2026 Macan GTS EV Drive Reviews (Videos & Articles)

[FHZoelly]

SoH
- State of HEALTH

New feature seen in a MACAN EV GTS Video: Porsche has included info about Battery SoH.
Hope this will be an update for older Macan TVs as well.

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[FINMacan4]

What is that small screen(?) behind the steering wheel on the steering column? Tried to find something on Porsche's site, but didn't find a mention of what the functionality of it is.

 

[PastaSource]

What is that small screen(?) behind the steering wheel on the steering column? Tried to find something on Porsche's site, but didn't find a mention of what the functionality of it is.

driver monitoring, there were some previous messages about it here:

https://www.macanevowners.com/forum/threads/steering-column-bump-up-for-2026-gts.23870/

 

[PastaSource]

WhatCar review

Found this to be a well balanced review, and a decent update to their general Macan EV review, a highlight among recent reviews IMO.

Notably includes a number of comments/context regarding differences between GTS and 4S, PASM vs Air, and differences in ride/handling vs competition (Tesla MY, including MY Performance, and BMW ix3) which is not nearly common enough when reading/seeing reviews, makes the review feel more genuine to me as opposed to just effectively thanking Porsche for inviting them out to drive the car and only having +ve comments (or repeating press-pack blurb and marketing video).

 

[aks]

Found this to be a well balanced review, and a decent update to their general Macan EV review, a highlight among recent reviews IMO.

The updated overview particularly addresses some concerns I have, and indeed, wrt ride quality, I just emailed my local dealer this morning. Ultimately, I will want a test drive, but it seems like the GTS is not available as a tester yet.

"The cheaper versions don't feel especially fast and don't ride or handle as well as the best rivals unless you spend extra on air suspension. The 4S is where things get interesting, because it’s properly quick. Meanwhile, the GTS brings the whole package together and is truly great rather than merely good;"

I had overlooked the GTS when the dealer mentioned it - I just assumed it was going to be too sporty (hard suspension), but now I'm very interested !

 

[PastaSource]

The updated overview particularly addresses some concerns I have, and indeed, wrt ride quality, I just emailed my local dealer this morning. Ultimately, I will want a test drive, but it seems like the GTS is not available as a tester yet.

"The cheaper versions don't feel especially fast and don't ride or handle as well as the best rivals unless you spend extra on air suspension. The 4S is where things get interesting, because it’s properly quick. Meanwhile, the GTS brings the whole package together and is truly great rather than merely good;"

I had overlooked the GTS when the dealer mentioned it - I just assumed it was going to be too sporty (hard suspension), but now I'm very interested !

I spoke to a couple of dealers who suggest they will register demo cars in March, but if I was really keen they could put their GTS demo on trade plates if I wanted to take it out… (I’m happy to wait)… also sounds like many/most OPC’s will have GTS as a demo, many to replace turbo demos they currently have.

 

[Stuart]

well picked mine up last thursday morning, and had a trip for amsterdam to the Black Forest so 1400km done in the car already, all I can say is WOW what a car, its on 22" wheels with bridge stone tyres, very little road noise, but roads in NL & Germany are generally very good, little wind noise, I have standard glass. Ride is firm but doesn't crash and bang. Handling is tight and predictable.

Speed is incredible I really dont think you would notice the slightly lower 0-100 time than the turbo.

 

[Garylaw]

well picked mine up last thursday morning, and had a trip for amsterdam to the Black Forest so 1400km done in the car already, all I can say is WOW what a car, its on 22" wheels with bridge stone tyres, very little road noise, but roads in NL & Germany are generally very good, little wind noise, I have standard glass. Ride is firm but doesn't crash and bang. Handling is tight and predictable.

Speed is incredible I really dont think you would notice the slightly lower 0-100 time than the turbo.

Great!! hows the consumption?

 

[Stuart]

Ok so had the car for 4 days I got the following
Day 1 avg speed 86km/h distance 632km 26.3 kWh/100km
Day 2 avg speed 46km/h distance 49km 24.1 kWh/100km
Day 3 avg speed 49km/h distance 61km 28 kWh/100km
Day 4 avg speed 104km/h distance 628km 30.2 kWh/100km

Day 1 & 4 mostly autobahn day 2 & 3 town and country road driving
and obviously testing acceleration etc etc and having fun

oh and the sport sounds in sport & sport + are very diiferent to the other Macans, cross between space ship and V8 sound

 

[Garylaw]

Ok so had the car for 4 days I got the following
Day 1 avg speed 86km/h distance 632km 26.3 kWh/100km
Day 2 avg speed 46km/h distance 49km 24.1 kWh/100km
Day 3 avg speed 49km/h distance 61km 28 kWh/100km
Day 4 avg speed 104km/h distance 628km 30.2 kWh/100km

Day 1 & 4 mostly autobahn day 2 & 3 town and country road driving
and obviously testing acceleration etc etc and having fun

Yeh i guess its not can bought for its efficiency, that looks like around 200 miles/322 km if driven as it should be. Also i think its generally quite abit colder in Europe at the moment

 

[Stuart]

yes -3 to 5 max wind chill even lower, and spirited driving

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