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THE NEW NORMAL

“ THIS IS SIMPLY THE NEW PORSCHE MACAN, AND IT IS NOW AN ELECTRIC CAR”

1 It’s not ‘a’ Porsche Macan, it’s ‘the’ Porsche Macan

This is not a Porsche Macan Electric. It’s not a Porsche Macan EV, or BEV, or E. This is simply the new Porsche Macan, and it is now an electric car. Which is a punchy move by Porsche. It’s all very well putting out a niche, bespoke grenade like the Taycan, but when the Cayenne and Macan are your bread and butter models globally (with the Macan being Porsche’s UK bestseller), going full EV early feels… bold. And yet, there are complications. We’ll get to the details of the rewired Macan in a minute, but first we must address the slightly complicated birth.

2 The old

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