I haven't seen a thread for this car.
I reckon will sell like hot cakes in all markets.
I wonder what sort of money it will be here?
And neither is a Porshe Macan😂
At that starting price, and looking that good, they should sell a few hundred of them, anyone know when we should see them there on Irish roads?
Porsche sold 191 Taycans and 180 Cayennes in 2023, so I'm expecting about 300 Macan (that's assuming there's no restrictions on supply here) , I'm guessing but I would expect the new Macan will probably take sales from the Taycan and also the Audi e-torn GT (which only sold 102 in 2023)
They won't sell anything like that number. The Taycan is leading the charge of tanking luxury EV sales, they couldn't be launching a Macan EV at a worse time.
I must admit I like the look of these, I did a configuration with what I'd consider essentials and I ended up with 14K in extras. Hilariously they are charging 328 for a rear wiper!
Porsche is far more of a luxury brand than Tesla/Toyota
Configured for the one I'd order myself and added 13.8k of extras. Most were "required" like rear wiper, towbar. One good thing though is that unlike taycan most of the EV based options like 150kW charging etc seem included as well as AWD.
Quite nice actually.
http://www.porsche-code.com/PR3IUZQ7
I’ve been aiming to keep it under 100k when I build one!
I reckon you can get a decent spec for that with all the “essentials”😁
the Audi q60 etron will have to be 10k cheaper surely to have any hope of success when it arrives?
I think that goes without saying. Can we have one thread where we don’t get the aul “this is better than Tesla” comments. Of course it is. It’s 2.5 times the price of it and nobody will argue otherwise.
I wasn’t saying its going to be on par in with a Tesla Model Y, I just don’t think its good value at 2.5x times the price. I’ve personally daily driven a Cayenne and I really wasn’t all that impressed by it so I don’t see how a Macan would be any different.
On a side note it seems to have a range of 613 kilometres which is very impressive
A quick conversion on UK price to Irish equivalent should have it around 88k in Ireland? They adding a bit extra purely because they reckon then can here?
Took UK price of 69k and converted to Euro. Added extra 3% Vat on (think we are 23 vs 20 in Uk).
Added 7% Vrt.
Funny reading reactions to the base price in various redit forums from US/UK users…price jump is huge for them compared to their ice.
We’re well used to it because of the daylight robbery VRT on any sort of medium/high ice performance models.
Launched by Porsche Finglas (North Dublin) last night.
Looks great, any prices ?
I didn’t see any yet. One or two posters on here may have been at the event so may have some info.
I started a thread on this last October.
Prices and specs have been on the Porsche website for ages. Rear wheel drive model starts about 88k.
I looked on the site but couldn’t see pricing. Completecar states it starts at €92k.
https://configurator.porsche.com/en-IE/model-start/macan
I reckon it will sell well here.
Thanks. No idea why it wouldn’t appear for me. It would just give me the petrol versions. Maybe it’s a sign 😂
It looks bloody fantastic. I can’t wait for it to depreciate so I can afford one 😂😂
I agree it looks great. Much better than the Audi Q6 cousin and very similar price.
Will be interesting to see if residuals are as bad as the Taycan though I doubt they will be. The rear drive with 640km range is plenty fast enough for most people too.
I have heard anecdotally though that Joe Duffy Porsche offer terrible trade in prices and zero discount on new cars so maybe cost to change might favour other brands.
Joe Duffy Porsche can be a bit uptight alright. But if you’re a regular customer they will respect you. I am not. Some cars they won’t even let you order but the EV side of the house is open to all as they “need” to sell them so they can’t be picky!
Audi North Dublin (also Joe Duffy) aren’t much better. Zero interest in trade ins that could be retailed. Preference seems to be to get them all out to the trade and replenish with used stock from the UK. Service department equally hit and miss. More focus on marketing than customer service.
Joe Duffy as a group are one of the worse in the industry. They have progressed from a small family bmw dealership into an accountant owned chain.
The first Mecan EV in Ireland in with Padraic in Flawless Detailing. Looks 😎
https://www.instagram.com/flawlessireland?igsh=MTJnMDU3aXc0MHE4bg==
White wouldn’t be my choice but it’s a tasty machine.
I thought it was more grey….
I wonder will the macan EV have the same steep depreciation curve as the Taycan?
I don’t think it will as it has a more reasonable starting price point and is a suv body style which sought after.
Also, I think they’re relatively under the radar. While the Taycan screams that it’s something unusual, the Macan seems to blend in with its VAG stablemates and other assorted “compact” SUVs. At least that’s my impression. Which I find quite positive. As compelling as I find the current prices on the Taycan, I don’t think I could drive one. I need something that draws little attention.
different target audience
+1
I feel you can drive a Mecan in your local Tesco. But drive a Taycan into your local Tesco and you’d feel like everyone was looking at you IMO.
I'd love an Etron GT and saw a sub 59k one today from an Audi dealer but in all honesty, when the time comes to seriously look at buying one I think I'll feel its too flashy. And the Porsche is worse.
