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Old Dec 12, 2024 | 01:06 AM
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Can anyone help identify the Make & Model of this vehicle so I can politely opt out of the neighborhood drama?

There’s speeding drama in my neighborhood. It wasn’t my problem until people started reporting it as a Porsche Macan & I drive the only White Porsche Macan in the neighborhood. The driver has had confrontations with residents, so my neighbors know it isn’t me. However, the mob is convinced it’s a Porsche. When I argue it’s not a Porsche, I’m asked, “If not a Porsche, then what is it”? Am I wrong? Could it be a Macan?









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Dec 12, 2024, 03:49 AM
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Dodge Hornet



Old Dec 12, 2024 | 02:55 AM
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That is not a Macan.
my first thoughts were Maserati Levante or Toyota Venza.

the rear bumper is painted in the photos whereas a Macan’s is black I believe. Front fascia doesn’t match a Macan either.
Rear side windows don’t match a Macan’s


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Old Dec 12, 2024 | 03:49 AM
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Dodge Hornet



Old Dec 12, 2024 | 09:59 AM
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Bingo…..Dodge Hornet….




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Old Dec 12, 2024 | 10:05 AM
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Ah yes, the Dodge Hornet. AKA an Alfa Romeo Tonale with a different front bumper. Total Stellantis junk.
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Originally Posted by CincyRovers
Ah yes, the Dodge Hornet. AKA an Alfa Romeo Tonale with a different front bumper. Total Stellantis junk.
Maserati Grecale too, I think.
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Old Dec 12, 2024 | 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by BMinSFL
Dodge Hornet

Yes! Thank you!
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Old Dec 12, 2024 | 10:22 AM
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[QUOTE=CarGuyNVA;19796068]Bingo…..Dodge Hornet….


Thank you!!
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That's not a Macan front end or the rear window slope https://pictures.porsche.com/rtt/iri...ZYoOaD8JiXvBCN

The rear half windows behind the C pilar slant down, not up (the peak is at the bottom not the top of the window).

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Originally Posted by BMinSFL
Dodge Hornet
Mystery solved. Nice job! I went too exotic. Haha.
I hate HOAs. This was an important one for me.
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Originally Posted by BMinSFL
Maserati Grecale too, I think.
Nope, the Grecale is actually a very good car and based on the Giorgio platform that underpins the Alfa Romeo Giulia and Stelvio. The Giorgio platform is a longitudinal, RWD-based and was designed and developed by the same team of engineers that worked on the Ferrari 458. Fun fact: every Giorgio-based car (apart from the Grand Cherokee, which uses a highly-modified Giorgio platform) have a carbon fiber driveshaft. The Hornet/Tonale is on the FWD-based, transverse Stellantis Small/Wide LWB 4x4 platform that is shared with the Jeep Compass. Two completely different vehicles on two completely different platforms.

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Old Dec 12, 2024 | 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by CincyRovers
Nope, the Grecale is actually a very good car and based on the Giorgio platform that underpins the Alfa Romeo Giulia and Stelvio. The Giorgio platform is a longitudinal, RWD-based and was designed and developed by the same team of engineers that worked on the Ferrari 458. Fun fact: every Giorgio-based car (apart from the Grand Cherokee, which uses a highly-modified Giorgio platform) have a carbon fiber driveshaft. The Hornet/Tonale is on the FWD-based, transverse Stellantis Small/Wide LWB 4x4 platform that is shared with the Jeep Compass. Two completely different vehicles on two completely different platforms.
Good to know. I dont see too many of those but from what I recall, It looked smaller than the Stelvio and more the Tonale/Hornet size, plus they semeed to all be released around the same time. Good looking car (along with the Stelvio) and I can see the RWD vs.FWD platform differences now that you mention it.
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Dodge Hornet final answer. Owner demographic consistent with speeding in residential area.
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Old Dec 12, 2024 | 11:45 PM
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Originally Posted by chassis
Dodge Hornet final answer. Owner demographic consistent with speeding in residential area.
oh man. This comment truly made me chuckle.
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Old Dec 13, 2024 | 11:59 AM
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Off topic, but curious - why can’t I see the photo that the OP posted?
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