2015 Porsche Macan Turbo: Real World Review - Yahoo Autos (blog)
” The shouts came from behind me as I was walking through a mostly empty parking lot toward the 2015 Porsche Macan Turbo. After a week with the 400-hp Macan Turbo, I’m down for trading most other cars, too. It’s far less valid with a car as thoroughly engineered and almost perfectly styled as the Macan Turbo. While it shares some basics with the Audi SQ5, the Macan has enough changes under its taut skin to count as a wholly different machine. 6-liter twin-turbo V-6 can shut off at stoplights and then spin to 406 lb-ft of torque at 1,350 rpm, enough to turn every mundane run into a drag race. My tester had the optional 21-inch 911 wheels, and with them the Macan Turbo has an athletic stance that’s rare even in its class. But it’s not a wild 400 hp, partly because the 7-speed dual-clutch automated manual transmission keeps the herd’s output on the polite side, and partly because this sculpted loaf from Leipzig weighs 4,244 lbs. despite that mass, and its elevated ride height, the Macan Turbo feels solid without transmitting the road’s punishments to your posterior. the active suspension management will lock down at higher speeds to ensure that, and while the twin-turbo can have a bit of lag around town (especially when it shuts. Source: www.yahoo.com
