Porsche Macan

“The Macan S is a more compelling option than the four-cylinder base car, offering a new world of performance in comparison.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“The Porsche Macan drives extremely well and has the right image, but it’s thirsty and less comfortable than it should be.”
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Model reviewed: Macan T
Score: 8 / 10
“Creating a space for the driver-focused Macan T within Porsche’s sporty mid-sized SUV lineup was always going to be a difficult task. It’s not the pick of the range, but the T still manages to highlight the Macan’s excellent driving dynamics at a lower price point. It’s biggest problem? The more exciting V6-powered S is only slightly pricier.” (Alastair Crooks)
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Model reviewed: 2.0-litre petrol automatic (2022 model)
Score: 8 / 10
“Porsche continues its incremental upgrades to the Macan range, making it as appealing as it ever was. In terms of ride and handling, it’s in a class of one in the SUV segment, while the quality and tech impresses, too. The only downside to this entry-level model is its engine – more power has been added, but it still lacks the character that we’d hope for from a Porsche.” (Alex Ingram)
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Model reviewed: 2.9-litre petrol automatic GTS
Score: 8 / 10
“Faster, more refined, better equipped and better than ever to drive, the new Porsche Macan GTS has an awful lot going for it in theory. But then, it needs to be good to carry the flag for one of Porsche’s biggest-selling vehicles, especially as the range’s new top dog. Despite its pretty high running costs, the new GTS manages to pull it off.” (Steve Sutcliffe)
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Model reviewed: Turbo
Score: 9 / 10
“The Porsche Macan Turbo may have a new powertrain, but there’s nothing new about how impressive this SUV is. It’s still a showcase of how to launch a bona-fide performance SUV, blending pace and agility with genuine comfort and refinement.” (James Brodie)
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Model reviewed: 2.0-litre petrol automatic (2019 model)
Score: 9 / 10
“The Porsche Macan is still one of the sweetest premium SUVs to drive. The entry-level 2.0-litre petrol engine doesn’t tingle with presence, but its strong reserves of torque mean you won’t miss the V6 diesel all too much.” (James Brodie)
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“The refreshed Macan follows the well-trodden path of ‘blink and you’ll miss them’ updates to the design, but there are some tasty treats in store under the bonnet.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“It’s beautifully made, has cracking performance and handling, and will also keep the family comfortable. Some will bemoan the lack of diesel options, but it’s the most fun you can have in a small SUV.”
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Model reviewed: 2.0-litre petrol automatic Macan T
Score: 7 / 10
“The Porsche Macan T costs just £1,000 less than the V6-powered Macan S,
 a night-and-day upgrade in terms of power, performance, and the way that it involves and excites you as a driver.”
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre petrol automatic S
Score: 9 / 10
“It probably sounds a perverse kind of criticism, but if anything the Porsche Macan is a little too refined, a little too easy to drive, hiding its capability too well. If you fail to exploit the outer reaches of the longish-travel accelerator, you could believe that you’re driving a much more basic member of the Volkswagen Group family. We’re not sure that’s what Porsche buyers really want.”
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Model reviewed: 2.0-litre 2021 Facelift
Score: 8 / 10
“The impressive solidity of Macan residuals has long offset high pricing, although the standard car does look expensive considering both its humble engine and not especially generous standard specification – even a reversing camera remains an extra-cost option.”
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Model reviewed: 2.9-litre petrol automatic GTS
Score: 9 / 10
“Even if you take issue with the price, or with the performance SUV as a concept, it’s hard not to be impressed with the Porsche Macan GTS.”
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Model reviewed: Turbo
Score: 8 / 10
“Yes all Macans have turbo engines, but like the new electrically-powered Taycan, the big ‘T’ turbo badge now denotes a level of performance rather than any under bonnet shenanigans.”
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Model reviewed: 2.0-litre petrol
Score: 8 / 10
“In the absence of a diesel option, and weedy though it might look on paper, the 2.0-litre engine in the base Macan provides a credible, interesting and capable alternative.”
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Model reviewed: 2021 Macan GTS
Score: 8 / 10
“It’s even better value than the old Turbo. Objectively it’s a fast thing. But the AMG CL63 sounds like thunder and the Alfa Stelvio feels a bit more fun. But then again, the X3 M rides poorly and is very very expensive.”
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Model reviewed: Turbo
Score: 10 / 10
“And what they do get is a genuinely fast, comfortable, physics-bending, fruity-sounding, five-person carrying, luggage-fitting, do-anything kinda car. And there really aren’t many of those around.”
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Model reviewed: 2.0-litre petrol automatic
Score: 8 / 10
“On the one hand, deep down, the Macan’s related to an Audi Q5 and now you’re most likely to buy it with a 2.0-litre engine. On the other, its dynamic abilities are way beyond your expectations of an SUV. Add in the badge, the refinement, the comfort, the top-notch interior, and with good reason it’ll continue to be Porsche’s best-selling model.”
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre petrol automatic S
Score: 8 / 10
“The Porsche Macan S gets four stars here on the basis of what I imagine it would be like on the standard 18-inch wheels. On 20-inch wheels, it barely qualifies for two.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“The Porsche Macan looks great, drives fantastically for an SUV and is even quite capable off-road.” (Andy Goodwin)
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 9 / 10
“The Porsche Macan is a practical, roomy SUV that’s also quick and fun-to-drive. A smart-looking infotainment screen is standard, but basic models look plasticky inside.”
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre petrol automatic S
“The Porsche Macan S is rapid, handles with a poise and entertainment that an SUV really shouldn’t be capable of and costs less than £50,000.”
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Model reviewed: Macan Turbo
Score: 8 / 10
“A rocket ship of a crossover, she goes like stink, but you’ll be paying big-time for the pleasure” (Chris Evans)
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre petrol automatic S
“If you hate that computer-style scrolling through endless options, you’ll love this car. It has buttons. Lots of pushbuttons. You just know this is a real engineer’s car.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“Rivals have caught up, but the Porsche Macan remains an engaging and appealing sports SUV”
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Model reviewed: 2.9-litre petrol V6 automatic GTS
Score: 8 / 10
“Porsche’s mid-sized Macan GTS remains the most impressive SUV to drive with a tad more polish and tech”
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Model reviewed: Turbo
Score: 7 / 10
“All the usual Macan virtues, but no longer the best performance SUV to drive”
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Score: 10 / 10
“The Porsche Macan is the best-handling SUV money can buy. It might be pricier than rivals, but if you like driving and your budget stretches far enough it is very easy to recommend.”
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“The Porsche Macan remains a well designed and immensely capable high-performance crossover – and one that’s comfortable and practical, too.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“The Porsche Macan is a sports car in an SUV suit. It’s starting to show its age, despite a recent facelift, but is still the driver’s choice.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8.4 / 10
“Owning a Porsche Macan will be a special thing for most buyers, such is its breadth of talent. However, it’ll also satisfy owners as a genuinely talented family car with good interior space, a quality feel and big boot.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
“The Porsche Macan consistently defies the laws of physics, to take it beyond the boundaries of any other SUV”
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre petrol automatic GTS
Score: 8 / 10
“An SUV that thinks it’s a sports car”
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Model reviewed: GTS
Score: 8 / 10
“Not cheap, nor economical, and the Jekyll and Hyde nature of the drivetrain and suspension might put a few off, but this family SUV is a proper sporting machine with great dynamics and decent feedback, along with room for four and some luggage. It seems well built and it also looks terrific.”
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Score: 8 / 10
“The second generation Macan is lightly refreshed rather than entirely transformed. This base model is neither fast nor a substitute for the deleted diesel model, but is likeable and capable nonetheless.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“For stunning breadth of ability underlined by sporting nous, no small SUV gets close”
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre petrol automatic GTS
“There’s something oddly appealing about the Porsche Macan GTS’s defiantly sporting bent, Alcantara and all. We shouldn’t really like it, but we rather do.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 10 / 10
“Above all, sports SUVs have to be fast and fun, and the Porsche Macan absolutely delivers. However, it’s also a great all-rounder: luxurious, refined and comfortable.”
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