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SCOOP: This is the New Porsche Macan Compact SUV
No more hiding under the body panels of the Audi Q5 for the Porsche Macan as the Stuttgart automaker's engineers took a completed prototype for a ride in Germany and our spy photographers were on hand to capture it on film. Lifting a page from the 911 prototypes, Porsche's people added some goofy-looking head- and tail lamp covers mimicking the style of the larger Cayenne to confuse us, but the rest of the car matches the teaser sketch released by the company in February during the announcement of the name.
The overall exterior styling is very close to the Cayenne but the Macan is smaller in size and features a swoopier roofline.
The Macan shares its platform architecture with the next Audi Q5, which means its key dimensions will be similar to Ingolstadt's crossover model.
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Scoop: New Porsche Macan And Macan Turbo Compact Suvs With Minimal Camouflage
Porsche is moving at least one-step closer to achieving mainstream manufacturer status with the soon-to-be-released Macan compact SUV, which our spies nabbed in Germany in both regular (first two photos in the gallery below) and Turbo trims wearing very...
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Scoop: New Porsche Macan Nabbed On The Road, Shows Interior
After making its mark on the luxury mid-size crossover segment with two generations of the Cayenne, Porsche is now pointing its guns towards the compact section of the premium segment with the upcoming Macan, a lightly camouflaged prototype of which,...
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Scoop: New Porsche Macan Photographed While Being Unloaded Off A Truck
If there's one model that has the potential to dethrone the Cayenne as Porsche's most commercially successful model, it is the upcoming Macan, which our spies spotted as it was being offloaded from a transport truck in Northern Sweden for artic...
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Scoop: New Porsche Macan Suv Drives Around For The Camera
The next big, or shall we say, smaller thing to come from Porsche is a second crossover model that will be positioned under the Cayenne and with which the German company will fight for sales in the mid-size segment rivaling the likes of the Audi Q5,...
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Porsche Increases First-year Sales Projection Of Macan Compact Suv By Two-thirds To 75,000 Units
Capitalizing on the success of the Cayenne as well as increased demand for smaller SUVs, Porsche is developing a new compact model, which it has already announced that it will be called Macan with sales to start sometime in 2013. The company's initial...
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