It's not fair to say that the Macan is basically a glorified GTI. The story for Macan's development sort of goes like this -- initially Porsche started chassis development based off the Audi Q5. But as they played with it, they weren't happy with handling dynamics of the Q5, so they started making changes and such to the point where the end product was ~80% different than the Q5. I seem to think only the floorboard and some other hard bits are still the same between the Q5 and the Macan.
So I'd say it's fairly juiced up Q5 that definitely deserves more money than a GTI / Golf R / Q5. But does it really justify the premium Porsche is asking these days? I honestly don't think so.
Still, I think everyone will agree that Porsche is really milking the Porsche brand for all it is worth. As good as all the different variants of the latest 992.2 are, C&D / MT are both saying that the base model 911 is now the sweet spot in the 911 line up partly bcos of how steep Porsche has set its pricing. Typically, that sweet spot designation goes to the GTS trim.
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Originally Posted by Badhobz
When you charge people 80k for a macan that has the same 2.0 EA888 engine as my hitlerbox (42k loaded to the tits, 32ish k if you want a stripper one with DSG) the same MQB platform, and a barely noticable 2 inch lift, youre stealing money from idiots who care about the porsche crest (which was sketched out on a napkin to bring more exclusivity to the brand instead of being a VW https://www.elferspot.com/en/magazin...FEbsJXWf-RuYT6)
All the retards who keep saying the macan is the best handling SUV can eat a dick. its basically a golf. |