PORSCHE MACAN 2015 1.G Information Manual

The Porsche Macan
Life, intensified

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Life, intensified 14
Macan concept 16
Macan design 18
Macan principle 26
Macan Turbo 30
Macan S 34
Macan S Diesel 38
Dynamics 42
Engine 44
Transmission 50
Chassis 52
Instinct 60
Safet y 62
Environment 68
Multitasking 72
C o m f o r t 74
Assistance systems 96
Tra n s p o rt 10 0
Power of imagination 104
Personalisation 106
Porsche Car Configurator 109
Porsche Exclusive 121

Panorama 124

Factory collection 125

Technical data 126
Tyre identification 129

Summary 130

Index 132
Contents
For fuel consumption, CO2 emissions and efficiency class, please refer to pages 126–127.

Are we simply bystanders or do we take the plunge?
Are we driven by obligation or passion?
Do we lean back and relax or do we want to feel the power of acceleration?
No question. That’s why we create sports cars.
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Those who prefer to blaze a trail of
their own don’t need to follow the lead
of others. We’re thinking specifically
about cars known as compact SUVs,
characterised by five doors, five seats,
all-wheel drive – and, of course, a higher
seating position. But aren’t they lacking a
certain something?
Something that adds a lit tle life, lets us
enjoy a more intimate relationship with
the road and delivers intense driving
pleasure. A concept that boasts plent y of
space for hobbies, leisure and sport. But
no room for compromise. Compact,
concentrated and intense, but still
powerful. Practical but never ordinary. until our engineers achieved their
overriding development objective: the
first sports car among compact SUVs.
The Macan – built for an intensive

life in which the thirst for experience
and thrills and spills are ever-present,
and in which new challenges are a
permanent driving force. Built for a life
that refuses to be hemmed in by
conventions and feels all the more
authentic for it. Direct and intimate.
A sports car that gives us what we’re
looking for, even in our everyday life: that
feeling of being alive.
The Porsche Macan. Life, intensified.
It is by these standards that we created
the Macan, and saw it emerge with

three distinct guises. Each one a sports
car. Each one unmistakable in its own
segment. Each one a genuine Porsche –
from design and driving dynamics to
equipment specification. From the ultra
sport y S variant, and from the efficient
marathon runner with diesel engine to
the Turbo – which sets performance
standards in its vehicle class
.
All Macan models were developed, tested
and built in keeping with the Porsche
philosophy. That ’s where we take sport y
st yle and performance from the
racetrack and inject it into everyday
driving. We make it as efficient as
possible – and, of course, just as safe
and comfortable. No efforts were spared
Take the everyday out of every day.

Macan concept.

Macan design18 | Life, intensifiedMacan designLife, intensified | 19
We could etch character in stone.
But we prefer more dynamic forms of expression.
Exterior design.
What makes a Porsche a Porsche? The
fact that it is instantly recognisable, some
would answer. Others might say it ’s the
face that stands out from the crowd.
Our engineers would say that it ’s the
Porsche DNA.
We’re referring to a design language that
has survived and described 65 years of
sports car evolution, whether in the wind
tunnel, on the racetrack, in minds or in
hearts. It gives every Porsche its own
unmistakable character. And our
development of it goes on.
The face alone of the Macan lays bare
the dominant sport y genes of its hereditary
line. The characteristic headlights are
integrated into the bonnet. The large,
imposing air intakes of the front apron are
just waiting to inhale life. Every single
second. The bonnet stretches through to the
wheel arches. This lends the front a
broad and powerful presence and
reminds us of the legendary Porsche 917,
which won countless victories in the
early 1970s – including at 24 Hours of

Le Mans, where it held the distance
record for 39 years.

The side profile is t ypically Porsche.
From this angle, every muscle appears
flexed – like a predator ready to pounce.
The roof line slopes distinctively down
towards the rear, drawing the customary
sports car contour that promises
excellent aerodynamics. Our designers
call it the Porsche flyline.
A visual highlight of the Macan is the
sideblades. Not only do they set a sport y
accent, their design pays homage to the
918 Spyder. They make the proportions
of the doors appear narrower and the
flanks seem much sleeker and sportier.
Sideblades are available with a Lava
Black paint finish, in the exterior colour
of the vehicle or – for a particularly
exclusive statement – in carbon.
In sizes of up to 21 inches, the wheels of
the Macan are equally eye- catching. The
particular Macan model that you see
before you is recognisable by its brake
calipers: silver- coloured on the S variants
and red on the Turbo. Typically Porsche.
Wind tunnel in the Porsche Development Centre, Weissach