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| © Porsche After a one-year hiatus, Porsche brings us a Macan Turbo with more power, more speed, and more standard equipment. |
- The Porsche Macan Turbo rejoins the Macan lineup for 2020 after a one-year hiatus.
- It has a new, smaller engine that is up 34 horsepower over the one it replaces.
- Look for the new Macan Turbo to appear in dealerships before the end of 2019, priced starting just under $85,000.
When Porsche lightly updated its Macan crossover last year,
information on the range-topping Turbo model was conspicuously missing.
Turns out, that's because the newest version of the mighty Turbo was
being reserved for the 2020 model year—when it rejoins the base Macan
and the S after a brief hiatus.
Welcome back, Turbo.
As
before, the Turbo is, um, turbocharged—to be fair, so is every other
Macan—but it has swapped its twin-turbocharged 3.6-liter V-6 for a new
twin-turbo 2.9-liter V-6 shared with versions of the larger Cayenne SUV
and the Panamera. The new V-6 makes 434 horsepower, or 34 more than the
old 3.6-liter engine; its output falls just six ponies shy of the 440
horsepower in the outgoing Macan Turbo with the optional Performance
package.
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| © Porsche 2020 Porsche Macan Turbo |
Either way, that's a lot of cheese, and Porsche claims that it's enough
to punt the all-wheel-drive Macan Turbo to 60 mph 0.3 second quicker
than before. That places the regular Turbo at 4.3 seconds, according to
Porsche, and the version equipped with the Sport Chrono package at 4.1.
Per usual, those figures are likely very conservative. A 2015 Macan Turbo we tested hit 60 mph in 4.2 seconds, while the 440-hp Performance package model
(remember, the one with only 6 hp more than this '20 Turbo) did the
deed in 3.7 seconds. We can possibly expect the new Turbo to break into
the 3.0-second space. Oh, and top speed is up 3 mph, for those who care
that their compact luxury crossover can do 167 mph.
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| © Porsche 2020 Porsche Macan Turbo |
Porsche has added quite a lot of standard equipment to the Turbo as
well. The brand's new Surface Coated Brakes (PSCB) are included (the
rotors have a special layer of tungsten carbide that reduces brake
dust), as is a sport exhaust system. An adaptive suspension, 20-inch
wheels, Turbo-specific front bumper, LED headlights, 18-way power sport
seats, Bose audio system, and a faux-suede headliner are all part of the
Turbo mix. (The Turbo also receives the same new full-width taillights
as the 2019 Macan and Macan S.) That almost makes the most powerful,
most expensive Macan (for now) a good value. We say "almost" because the
2020 Macan Turbo starts at $84,950.
