S. However, this August, Porsche filed paperwork with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) notifying them that during manufacturing, the brake booster of certain Porsche Macans in …
Continue to the full articleWhat Does It Cost To Defy Physics? The Price Of A Porsche Macan.
At the North American media launch for the brand new Macan, before we could ever get our grubby little mitts on the steering wheels, we were compelled to sit in on a short presentation. We've been through them before, and they tend to be a little bit boring, usually filled with information that we already know, and definitely packed with some puffy …
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 …
Continue to the full articleIs The Porsche Macan Big Enough For Everyday Practicality?
When we tested the Cayenne years ago, one of the first things we did was load it up with gear and dogs to see if it would work in the real world for our family. It performed so well we ended up buying one. Now, 5 years later we're getting ready to replace the Cayenne and we're thinking about a Macan to take its place. One of my concerns was is it …
Continue to the full articleHave You Seen The Newest Commercial For The Porsche Macan?
Earlier last year we heard stories of a Porsche video production out in the California desert somewhere. We knew it had to do with the Macan and we new Magnus Walker would be present. Unfortunately, we couldn't share the info and at the time it simply wasn't much to share. However, earlier this week, Porsche unveiled their new commercial for the …
Continue to the full articleWhy The Macan Turbo Is More High-Riding Cayman Than Junior Cayenne
Facts and figures, numbers and data; sure they are important, but they don't tell the whole story. Nowhere is that more true than in Porsche's Macan. On paper, the Macan Turbo and Macan Turbo S look like nothing more than soccer mom mobiles, albeit rocketship-quick ones. What the numbers don't tell you, though, is how convincing a job they do of …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Prepares For Macan Production Start-up
For the past two years, Porsche has been preparing their Leipzig plant for production of the sporty Macan SUV, and next Tuesday, February 11th, that production will commence. Over 500 million euros were invested in updating the facility, which was first built in 2002 for Cayenne production, and absorbed Panamera production in 2007. Previously only …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Begins The Official Reveal Of The Macan On New Microsite
Earlier today Porsche posted a new video to Youtube about the Macan titled "The new Porsche Macan - Intelligent Performance". While the video itself (see it at the bottom of this post) offers little insight into the new Macan other than a few shots of test mules running a slalom course and playing in the sand, the video description describing it …
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