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Those who prefer to blaze a trail of their own don’t need to follow the lead of others. We’re thinking specifically about cars known as compact SUVs, characterised by five doors, five seats, all-wheel drive – and, of course, a higher seating position. But aren’t they lacking a certain something? Something that adds a little life, lets us enjoy a more intimate relationship with the road and delivers intense driving pleasure. A concept that boasts plenty of space for hobbies, leisure and sport. But no room for compromise. Compact, concentrated and intense, but still powerful. Practical but never ordinary. until our engineers achieved their overriding development objective: the first sports car among compact SUVs. The Macan – built for an intensive life in which the thirst for experience and thrills and spills are ever-present, and in which new challenges are a permanent driving force. Built for a life that refuses to be hemmed in by conventions and feels all the more authentic for it. Direct and intimate. A sports car that gives us what we’re looking for, even in our everyday life: that feeling of being alive. The Porsche Macan. Life, intensified. It is by these standards that we created the Macan, and saw it emerge with three distinct guises. Each one a sports car. Each one unmistakable in its own segment. Each one a genuine Porsche – from design and driving dynamics to equipment specification. From the ultra sporty S variant, and from the efficient marathon runner with diesel engine to the Turbo – which sets performance standards in its vehicle class. All Macan models were developed, tested and built in keeping with the Porsche philosophy. That’s where we take sporty style and performance from the racetrack and inject it into everyday driving. We make it as efficient as possible – and, of course, just as safe and comfortable. No efforts were spared.

What makes a Porsche a Porsche? The fact that it is instantly recognisable, some would answer. Others might say it’s the face that stands out from the crowd. Our engineers would say that it’s the Porsche DNA. We’re referring to a design language that has survived and described 65 years of sports car evolution, whether in the wind tunnel, on the racetrack, in minds or in hearts. It gives every Porsche its own unmistakable character. And our development of it goes on. The face alone of the Macan lays bare the dominant sporty genes of its hereditary line. The characteristic headlights are integrated into the bonnet. The large, imposing air intakes of the front apron are just waiting to inhale life. Every single second. The bonnet stretches through to the wheel arches. This lends the front a broad and powerful presence and reminds us of the legendary Porsche 917, which won countless victories in the early 1970s – including at 24 Hours of Le Mans, where it held the distance record for 39 years. The side profile is typically Porsche. From this angle, every muscle appears flexed – like a predator ready to pounce. The roof line slopes distinctively down towards the rear, drawing the customary sports car contour that promises excellent aerodynamics. Our designers call it the Porsche flyline. A visual highlight of the Macan is the sideblades. Not only do they set a sporty accent, their design pays homage to the 918 Spyder. They make the proportions of the doors appear narrower and the flanks seem much sleeker and sportier. Sideblades are available with a Lava Black paint finish, in the exterior colour of the vehicle or – for a particularly exclusive statement – in carbon. In sizes of up to 21 inches, the wheels of the Macan are equally eye-catching. The particular Macan model that you see before you is recognisable by its brake calipers: silver-coloured on the S variants and red on the Turbo. Typically Porsche.

At the rear, the classic Porsche sports car design reveals itself: slender at the top, widening into broad shoulders above the rear wheels – a homage to the 911. The styling of the rear hatch gives the rear end a particularly harmonious look. For convenience, the rear hatch on all Macan models is equipped with an automatic powerlift function. The narrow LED taillights have three-dimensional proportions, which gives them an extraordinary appearance of depth – and captures your attention. The overall effect is to make the Macan look low, wide and thus intimate with the road – like any genuine Porsche. After all, a muscle-toned body is meant to be admired from the rear as well as the front. Of course, our engineers took great care to ensure that the interior of the Macan is just as intense with sports car sensations.