Porsche鈥檚 most popular, and populus, model is back in Singapore with less of a bang, but with the slow, underlying boom of strong historical sales under it. The Macan mid-sized sport utility vehicle (SUV), which has been facelifted, took its bow at the Singapore Motorshow 2018 today. 288,788 without COE respectively. The more powerful and sporty Macan GTS and Macan Turbo will follow later this year. The visual evolution is gradual, at least from the front, but the rear now has a unified LED light segment spanning the entire backside, along with a 3D encased Porsche logo, just like its big brother the Cayenne. A 10.9-inch infotainment display replaces the old 7.0-inch unit, but it鈥檚 also capable of not just displaying clearer graphics, but also voice control and Apple CarPlay integration (optional). The Macan has an improved versions of its previous 2.0-litre engine, while the Macan S adopts the Audi/Porsche/VW 3.0-litre single-turbo V6.
Both have a tad more power, and they both have a seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox, with all-wheel drive. As is typical of Porsche models, they arrive pared-down, spec-wise, and you have to add on (and pay for, obviously) all the goodies yourself. That certainly won鈥檛 be cheap but personalisation is central to the Porsche experience - Porsche itself says more than half of its customers opt for custom touches on their cars . 4,160), especially since the latter adds launch control and driving modes. Like we said, not cheap, but as we know, a fully-loaded Porsche Macan with all the handling goodies is pretty much able to defy the laws of physics you previously thought applied to SUVs. While the facelifted car that appeared at the show probably won鈥檛 be pulling off the same feat, Porsche remains quietly optimistic - primarily because it鈥檚 sold 1,300 Macans here to date. In other words, Porsche could鈥檝e had two very good years here by selling Macans alone.
鈥淭he launch of the Macan in 2014 at the Indoor Stadium was the biggest event we ever held, and while the car isn鈥檛 all-new this year, the stage (at the Motorshow) is arguably a bigger one. So we鈥檙e expecting a very good response to the Macan at the show,鈥?Dr Henrik Drier (pictured below), the general manager for Singapore at Porsche Asia Pacific, told CarBuyer. History seems to back that up: In 2015, following the Macan鈥檚 launch, SUVs made up 74 percent of Porsches sold here, or 436 of 589 units. While December 2018鈥檚 registration figures haven鈥檛 been published, Porsche looks set for another good year - it sold 520 cars in the first 11 months of the year. 2017 was its best year to date here, with 677 units registered, with 57 percent of the cars sold being SUVs (i.e. either Cayenne or Macan). It may sound bizarre, a 鈥榮ports car company鈥?selling mostly soft-roaders. But Porsche sees it differently when it comes to the Macan.
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