in a short amount of time the porsche macan has been on sale in the US
it's quickly climbed porsche sales charts it is now the second best-selling
model behind the Porsche Cayenne SUV
now the makan comes in two flavors the s and the turbo and we're here with the
comicon guess now it doesn't take upgrading to the glitz and glamour
filter bow to really get what the makan is about
and in this seventy thousand dollar model there is a lot to learn
makan maybe the little brother to the larger cayenne
but little doesn't mean inexpensive you're not going to find too many out
there at the starting price of fifty-three thousand dollars
this seventy thousand dollar makan is more closely what you're going to find
out on dealership lots and is the vast majority of what we have in cars that
calms national inventory now the big appeal of makan here is just how much it
looks like a Porsche
there are bits and pieces all around the car that remind you of
Porsche sports cars the back has a very swoopy and curvy look just like the 911
and the headlights up front are inspired by the Porsche 918 hybrid supercar
the wheels are actually a staggered setup so you have wider wheels out back
then you do in the front just like the 911 and that's there to give a very
balanced performance handling experience even though one makan trim level has
turbo in its name
both are turbocharged the base makan has a 3-liter v6 twin turbocharged that
makes 340 horsepower and makan turbo has a 3.6 liter twin-turbocharged v6 making
400 horsepower the three leader of the makan s is a highly refined engine and i
would expect anything less under the hood of this poor shot boost response is
fantastic
and if you didn't know that there were a pair of turbochargers under the hood of
this SUV
you could totally be fooled into thinking this was a high horsepower
naturally aspirated v6
it's that seamless and then there's the sound the standard exhaust has a lap in
the muffler's that open up to give a little more sound
heavy throttle usage and also in sport mode
it's just a little bit louder but with the windows down really hear that
signature porsche sound
despite its small size the makan s is a lightweight weighing over 4,000 pounds
but the all-wheel-drive system with a rear bias really helps the car drive
much smaller than its pound suggest the inside is legitimately a Porsche you
have that sports car feeling with the red leather seats on this model
they're optional as well as the stitching and overall materials there's
aluminum in leather and it all just feels very porsche like especially in
the design the gauge cluster you have a big tachometer in the middle with the
digital speedometer and then the speedometer analog off to the side and
you also have the signature analog clock right in the middle of the dash board
another portion character is to carry over from some of its other models is
this massive center counsel with so many buttons there are 29 buttons alone
just right here in the center console and I don't totally hate it I kind of
like it actually
there aren't many shortcuts in the touch screen that you have to get through
multiple pages to choose something
everything is just right out in the open it's nice having everything at your
fingertips
there are over twelve thousand dollars of optional equipment on the inside of
this makan guess there's the infotainment package the premium package
plus as well as a heated steering wheel
now here's a trick you have a makan check and see if there's a button on the
bottom spoke in the back of the steering wheel
that's going to be your heated button totally drove this for a good while
before figuring out
that's where the heat the button is kind of hit and it also has heated rear seats
a panoramic sunroof and blind spot monitor
there's not much else i would want on the inside of this become the utility
portion of this Porsche sport utility vehicle is somewhat lacking in the back
seat and cargo area
there's not as much room here is you'd find in a BMW x6 or mercedes-benz GL
e-class coupe
it's hard to get into with the small rear opening and once you're in it you
crammed in here the seats position where i would sit and there's not a whole lot
of room to spare plus my knees are in an uncomfortably high position
there's this big center hump that keeps things restricted in the feet area and
the panoramic sunroof takes up space -
overall there's just not a whole lot of comfort to be found in the cons back
seat and aggressively sloped where roofline does cut down on overall cargo
height but it's fairly wide and Portia gives you a standard power where lift
gate now even though this is the base makan there's a healthy dose of the
Porsche DNA infused and it's driving characteristics and the interior feel so
much so that even at seven thousand dollars
you don't quite feel ripped off even when shopping larger SUVs