Doug DeMuro reviews the Macan GTS EV

[macangts]

Tl;dr: he has very high praise for the GTS in his driving review. “…driving this car, and I mean this in all sincerity, this car feels like a hot hatch.”

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[Greybeard72]

Excellent review although his harping on how EV's have fallen out of favor is overdone/superfluous and only relevant in the US. I do agree that Porsche is facing hard times but not JUST because of EV's. There are many factors involved including the shifts in China that are hitting ALL non-Chinese car manufacturers... not to mention inflating prices in general (not just with EV's). I do agree with him though that it's a shame more people don't actually try and drive these cars. We'd have many more converts. Especially if you are looking at a high end ICE Macan. There is just no comparison as I keep getting reminded every time the dealer gives me one as a loaner :-(.

FYI: the US has a stable/shrinking population of 1/3 of a billion. The rest of the world (poorer for the most part) has more than 6 Billion. The price of gas in the US is 4-5 dollars a gallon.. it's over 10 dollars a gallon elsewhere .. when it's actually available in quantity. EV's are going to dominate the future modulo any additional breakthroughs at scale in renewable power. I'd rather be designing and building/perfecting EV's for the over 6 billion population than desperately hanging on to the 1950's designing gas hogs for less than 1/3 of a billion. Both Ford and GM know this. They are NOT giving up on EV's .. neither is Rivian and Tesla.

 

[shawn]

Tl;dr: he has very high praise for the GTS in his driving review. “…driving this car, and I mean this in all sincerity, this car feels like a hot hatch.”

I’ve watched a number of his reviews over the years and he definitely seems more enthusiastic and energized about the driving of the GTS than other trims and competitors . that’s good news.

 

[SergeyIndy]

He has moved from quality to quantity. If you watch his 2020 Taycan review, that's a review, but this one, while enthusiastic, lacks substance and he is not even looking up the data like he used to such as weight spec to compare to competitors, so he goes, whatever that is, we know it is an EV and heavy anyway. Also, his brand is quirks and features, and he brought up ZERO new features for 2027 that would be cool to see such as memorizing a parking path and showing see through hood, etc. If you watch his MB G-Wagon review, he spent hours trying to get all the conditions right for the tank move. I get it, he has many other priorities now, but his latest reviews are basically about nothing with only value seeing the car up close in a video.

 

[jason4s]

Excellent review although his harping on how EV's have fallen out of favor is overdone/superfluous and only relevant in the US. I do agree that Porsche is facing hard times but not JUST because of EV's. There are many factors involved including the shifts in China that are hitting ALL non-Chinese car manufacturers... not to mention inflating prices in general (not just with EV's). I do agree with him though that it's a shame more people don't actually try and drive these cars. We'd have many more converts. Especially if you are looking at a high end ICE Macan. There is just no comparison as I keep getting reminded every time the dealer gives me one as a loaner :-(.

FYI: the US has a stable/shrinking population of 1/3 of a billion. The rest of the world (poorer for the most part) has more than 6 Billion. The price of gas in the US is 4-5 dollars a gallon.. it's over 10 dollars a gallon elsewhere .. when it's actually available in quantity. EV's are going to dominate the future modulo any additional breakthroughs at scale in renewable power. I'd rather be designing and building/perfecting EV's for the over 6 billion population than desperately hanging on to the 1950's designing gas hogs for less than 1/3 of a billion. Both Ford and GM know this. They are NOT giving up on EV's .. neither is Rivian and Tesla.

I went into my dealer to purchase an ICE Macan GTS and ended up ordering a 4S after taking that for a spin. The work Porsche's done to the driving dynamics of the Macan EV is magical.

I wish people would get over the unjustified EV hate and just test drive one, especially high performance EVs.

And Doug is right that this is a Macan and not a sacred model like the 911. The EV format is perfect for vehicles like these.

The only ICE vehicles I see myself purchasing in the future would be ones with truly special engines and chassis. The 911 and 718 are obvious choices for loads of fun.

For an everyday do-everything-while-having-fun vehicle it's hard to beat the EV format.

 

[jason4s]

And on another note - I do wish Doug went further into how different the GTS handles versus the Turbo with the updated suspension tuning and lower ground clearance. It's interesting that he gave them the same score for handling.

 

[Stuart]

"I wish people would get over the unjustified EV hate and just test drive one, especially high performance EVs."

Indeed I find it funny how most people drive short distances 90-95% of the time and still want to optimise for 5-10% of their journeys. People don't understand how quick they charge also on long journeys, giving enough time for a quick visit to the gents and coffee.

Went on a short break recently with a friend, proper EV hater, and we took my GTS EV had to stop and charge and whilst doing so had some lunch, came out to a fully charged car and off we went. Over took a line of slow moving traffic and my friend thought we were in an aircraft taking off.

Now he's going to test drive a Macan EV, seems to of slightly changed his mind......

 

[No_Wonk]

And on another note - I do wish Doug went further into how different the GTS handles versus the Turbo with the updated suspension tuning and lower ground clearance. It's interesting that he gave them the same score for handling.

Because it's probably mostly the same other than it being a few mm lower in normal mode.

 

[Awaz]

Out of Spec BITS
Macan GTS

 

[SergeyIndy]

@Awaz, I saw it and waited until someone posts it. Kyle is not improving in his delivery, even the bits are 30min long of mostly useless I talk when I walk with zero research ahead of the filming as they have to guess on things. This is just me as he obviously does a lot of hard work with a lot of views.

If he or his buddy would take any time to do the work then they would show us all the cool new things that have been added for 2026, but again this is just walking and talking as something comes to mind.

 

[shawn]

@Awaz, I saw it and waited until someone posts it. Kyle is not improving in his delivery, even the bits are 30min long of mostly useless I talk when I walk with zero research ahead of the filming as they have to guess on things. This is just me as he obviously does a lot of hard work with a lot of views.

If he or his buddy would take any time to do the work then they would show us all the cool new things that have been added for 2026, but again this is just walking and talking as something comes to mind.

I also noticed this. It may be because he has already reviewed the Macan before and he seemed a little disengaged and as a result made his friend seem pretty uninformed and the review was random and unfocused. I did like the look of the car though

 

[MMR]

Agreed. His initial Macan videos were detailed, comprehensive, and you could tell he was a genuine advocate for the car.

By the time he reviewed the GTS, though, he’d clearly fallen out of love with it. The difference was obvious—the review lacked the depth and insight that made his earlier content so good.

This one feels even more like he’s just turned up, hit record, and gone through the motions, which is a shame because his earlier videos showed he’s capable of producing so much more.

 

[Awaz]

Here Kyle did do a thorough review previously and liked the GTS even better than the earlier models.

https://www.macanevowners.com/forum...ive-reviews-videos-articles.24998/post-373519

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