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11-20-2013, 11:14 PM
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| New Porsche Macan Revealed - Top Gear
New Porsche Macan Revealed - Top Gear
Article posted just today.
The Macan is looking good!
Performance is great for the Macan Turbo at 0-60 in about 4.8 seconds.     Quote:
This is the Macan, little brother to the Cayenne and the Porsche’s newest mass-market attack vehicle. Launched in Los Angeles today, it’s a five-seat SUV to rival the Range Rover Evoque, Audi Q5 (with which it shares a basic skeleton), BMW X3 and Merc’s GLK.
Except, claims Porsche, the Macan will be a much sportier proposition than that raft of SUVs. It boasts, in fact, that the Macan will handle like a proper sports-thing. A bold claim, but if any firm can deliver, it's Porsche.
There’ll be three Macans at launch, all which come with a seven-speed PDK ‘box as standard. All are four-wheel drive, a rear-biased system that varies torque across the back axle, and if that doesn’t work, can shunt up to 100 per cent of grunt to the front wheels.
Three usual suspension set-ups are also available, ranging from the basic standard steel springs to full four-corner air suspension. The smallest wheels available are not-so-modest 18-inchers.
The engines aren’t too shy either. Things kick off with the 3.0 V6 turbodiesel in the Macan S Diesel, which gets a 3.0-litre V6 making the 258bhp and 428lb ft motor. That’s good for a 0-62mph time of 6.3 seconds and 142mph.
Then there’s the Macan S, equipped with a new 3.6-litre V6 biturbo petrol engine producing 340bhp and 340lb ft and hitting 158mph and 62mph in 5.4.
Top of the tree is the Macan Turbo, which uses a boosted version of the same engine to give 400bhp, 406lb ft, 0-62mph in 4.8 and 165mph. Yes, you’re looking at a 400bhp, sub-five-second-to-60mph SUV.
If you don’t need quite such fastness, down the line we’ll see four-cylinder Macans, with 2.0-litre turbo variants in both petrol and diesel.
There’s much green tech on board. The Macan gets electro-mechanical power steering, energy recuperation during braking and overrun, active radiator shutters, while the PDK ‘box can decouple the clutch and coast whenever the throttle isn’t on active duty. Officially the diesel will manage 44.8mpg, the S petrol 31.3mpg and even the Turbo 30.7mpg.
Though the same height and only a smidge wider than the Audi Q5 with which it shares its architecture, the Macan looks lower and more purposeful. And, with its rear-biased transmission and sportier brief, should be a sharper drive than the secure but uninvolving Audi.
Sure, traditionalists might grumble (just like they did at the launch of the Cayenne), but – with Porsche expecting to build 50,000 Macans a year – there’s little doubt this’ll help Porsche maintain the financial stability to make the 911, Cayman and Boxster even better. Question is, is there any SUV you’d take instead?
| Revealed: new Porsche Macan - BBC Top Gear | 
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11-20-2013, 11:15 PM
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came in thinking there was a pokemon special edition or something LOL 
edit: nvm title got corrected  
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11-20-2013, 11:21 PM
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WTF is Macan? That's called Cayenne.
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11-20-2013, 11:23 PM
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Good bye GLK, Q5 and X3 sales….
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11-20-2013, 11:30 PM
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I really like the look of the Macan. It looks better than the Cayenne.
Porsche is going to make a lot of money of this car (and maybe they'll reconsider putting a manual in the 911 Turbo and GT3 once they're flush with profits).
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11-20-2013, 11:40 PM
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I think it looks superb.
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11-20-2013, 11:57 PM
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love it, the tail looks better than cayenne
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11-21-2013, 12:29 AM
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I like it
I also like the Jaguar "concept" the C-X17 
surprised everyones jumping on the crossover market
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11-21-2013, 12:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Energy  I really like the look of the Macan. It looks better than the Cayenne. |    | |
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11-21-2013, 12:32 AM
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ok seriously, so many designers are getting lazy.
Unless you know a lot about cars, there weren't much difference between 1 Series and 3 Series. Same as X1 and X3. The new mustang is basically a Fusion Coupe. Mazda 3 and 6 are the same thing at least in the picture. Cayman was a Boxster Coupe, and now this...
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11-21-2013, 12:36 AM
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11-21-2013, 12:36 AM
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Well it is a basically a shit version of the better car.
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11-21-2013, 12:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Timpo Lexus LFNX  | yeah thats an actual concept looking vehicle not a fan of that though 
looks like an Aventador that got beat so bad its swollen all over
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11-21-2013, 12:44 AM
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I hate the CUV segment..they all look like glorified station wagons..with zero off-roading capabilities.
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11-21-2013, 01:01 AM
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Originally Posted by knight604 Well it is a basically a shit version of the better car. | this.
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11-21-2013, 01:08 AM
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Originally Posted by dinamix I hate the CUV segment..they all look like glorified station wagons..with zero off-roading capabilities. | i dont think they're meant to go off-roading are they?
and i thought they were just glorified wagons because North Americans don't like wagons anymore the automakers came up with crossovers for them while the rest of the world still enjoys their wagons
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11-21-2013, 04:07 AM
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Some idiot over on the BMW forums literally jizzed his pants when he saw this thing and said he was going to cancel his order for a M4 and order a Macan, some people seriously need to be smacked upside the head.
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11-21-2013, 05:53 AM
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Those switches by the transmission stick. 
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I like how it uses turbo for both engine and pdk
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Originally Posted by Timpo ok seriously, so many designers are getting lazy.
Unless you know a lot about cars, there weren't much difference between 1 Series and 3 Series. Same as X1 and X3. The new mustang is basically a Fusion Coupe. Mazda 3 and 6 are the same thing at least in the picture. Cayman was a Boxster Coupe, and now this... | It's no surprise that Porsche designs have always been inspired by tracing paper.
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