AMS Catches Macan In The Buff
You would have to travel far to shoot (bad boy as you are) a Bali tiger. Germany’s Auto, Motor und Sport Magazin did not have to travel further than the Golfanlage Schloss Nippenburg to shoot themselves a Macan. Macan is Indonesian for tiger, better known as the name for Porsche’s upcoming SUVlet.
What AMS found here, only superficially camouflaged, will be available in 2013. The Porsche Macan, built in Leipzig, will use the platform of the Audi Q5/Q4. To keep price and exhilaration down, Porsche will use Audi mills in the Macan. To provide some rationale for the higher price, the Macan motors are said to be beefier than those of its Audi alter ego.
Starting price of the Macan in Germany is expected to be around €40,000 ($51,0000). According to AMS, the Macan „looks like a baby-Cayenne.“
Bertel Schmitt comes back to journalism after taking a 35 year break in advertising and marketing. He ran and owned advertising agencies in Duesseldorf, Germany, and New York City. Volkswagen A.G. was Bertel's most important corporate account. Schmitt's advertising and marketing career touched many corners of the industry with a special focus on automotive products and services. Since 2004, he lives in Japan and China with his wife <a href="http://www.tomokoandbertel.com"> Tomoko </a>. Bertel Schmitt is a founding board member of the <a href="http://www.offshoresuperseries.com"> Offshore Super Series </a>, an American offshore powerboat racing organization. He is co-owner of the racing team Typhoon.
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Porsche is headed for an epic failure, probably by 2016. When will we see their version of a kei car?
This is just far too much money to pay for a compact luxury SUV. Moreover, while it is understandable that these sport brands need volume sellers to survive, Porsche's bloodline is so diluted that it seems to me as plebeian as anything else on the road. The 911 represents only a small segment of its sales when suburban mothers are buying up Cayennes like there's no tomorrow. That said, I'm sure the Stuttguardians will have no trouble finding a large group of dunderheaded, well-to-do individuals willing to part with that much money for a relatively-underwhelming and overpriced vehicle...