RETURN OF THE MAC
Porsche bringing along a sublime example of its awe-inspiring 904 Carrera GTS to park alongside the new-for-2020 Macan GTS at the model’s international media launch earlier this year may seem a little incongruous. What, you might wonder, has a dinky little mid-engined sports car from the swinging sixties got to do with this thoroughly modern hunk of high-performance SUV? The badge is the obvious link, but is the marketing connection as tenuous as it might first appear? If any other manufacturer pulled the same stunt, you’d be asking questions, but this is our beloved Porsche, is it not?
Following on from the 1963 904 Carrera GTS was the 1980 924 Carrera GTS, a lightweight version of the 924 Carrera GT, built in limited numbers. And while Porsche cites the 1992 928 GTS as the pioneer of its modern-day GTS recipe, the GTS formula that we now know and love was, arguably, first brought to market in 2007, taking the form of the first Cayenne GTS. It set the template for where we are today, with more power, a firmer chassis, a
