Mercedes Benz

Guess where the first one's heading. It's been barely more than a month since Porsche revealed the updated Macan in Shanghai. But it's wasted little time in getting production up and rolling. And now that it is, you can bet the German automaker will be churning them out at a suitably record pace. Superseding the model first introduced in 2014, the revised Macan benefits from updated styling and equipment to further cement its place as Porsche's best-selling model. Out of the 246,000 vehicles it sold around the world last year, nearly 100,000 were Macans (compared to 25,000 or so 718s and 32,000 911s). “The Macan is the very definition of a successful model – for Porsche and for the Leipzig site,” said plant manager Gerd Rupp. “When the factory was put into operation in February 2014, the plan was to produce 40,000 units per year. Today we produce more than 90,000 units per year for markets around the world, and since 2014, approximately 350,000 uni...