RE: 2022 Porsche Macan T | PH Review
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Joeogilvie said:
£65k as tested for a 265bhp Macan - bought a new, well optioned StelvioQF a year ago for £67k - yes, the interior isn’t as solid, and the fuel consumption isn’t great, but I’m happy to tolerate both, for all the upsides - just had it’s first service - that was relatively cheap too !
If you're focusing on costs, you need to factor in not only has is cost you £2K more to buy, when you come to sell, you'll probably get a hell of a lot less. I had a 2 litre petrol Turbo from new - did 39k miles in it and was a great motorway / daily car. I fancied something with a Bit more punch so p/x Ed for a 5 year old GTS. Totally different car. Will cruise up and down the motorway with half decent mpg but put your foot down - open the exhaust valves and it feel like a sports car. I just think it is worth looking at a few used GtS cars just to see what you can get for less money - mine was 47k with 2 year Porsche warranty- just my tuppence worth. It is a great motorway car but also scratches the itch for a pokier car - kind of ticks 2 boxes.
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Joeogilvie said:
£65k as tested for a 265bhp Macan - bought a new, well optioned StelvioQF a year ago for £67k - yes, the interior isn’t as solid, and the fuel consumption isn’t great, but I’m happy to tolerate both, for all the upsides - just had it’s first service - that was relatively cheap too !
If you're focusing on costs, you need to factor in not only has is cost you £2K more to buy, when you come to sell, you'll probably get a hell of a lot less. I'd still buy the Alfa though.
Nik Gnashers said:
Perfect car, for the 'one-step-up-the-ladder' secretary who will scream into Tesco's with it, park it across 2 bays, then climb out with her 2" think layer of make up and fake tan to hit some apex's around the isles with her trolley.
So, quite similar to the type of person that couldn't quite stretch to a proper M car then 
Isn't stereotyping fun.
Oakman said:
Reading the spec and general write up, plus others impressions on here.
It sounds cynically like a “run out special” to use up an excess of base level engines and a lot of the kit they’ve got.
All manufacturers do it when a model is nearing end of production.
I think you could be right there - this does seem like a unit shifter…and I don’t mean the driver. Common engine within VAG, ancient chassis, new entry point to hook in more buyers.It sounds cynically like a “run out special” to use up an excess of base level engines and a lot of the kit they’ve got.
All manufacturers do it when a model is nearing end of production.
One of my relatives has one and I was surprised he got the T, it’s in a really nasty spec of doom blue and tiny wheels. Just looks like a blob of a car. (Obviously I didn’t tell him that in person!) He told me he had added what he thought he wanted/needed on the configuration and ended up taking stuff off as it was getting too expensive.
To make matters even worse he’s having some issues with it..
On the plus side it does handle well.
Roger Irrelevant said:
I'd be the same - I'm semi-seriously looking at quick SUVs for my next family car and though Macans are a theoretical possibility the problem is that the new-ish ones I can afford just aren't that quick (but still a bit thirstier than I'd like doing 17k miles per year). This is why I think diesels still make a lot of sense in decent sized SUVs and I'm finding it difficult to look past an X3 M40d (or even a 30d which is still a bit quicker than this, bearing in mind I won't be using it like a sports car).
I've test driven a 30d, fine vehicle, good infotainment, smooth/torquey BMW diesel, good handling and surpringly good ride on non-RF 20s.The deal breaker for me were the seats. Not a patch on the Macan's.
swanseaboydan said:
I do find the seat bolsters on the GTS I have a bit of a pain - I kind of have to clamber over the side and I’m sure it will be knackered in a few years
Well that's a handy post, I've a Macan S on order, and I was concerned about the sports seats as per your post.I'll delete them.
as7920 said:
Porsche guy said:
Well that's a handy post, I've a Macan S on order, and I was concerned about the sports seats as per your post.
I'll delete them.
Worth it though. It took a few miles to get the knack of ingress/egress but not only do they look good they’re very supportive. I'll delete them.
Porsche guy said:
swanseaboydan said:
I do find the seat bolsters on the GTS I have a bit of a pain - I kind of have to clamber over the side and I’m sure it will be knackered in a few years
Well that's a handy post, I've a Macan S on order, and I was concerned about the sports seats as per your post.I'll delete them.
swanseaboydan said:
Let us know how you get on - we’ve been offered one of these days - worth doing ?
It’s free (well included in price of car!) so I guess so!Had heard you didn’t have to drive your own model of car but decided to stick with the T.
Interested to see what their drivers think of it and if some of the options are worth having (I.e. torque vectoring etc).
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