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I recently had a loaner Macan 4 with 14-way comfort seats. My wife found it tricky to get out of the car due to the bolsters on the base and height of the vehicle, a real problem for us! However, the dealer had a Macan GTS with 18-way seats in the showroom. My wife did not find the bolsters any...

My BMW does this *if* the key is actually in the boot, i.e. in a jacket. Maybe the Macan sensor for the key is too sensitive?

Presumably, pre-heating whilst the vehicle is still plugged in costs zero miles?

Earlier this week, I had a loaner Macan 4 (with 22" wheels), it averaged 2.4-2.5 miles/kWh, with a lot of higher speed A/M roads, e.g. 60-70mph, plus some stop/start traffic on the A1 for ~20-30 minutes, and a bit of faffing around with the car at car parks and on my drive to learn about the...

I had a loaner this week and wanted to change the default to mi/kWh - found that setting quite quickly actually. I find this easier for my head to compute range, I was seeing ~2.4-2.5 mi/kWh, so total range is approx 250 miles. I could not get on with the kWh/100 miles either! Yes this is my...

I see, similar to the Bose system settings then, I wonder why no EQ? I'm going to have to have a listen to a system, it's an extra £3k over the Bose in the UK.

I've had many BMW's over the past 30 years, and always spec the HK audio system - the odd time I listened to the base systems, I was very disappointed! The Macan EV I recently had for 24h, had a Bose system. Just two tone sliders - Bass and Treble. I could not get this system sound to my...

I had a brand new 2026 model year Macan 4 24h loaner - the average consumption 2.5mi/kWh over 163 miles. Weather is cold, wet and miserable, so aircon and lights on, seats some of the time too. Lots of higher speed roads covered at ~70mph +/-!

I'm expecting this is just a safety net and the misses will get used to the vehicle, vs our current X1 (similar height, more flat seats) and M5 (lower, more sporty seats) - it's the combination of bolsters on the seat base, depth from seat to edge of car, and height. All together, made the exit...

Thanks for all the info everyone, I have now booked a test drive with the dealer, explaining I need to understand this better. He said what has been mentioned here, tap the chassis/suspension setting, set it low. Will see how practical that is in reality, as it seems like a bit of a faff.

I read the manual, and Smart Lift says you select the level, so I read that as I could set a low level at a specific location, i.e. 'Smart Lift' is a bogus term, it should be 'Smart Level'? Am I reading this incorrectly?

I see, would that then lower to the lowest level? (sorry, I have never had a Porsche, so not familiar)

Now the GPS setting to lower would be very helpful, thanks for the info. I'll check that out with the dealer.

Ah yes, I see it now. I missed it earlier! Thanks

Well, Macan sits quite high, and shorter people have to 'slide' off the seat to touch the ground ☺, so lowering would be nice. An X5 with air suspension can be lowered, it drops ~40mm I think, and it makes a bit of difference. Are you saying the Macan with air suspension has no manual control...

I am wondering if it is possible to have the suspension lower automatically for entry/exit, to make it easier to get out particularly (without brushing your legs on the side sills).

Thanks, I looked, I haven't compared the specs to my 'desired' spec, but there certainly seems like a bit of choice for new cars coming, especially 7 GTS and 7 Turbo, only 1 4S! Is it possible to determine the availability date of these, or is that just 'soon' as they are listed?

Thanks, I'll have a look there again.

Are you finding them on the Porsche website, or somewhere else?

Ah yeah, my plan is to go for a proper try, and get an extended test drive and give the comfort seats a good try.