Porsche Macan Turbo 2017
A great SUV with great design; this five door luxury Crossover SUV started its production in 2014 by german automaker Porsche. This Porsche Macan has different trim levels including Base Model, Macan S, Macan GTS, Macan S Diesel and this last one is Macan Turbo currently under discussion. Some biggest known competitors of Macan are Mercedes Benz GLC Class, Range Rover Evoque, Jagaur F-Pace, BMW X3 and Audi Q5. This is a worthy vehicle that is the reason it has lot of competitors and again with these many competitors it is still in production. This vehicle has characteristics of both sport car and SUV that is why it has given name Macan.
Meaning of Macan:
This is an Indonesian word that used for tiger, this word also contain some core characteristics of car including Suppleness, Power, Fascination & dynamic. This will not be wrong to say that this name perfectly matches its overall presence and Design.
Design:
A perfect business class Luxury vehicle having powerful road presence with unique looking exterior design.
Exterior:
Macan exterior is quite captivating that look little different from lot of SUV’s and thing that make it different is its front aggressive design with unique looking fascia made up horizontal and vertical lines, same with turn signal that must be found in Macan only again these are narrow and horizontal present inside air vents. Porsche designer also called this Porsche fly line; the hood that stretches through into wheel arches this give Macan a wide powerful presence. Headlights of Macan are actually Bi-Xenon controlled using Porsche dynamic lighting system that changes the beam according to weather conditions.
Side profile of Porsche Macan has 19 inch alloy wheels with Porsche crest as the center cap. Side mirrors of Macan are heated that helps to monitor blind spot and notify you when somebody drives into your blind spot.
Rear of Macan has nice big LED tail lights and quad exhaust tips that make great Porsche turbo sound. Rear of Macan gives more aggressive stance in the presence of Spoiler.
Interior:
This is a luxury vehicle that has complete leather interior including seats, steering wheels and center console. Right in front of driver it has 3 gauges that give technical information and also by using buttons on steering wheel driver can control small display to change settings for navigation, stereo system, trip computer and few other essentials. Other than small display Macan also has 7 inch touch screen for infotainment that work perfectly with Google earth and Google maps.
Engine and Transmission:
Engine:
Macan Turbo AWD has loaded with 3.6 Twin Turbo V6 engine that produces 440 horse power with 559 Nm@1500 Rpm peak torque. Top speed of vehicle is 159 miles per hour where it takes 4.4 seconds to reach 0-60 miles per hour. Porsche all wheel drive system delivers perfect distribution of drag torque in every driving scene and weather conditions.
Transmission:
Macan Turbo has PDK unique transmission that changes gear in fraction of seconds with no interruption in flow of power, this resolve sport to dynamic instantly.
Comfort:
It has comfortable sitting package; for front sport seats there is present 18 way power memory with heating and ventilation options. Rear seats are as comfortable as front but there is no heating or ventilation options but got enough head and leg room for rear seat passengers.
Macan has Porsche active suspension management system, this program actually stiffens up the ride so it become little bit more bouncy to true sport suspensions.
Safety:
- Electronic stability control (ESC)
- ABS and driveline traction control
- Side impact beams
- Dual stage driver and passenger seat mounted side airbags
- Front and rear parking sensors
- Lane departure warning
- Tire specific low tire pressure warning
- Dual stage driver and passenger front airbags
- Curtain 1st and 2nd row airbags
- Airbag occupancy sensor
- Driver and passenger knee airbag and rear side impact airbag
- Rear child safety locks
- Outboard front lap and shoulder safety belts-inc: rear center 3 point-height adjusters and pretensioners
- Back up camera
- Electronic stability control (ESC)
- ABS and driveline traction control
- Side impact beams
- Dual stage driver and passenger seat mounted side airbags
- Front and rear parking sensors
- Lane departure warning
- Tire specific low tire pressure warning
- Dual stage driver and passenger front airbags
- Curtain 1st and 2nd row airbags
- Airbag occupancy sensor
- Driver and passenger knee airbag and rear side impact airbag
- Rear child safety locks
- Outboard front lap and shoulder safety belts-inc: rear center 3 point-height adjusters and pretensioners
- Back up camera
Price of Porsche Macan Turbo in USA = 87,494 $