Monday, October 7

This Porsche SUV is renewed with more power

By: Driving.com

The German house Porsche presents the update of its smaller SUV Macan with slight aesthetic changes and new powertrains.

The Porsche Macan lands totally renewed with several modifications to be in tune with its competitors.

Beyond an aesthetic and mechanical redesign, another interesting novelty is that the Turbo option says goodbye as the top of the range.

Without losing its particular style, the Porsche Macan has changes in the front sector that are even more noticeable on the renewed rear lights.

New shades are also added for the bodywork and in the case of the GTS black details are added. Tires range from 19 to 21 inches, depending on trim level.

Once inside, the Porsche Macan if shows different from its predecessor where some buttons are abandoned to give way to touch commands.

Brand new steering wheel and gear selector join multimedia system with display 03, 9 inches.

Mechanically the input version to the family assembles a new turbocharged powertrain that develops some 265 horsepower.

Accelerates from 0 to 100 km / h 6.2 seconds and reaches 232 km / h maximum speed.

Continue the 2.9 liters for the Macan S with a 2.9 liter V6 biturbo of 380 CV (26 extra CV compared to the outgoing model) that allows you to dispense some 380 CV.

It takes about 4.6 seconds to dial the 100 km / h with stopped departure and some 259 max speed km / h.

For the Porsche Macan more extreme (GTS) looks the same block of the S but with an increase in power up to 440 CV, 100 CV more than its predecessor.

With 4.3 seconds this version achieves 100 km / h and about 272 km / h.

All of them are associated with the PDK dual-clutch automatic transmission together with the all-wheel drive system.

Beyond that, the Stuttgart technicians have made improvements and n the suspension and chassis to benefit its dynamic behavior.

The Porsche Macan has arrived renewed with several details to take into account.