The T-spec 911 is the best Carrera you can buy, so does the same letter applied to the Porsche Macan also mark out a new range high point?
Its 2-litre four-cylinder single-turbo engine remains unchanged from the base Macan’s, with 261bhp and 295lb ft available to haul 1865kg around with the aid of a seven-speed double-clutch gearbox and four-wheel drive. However, the T does have the Sport Chrono Package as standard, adding drive modes, Sport Response and launch control. Adaptive damping is also standard and the car sits 15mm lower and gains a selection of exterior trim finished in Agate Grey.
So far so good. The less good bit is that, like the regular four-cylinder Macan, the T could be politely described as lacking the performance befitting of a Porsche. Regardless of the drive mode selected the throttle response is a little glacial to say the least, the seven ratios working overtime to shuffle around the power and fill in the torque shortfalls. It is, frankly, a little breathless, and even when up to speed it’s quite slow to respond to any requests for some more get up and go.
It’s incredibly rare for Porsche to drop the ball but the Macan T feels like a model conceived in a creative ideas session by people who haven’t grasped what makes a Porsche a Porsche. After the scintillating brilliance of the, the Macan T feels like an opportunity missed to have some fun with the petrol models before they are replaced with battery-powered equivalents.
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