It really does look like a squashed Macan. I seriously don't understand the reasoning behind having both cars in the lineup. They should put all of their engineering efforts into one platform IMO.

 

I think Macan ICE being one of the biggest sellers in Porsche lineup, they cant afford to abandon it yet in case the EV Macan is not well received..
Once Porsches sees numbers that justify they will drop ICE .. In the meanwhile they are hedging!

 

EV doesn't cut the mustard. Far too little reality compared to real world needs.

 

I Agree .. i think we are on the same wavelength….

 

That doesn't fly with the (ridiculous) long term plan to get us out of our freedom machines. After-all there's no charging stations at the trail-head. I don't know about the rest of you, but I plan on driving gas powered vehicles until they catch me.

 

I've been driving an EV for 3 years and nearly 80,000 miles now in Texas and haven't once had an issue.

 

]More spy shots.


https://www.motorauthority.com/news/...tric-spy-shots

 

Oh boy. It is beginning to look like those headlights below the DRL will be in the final version.

 

Looks like they are at least flush under that horrible boy racer fake front

 

It's too early to tell with all the stuff rigged onto the real prototype body. I think there is considerable shape-shifting camouflage that remains to come off.

 

Those wheels too!?! Look like they came off M-class GL,

 

the #1 factor that will determine whether this sells will be its range. I think the magic number has to be 280-300 miles/charge, and not the 220-230 the current Taycans are at now.

I seriously cross-shopped a Taycan 4 CT vs a macan, installed all the EV apps on my phone and installed 14-50 plugs in my garages. everyone in the EV world said that the Taycan EPA range estimates were way under real world mileage.

However, living in the NE and driving to VT 2x/month in the winters would have me stopping at a Walmart in NH for 30 minutes. I visited the Walmart in NH on a Friday night (which would be when I would need recharge) and the memes are true.

Assuming 20-30% loss of range due to cold, going uphill at a reasonable speed (another negative), the cost of 20k more than a macan GTS, I just couldn't pull the trigger.

TL;DR: range is king. I hope it gets there, but my hopes are not up.

 

Do we have an update on when this will be released? Our 2017 Macan (bought in 2016) is getting up to over 130k miles.

 

I will be dragged, kicking and screaming, from my ICE cars into an EV. Kicking and screaming.

 

Doesn't look good to these old eyes, especially the rear. Range will probably be 250 miles at best and a price of 100K plus. No thanks. People rave about the Taycan and for such a huge car, it has very little space inside and is a pain to get in and out of that damn car. Macan EV should be better at least.