turbolite:
Saw my first Macan live, up and close, (walked around it) , an S model im the Swiss Mountains (St Moritz area) yesterday!
Bottom line: nice but very bland. my wife said she'd choose the Evoque over the Macan anytime and i would not blame her! The car is not sleek and sexy. This might be a bit different in the Turbo version, but this S version in silver kind of failed to impress me. It looks relatively small and compact (i parked my X 6 close to it) although we know that the size is still pretty large. We saw a Cayenne turbo a couple of minutes later and it was like day and night! If i had to choose between one and the other i'd always go for the Cayenne! That is a grown ups car, the other one will unfortunately become the housewife's choice (particularly in 4 cylinder disguise), or be the late twenties aspirational car.
I would caution anyone to order it without seeing it live, the pictures dont give the real impression in my opinion. It is not ugly at all but NEVER looks as if it could be worth Sfr 125000 or Eur 100000! For that money i'd always rather get a used Cayenne turbo or GTS. So much more value and authority for the money.
So for us we decided it's a no go.
The whole point of the Macan is to blend in, not to attract too much attention.
Of course you are driving a X6, so you kind of want to attract attention but if your wife likes the Evoque more, I guess she cares about looks more than about everything else. Don't worry, she is in a good place with my wife.
Kidding aside, the Macan is not supposed to attract attention, it is not supposed to be sleek and sexy. This is something Porsche leaves to others, simply because the brand alone would create enough controversy for the owner to put him in "trouble" with other people.
I don't know how the public perception of SUVs is in Switzerland but over here in Germany, oh boy... Porsche would make a huge strategic mistake to make the Macan too flashy and too "obvious".
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RC (Germany) - Rennteam Editor Porsche 991 Turbo S, Cayenne GTS (958), BMW X3 35d (2013)