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However, Porsche鈥檚 pulled up short of pinching the entire Cayenne鈥檚 interior, so banks of physical buttons remain instead of touch-sensitive glass panes. Engines have also been thoroughly overhauled for the new Macan. First off, there鈥檚 no longer a Macan Diesel. Porsche has distanced itself sufficiently from diesel that there鈥檚 no longer any oil-burners across its range. Assuming its position as the entry-level Macan is a new 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol version, badged simply 鈥楳acan鈥?and running a Porsche-honed version of the Golf GTI鈥檚 motor. All Macans arrive fitted to a seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox as standard (badged by Porsche as PDK), though note this isn鈥檛 as modern as the eight-speed PDK used in Porsche鈥檚 bigger four-doors. Right now the other Macan available is the Macan S, which uses a 3.0-litre Audi V6, though finalised performance and emissions data isn鈥檛 ready yet. In the fullness of time there鈥檒l be a flagship Macan Turbo aiming to dethrone the Mercedes-AMG GLC63 in the small super-SUV stakes. We鈥檇 also expect to see a middling Macan GTS with some choice racetrack-inspired options.
Porsche hasn鈥檛 yet ruled out the possibility of offering a hybrid at some stage either. A 2.0-litre petrol engine and the big touchscreen comes as standard. As usual for a Porsche, watch out for the options list. Heated seats are one of several mean omissions from the standard kit list, and you can also spend plenty of chassis tech upgrades to tweak the handling. What is it like on the road? Very much the Macan鈥檚 comfort zone, this. Porsche鈥檚 been a dab hand at making SUVs handle improbably well since the original Cayenne arrived in 2003, and the refreshed Macan is no different. But you probably guessed as much, given the new Macan鈥檚 really not changed a great deal under the skin. The body control is the standout aspect. The Macan does without the 48-volt anti-roll active suspension tech of younger SUVs, but the way it sustains momentum, avoids lean and controls its wheels over road imperfections is still spectacular.
It crucifies a Jaguar F-Pace on the roads the Jag was supposedly developed on. There鈥檚 agility, a definite sense of rear-biased four-wheel drive balancing the car mid-corner, and the same sense of road-crushing comfort you find in a bigger Land Rover or Range Rover. The only SUV that鈥檚 wrested the Macan鈥檚 throne as king of the handlers has been the Alfa Romeo Stelvio, which is even defter, and feels lighter on its feet. For a squirt down a B-road, it鈥檚 TG鈥檚 favourite, but as we鈥檒l see, the Macan topples it as a much more rounded, complete product. Oh, we鈥檇 have also liked a dollop less weight in the Macan鈥檚 steering, which falls into the 鈥榟efty is sporty鈥?trap even when you鈥檙e trying to parallel park. It鈥檚 been solved in the base model - courtesy of a lighter engine. See, Porsche is no longer a diesel car manufacturer. And while purists will rejoice and call for a ticker-tape parade, the accountants will be quaking.
Porsche is chiefly an SUV maker, and it leant heavily on diesel-powered cars. The old Macan S Diesel was quite simply one of the most popular Porsches. Now, it鈥檚 gone, thanks to the market downturn and political incompetence. And in its place, we find a Golf GTI engine in the baby Macan. Porsche, of course, doesn鈥檛 think of it as such. Sports-exhaust equipped, it sounds pleasingly raspy - more so than the Audi S4 with the same engine, in fact. Response from the turbos is ace too - really crisp for a heavy car with a not particularly racey engine. It鈥檚 only the S, after all. It鈥檚 quick enough you鈥檇 question the need for the 鈥榩roper鈥?Macan Turbo. Here鈥檚 where the Macan extends its lead over newcomers like the Alfa Romeo Stelvio and Jaguar F-Pace. Its cabin is almost embarrassingly more expensive. Materials are exemplary, with far fewer varied finishes than you鈥檇 find in a BMW X3.
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