I recently had some wheel time with the all-new Porsche Macan Turbo. To say I was impressed would be an understatement.
As Agent001 wrote when he first reviewed it earlier this year in Germany, "it's not a smaller Cayenne, it's a larger Cayman."
**Read Agent001's review of the 2015 Porsche Macan HERE!
As Agent001 wrote when he first reviewed it earlier this year in Germany, "it's not a smaller Cayenne, it's a larger Cayman." While there's a touch of hyperbole there, I will say it is easily the best driving sport-utility vehicle I've piloted probably ever aside from the BMW X5M and X6M. It is truly shocking what a Macan can do.
So, how do you improve upon it? Simple, you improve the fuel efficiency via diesel power. While I don't frequently see the Cayenne Diesel around town, I must say I do see a helluva lot of Q7 TDIs. Perhaps Porsche is seeing if it can take a nibble of that market share or grow the diesel market.
According to Porsche's VP of Marketing for Porsche Cars North America (PCNA), we will see a V6 diesel with approximately 245 horsepower in the U.S. in late 2015 or early 2016. Expecting pricing to slot in between the Macan S and Macan Turbo, but start BELOW $60,000 per unit.
Also confirmed, for now at least, is that the U.S. market will NOT receive the four-cylinder Macan that is for sale in the U.K. and Chinese markets.
..."We are now busy with the development and the engineering," said Andre Oosthuizen, vice president of marketing for Porsche Cars North America Inc. "I can confirm that V-6 diesel offering with about 245 hp...
...Porsche is selling a four-cylinder Macan in China and the U.K., but that base model is "not under consideration for the foreseeable future" for the U.S., Oosthuizen said...
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