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MACAN 4S configuration - feedback and assessment

Vulkanabi

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Hello everyone,

First of all, thank you very much for joining the forum.

I want to send off my configuration for my MACAN 4S over the coming weekend.
My budget is just under 120k, so I would appreciate your feedback and assessment.
My current question mark is the tinted front and rear lights.
I have removed them from the current configuration and replaced them with the extended leather package.
In your opinion, is the extended leather package worthwhile, or is the standard leather package enough?
Can you even see the differences in the tinting of the front and rear lights?

Enclosed is my current Porsche code:
http://www.porsche-code.com/ESPBIJG7

Many thanks in advance for your feedback and assessment.
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Headlights and Rear Bar already very dark. Minimal visual impact on spending on going in Black. Some option it to get rear bar animation. Worthless options compare to Extended Leather.

Extended Leather is the way to go unless you want all your doors to by vinyl not great for 121k you are willing to spend. Also, I noticed if not Extended Leather the steering wheel air bag module is cheap vinyl as the doors would be.

Bottom of the mirror will be cheap black plastic, consider painting the mirror with this option.

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The light animation is cool, but I’d probably prioritise extended leather as that is what you will spend most of your time looking at. I wish I could have got it in the colour I went with.
 

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i have then both and can assure you if I had to chose between the two, then the extended leather package would win hands down. The lights are cosmetic, the leather package is both cosmetic and very tactile.
 

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Headlights and Rear Bar already very dark. Minimal visual impact on spending on going in Black. Some option it to get rear bar animation. Worthless options compare to Extended Leather.

Extended Leather is the way to go unless you want all your doors to by vinyl not great for 121k you are willing to spend. Also, I noticed if not Extended Leather the steering wheel air bag module is cheap vinyl as the doors would be.

Bottom of the mirror will be cheap black plastic, consider painting the mirror with this option.

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I completely agree with you, but my new 4S with leather package, not full leather came with a leather covered airbag like the Turbo, except without the turbonite badge. I think this may be a 4S thing as compared to the 4 which does not get a leather airbag unless you get full leather. I can comment on my car as well as I have referenced other 4S's at my local dealer with leather package and have confirmed this, but I have not seen a 4S with standard interior.

My wife really wanted the Blackberry interior, and as such missed out on the full leather, but the leather airbag module cover was a nice surprise. The grained hard plastic of the standard airbag cover is really not appealing and brings down the interior if you pay attention to it for sure.

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Ah, the batman build. Very nice! Only critique I have is that I think batman would also choose the black brake calipers along with the black lighting add-ons, but I'm guessing you're not really batman and like the rest of us non-batmans, a little contrast with the red calipers look great as is.
 

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As I have ordered a 4S with 2 tone leather, not extended, I do hope you’re right as the UK configurator specifically mentions the airbag cover in leather in the extended package with no mention in the 2 tone. Of course, may be totally different in the US.
 

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As I have ordered a 4S with 2 tone leather, not extended, I do hope you’re right as the UK configurator specifically mentions the airbag cover in leather in the extended package with no mention in the 2 tone. Of course, may be totally different in the US.

The description detail in the US is the same as you describe, and I have not seen mentioned the leather airbag module on anything other than the full extended leather package for the 4S, but despite this the 4S's at my dealer which all have the leather package (not full extended leather) have the same smooth finish leather covered airbag module as mine and the Turbo. Hoping yours will be the same.

Edit: I will mention that I do have the GT sport wheel optioned and cannot confirm if this is a correlation or not as I did not pay attention at the dealer with respect to this.

I just did some pixel peeping of some pictures of some cars for sale at my local dealer and it seems that even on the 2025 Macan 4 with leather package (not full extended leather) the airbag module is leather covered whereas the 2024 Models had the hard plastic. Seem's like it is possible that this is a 2025 change. Hoping others can confirm this in person.
 
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On the leather, I switched from a Macan GTS with full leather to a 4S with partial (chalk). I bought a car the dealer already had, but if selecting from scratch would certainly do full leather as it does make a big difference. having said that, i think the partial leather interior in the Macan EV is a big step up from partial in the ICE Macan - and i don't mind it at all. mine does also have a leather steering wheel center.
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