Porsche is making sure that future buyers know that the upcoming Macan crossover will be totally different from the Audi Q5 on which it is based. Porsche doesn’t want its customers thinking that the new Macan will just be a rebadged Q5. According to Wolfgang Hatz, Porsche’s R&D chief, the Macan is “not a Q5 [...]
When Porsche released the first details of the upcoming compact Macan crossover, it projected first year sales to come in around 45,000. Well, the German automaker is now increasing its initial projection and expects to sell 75,000 units in the first year of production in 2013. POrsche’s procurement chief, Uwe-Karsten Staedter, has reportedly informed suppliers [...]
Later this year, Porsche will take the wraps off its newest model known as the Macan crossover. Slotted to fit below the Porsche Cayenne, the Macan will start production at the company’s Leipzig plant in 2013. Check out more news on the Porsche Macan. However, thanks to the internet and someone’s computer rendering skills we don’t [...]
Porsche is gearing up for the launch of its next important model, officially know as the Porsche Macan. The Porsche Macan will be the brand’s second crossover and will fit under the Cayenne as a competitor to the likes of the Range Rover Evoque. According to new details coming for the UK, the entry-level Porsche [...]
For a while now, we’ve been calling the upcoming fifth model in Porsche’s lineup the ‘Cajun,’ Well, it’s not going to be called that, as Porsche confirmed today. Porsche’s new small SUV model will be called the ‘Macan’ – a name derived from the Indonesian word for tiger and combines suppleness, power, fascination and dynamics – [...]
It has just been confirmed by Porsche that the U.S. is getting two new models, to follow behind the 911 Carrera Cabriolet’s upcoming premier at next week’s 2012 Detroit Auto Show. Already available in Europe, the Cayenne Diesel will be powered by a slightly faster version of the motor found in the TDI variants of [...]
Porsche yesterday broke ground at its production plant in Leipzig, Germany for a $648.9 million expansion. The company is preparing to produce the ‘Cajun’ SUV/Crossover in in late 2013. Wolfgang Porsche, the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Porsche Automotive, and Matthias Muller, Chairman of the Board of Management, were joined by guests from government [...]
In two year’s time the Range Rover Evoque will meet its match in the form of an all new Porsche Cajun, according to recent reports. The new three-door SUV, already in the beginning stages of production, will be based on the Audi Q5, and will be accompanied by a five-door model. Computer design renderings, that [...]
So far we’ve heard a lot about the new upcoming Porsche Cajun compact crossover that will go into production at the company’s Leipzig plant in the Saxony region of Germany. While the Porsche Cajun will be based on the Audi Q5, sources say that it will be hard to tell just how closely related the [...]
The upcoming Porsche Cajun will borrow the platform from the Audi Q5; however, that’s not the only thing Porsche will be borrowing. Insiders suggest the Audi will also provide Porsche with a new V6 twin-turbo diesel unit as part of deepening ties between the two VW Group brands. Sources say that the tie-up is designed to [...]
