New Macan Unveiled

On July 25th, the new Macan was unveiled at the world premiere held in Shanghai, China. Since its launch in 2014, over 350,000 Macans have been sold worldwide, with an astonishing 100,000 of those sold in the Chinese market alone. Based on this achievement, Porsche has designated China as the “sole standalone market in Asia” and recently opened the Porsche Experience Center in Shanghai, showing their strong promotional focus on the Chinese market.

By the way, the Porsche Experience Center is a theme park-like facility featuring a circuit, exhibition areas, restaurants, and more, and worldwide, there are only six locations: Atlanta, Leipzig, Silverstone, Le Mans, Los Angeles, and Shanghai.

So, Porsche unveiled the new Macan in Shanghai, but this model is offered exclusively for the Chinese market. Other models and markets will be announced later this year. Wow, Porsche’s commitment to the Chinese market is truly impressive!

What’s Changed in the New Macan?

This new Macan has made significant advancements in comfort, connectivity, and driving dynamics, with a sportier and more modern design.

① Exterior

The new Macan comes standard with LED headlights and a new tail light strip. Additionally, the brake lights feature a four-light LED design that illuminates when braking, making it instantly recognizable as a new Porsche from behind. This Macan also reflects the DNA of the 911 sports car and the 918 Spyder. New exterior colors include “Miami Blue,” “Mamba Green Metallic,” “Dolomite Silver Metallic,” and “Crayon”.

② Interior

Like the new Panamera and Cayenne, it features an 11-inch touchscreen panel. It includes intelligent voice control and an online navigation system, allowing use of apps such as “Here Cloud,” which provides traffic restrictions and congestion info for your driving area, and “Offroad Precision App,” which records and analyzes off-road driving experiences. Honestly, modern cars are becoming like giant computers.

③ New Options

New options include a GT sports steering wheel, adaptive cruise control with traffic jam assist (which supports steering with partially automated acceleration and braking at speeds below 60 km/h), and additions to improve interior air quality such as heated front windshields and ionizers.

④ Chassis

Fine-tuning of the chassis as a compact SUV sports car has succeeded in improving comfort while maintaining stability. Like the current model, the Macan’s rear wheels and tires are wider than the front, allowing a rear-biased power distribution that gives a more dynamic impression. Using mixed tires with different front and rear sizes is very rare for an SUV.

Macan Monitor Campaign…

By the way, I applied for the “New Macan Monitor Campaign” held in May, but unfortunately didn’t win. Well, that’s no surprise… I have terrible luck with lotteries, and often the shops I visit are closed or on holiday. My husband even says, “I don’t want to go anywhere with you because places are often closed”, which is quite the situation, haha.

Anyway, once the specifications for the new Macan to be sold in the Japanese market are announced and test drives become available, I definitely want to try it out.

＊Source: A world premiere in Shanghai: Porsche presents the new Macan