Porsche Macan S Diesel review, test drive
With mixed sportscar and SUV DNA, this new Porsche is a unique package. Shapur Kotwal is the first to see how well it tackles Indian roads.
Published on Jul 21, 2014 12:30:00 PM
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The centre console, again, is typically Porsche, with a sea of buttons that flanks both sides of the gear lever. All the switches are logically laid out, but I wonder if it’s time for Porsche to clean them up by moving some of the functions into an iDrive or MMI-style rotary controller.
The Macan S Diesel does not fail to impress. The 3.0-litre V6 diesel is so refined in this car that I had to glance at the modest 5200rpm redline on the large rev counter to figure out what diet this car was on. This oil-burning Macan is very un-diesel-like in the way it performs too. There’s no explosive mid-range, but instead, a nice surge that builds up like a tidal wave from as low down as 1,500rpm. Throttle inputs are met with a sharp response and there’s practically no turbo-lag here. Also, the PDK twin-clutch gearbox always manages to keep the engine in the meat of the power band most of the times.
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