Marques Brownlee's Auto Focus Macan Turbo review

[jason4s]

Skipped over the review, I like the style I think you are all being too harsh, he's not an automotive journalist, plenty of channels of that kind to follow, for his audience it's fine, at least he picked up a couple of the weaknesses which I agree with 100%:
- grossly overpriced (even for a Porsche, it's my 2nd one)
- not good looking enough (it's obviously no looker (taycan) but also very disappointing compared to a 2014 Macan, very bloated/rounded, not athletic enough)
- zero leg room in the back (a lot less space than a hatchback, yes I measured)
- cheap scratchy piano black (for the price this is a crime)
- no 1 pedal drive (I have on my other German EV and I want it, "real" Porsche owners don't have to switch it on, should be an option
- does not drive like a Porsche (owned Porsche/VW/Audi/etc. for 10+ years, this drives more like the Audi it's based on (this is not true of the Gas Macan/Q5)
- useless passenger screen (cannot comment as do not have it; the only benefit is less of that cheap piano black but way too expensive for that, 1K+)
- Burmester for 5K is daylight robbery, even with how awful the Bose sounds the price for the BM is eye-watering
- probably some more I missed as I just skipped over the video

We can probably agree to disagree on many points here as they are subjective.

- I think the front end of the Macan EV looks significantly better than the Macan ICE. On the other hand I do think the Macan ICE has the better back end.

- Leg room is objectively better than the Macan ICE.

- If Porsche added 1 pedal drive it causes inconsistency in the driving experience depending on whether you have it on or off. And I guarantee people will find another reason to complain about how it doesn't "drive like a Porsche".

- Plenty of Porsche owners and reviewers say that the Macan EV "drives like a Porsche". But this is subjective and I don't discount your experience, people probably just have different expectations of it. I will point out that many people say it drives better than the ICE Macan. And it completely blows away the Q6 in every back-to-back review I've seen.

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[sor]

We can probably agree to disagree on many points here as they are subjective.

- I think the front end of the Macan EV looks significantly better than the Macan ICE. On the other hand I do think the Macan ICE has the better back end.

- Leg room is objectively better than the Macan ICE.

- If Porsche added 1 pedal drive it causes inconsistency in the driving experience depending on whether you have it on or off. And I guarantee people will find another reason to complain about how it doesn't "drive like a Porsche".

- Plenty of Porsche owners and reviewers say that the Macan EV "drives like a Porsche". But this is subjective and I don't discount your experience, people probably just have different expectations of it. I will point out that many people say it drives better than the ICE Macan. And it completely blows away the Q6 in every back-to-back review I've seen.

That’s just it. Without real expertise it is one guy’s opinion on a bunch of subjective things, and many of these I don’t agree with. It’s really kind of meaningless and the lack of understanding on how to charge a non-Tesla is just icing on the cake. That one is not subjective.

The leg room is good for its class and it’s better looking (by far) that the ICE version (and again better looking than any other EV in its class). If I clicked with him and trusted his opinions I’d maybe care more, but I’ve already seen enough over the years.

 

[Petzi]

Someone who reviews gadgets should at least be able to turn on the charging planner to find a fast-charging station. or to look at the map where he could have seen the capabilities of charging around him...
Blaming Porsche for the poor performance of a Tesla charging station is, in any case, a new low.

 

[No_Wonk]

What was he talking about boosting recuperation with a button? is that a thing or he just made that up? I can only toggle recouperation on/off if I add a shortcut to that button.

 

[Somehow]

Stopped watching MB car reviews long time ago and this one prooves they didn't get better over time. Interestingly enough I do kind of like Miles' car reviews on his own channel, but didn't like his part in this review.

 

[Fly4ever]

I was equally confused why he had a problem with the Macan's pricing but didn't seem to have an issue with the significantly more expensive Cayenne.

Most likely because he considers the Macan less of a car and falling behind on value relatively to the Cayenne.

 

[SergeyIndy]

What was he talking about boosting recuperation with a button? is that a thing or he just made that up? I can only toggle recouperation on/off if I add a shortcut to that button.

Macan EV just like Taycan has standard not controlled by the driver intelligent recuperation and you can see it on the power meter when you say going slightly downhill. Then the driver controlled recouperation button can add more, but nowhere close to 1-pedal. I keep mine OFF in the Taycan as it feels just too much and unnatural even though it is a fraction of the standard Tesla, of which I drove may be once about 2 blocks and had to get out and say, hard no to this stick in the mud experience.

Our CEO's exec assistant recently drove her grand kids in a Model X when visiting her kids, and we ended up talking about EVs, and she said the grand kids were getting car sick in the back when she was driving them a little around town. Who can stand this 1-pedal nonsense golf cart mode, not me. Do not get me started on the Model X as I have not seen a single one around town without some parts hanging, panels misaligned, or steering wheel peeling badly..

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