Big Mistake? Electrified Macan Might Get A New Name

After creating ripples throughout the automotive community by announcing an all-electric next-generation Macan small crossover, Porsche might go a step further and ditch the model’s name altogether.

Talk about severing links to the past…

Speaking to Australia’s Wheels (h/t to Motor Trend), Blume laid out his brand’s electrification strategy — a product plan which must tread carefully, lest it raise the ire of motoring purists. While the upcoming Taycan and its offspring were designed from the ground up around a fully electric powertrain (and dedicated platform), Porsche isn’t about to start building EV versions of existing models willy-nilly.

 

SanJoseDriver - 3/12/2019 7:07:49 PM

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LOL

PUGPROUD - 3/12/2019 2:27:37 PM

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Porsche's EV range becoming clearer...first the Taycan, then the Maycan followed by the Baycan.

MDarringer - 3/12/2019 10:22:56 PM

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The Macan needs to be redesigned so it is NOT a reskinned old Audi and it needs to be ICE. Porsche should consider a sub-Macan EV crossover.

skytop - 3/13/2019 1:39:07 AM

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Call it the Porsche Piezo or the Porsche Pulse.

Dexter1 - 3/13/2019 6:51:06 AM

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Since it will be heavier — how about calling it the Baycan?

Foncool - 3/13/2019 7:50:19 AM

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If Alfa can have a Toenail, Porsche can have Tarscan.