Porsche News: New Porsche Macan Driving Us Crazy

[William Maley]

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William Maley

Editor/Reporter - CheersandGears.com

February 16, 2012

The new small Porsche SUV that will go on sale in 2013 has got a name. No, its not Cajun as we have been calling since first hearing about the small SUV. What it will be called is the Porsche Macan (mah•khahn).

Porsche says the name "Macan is derived from the Indonesian word for tiger and combines suppleness, power, fascination and dynamics – core characteristics of this new all-terrain car." Okay..

The Macan will use the Audi Q5's platform and will be built at the Porsche plant in Leipzig, Germany, where the Cayenne is built.

Press Release is on Page 2

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NEW PORSCHE MODEL TO BE NAMED MACAN

• New Porsche sports car in the sports utility segment has been given the name Macan
  
• The Macan will be built at the Porsche factory in Leipzig, Germany
  
• Production due to start in 2013
  

Porsche today confirms the name for its forthcoming new sports car in the SUV segment is Macan. The name Macan is derived from the Indonesian word for tiger and combines suppleness, power, fascination and dynamics – core characteristics of this new all-terrain car.

"The Macan combines all sports car characteristics with the benefits of an SUV and is a genuine Porsche", said Bernhard Maier, Executive Vice President Sales and Marketing of Porsche AG.

"The name of a new Porsche has to fit with the brand, sound good in very many languages and dialects and evoke positive associations."

As a new addition to the Porsche model range, the Macan is a key pillar of the company's Strategy 2018, by which the sports car manufacturer wishes to expand its model portfolio. Porsche intends the Macan to emulate the success of the Cayenne. The new car will start coming off the production lines at the Porsche factory in Leipzig, Saxony, in 2013. The site is currently being expanded into a fully-fledged production plant including body assembly line and paint shop; with 500 million euro of investment, it is one of the biggest building projects in the corporate history of Porsche. In the medium-term, the sports car manufacturer will be creating more than 1,000 new jobs.

Porsche names have an indelible connection with the corresponding model and its characteristics: the name Boxster describes the combination of 'boxer' engine and 'roadster', Cayenne stands for sharpness, the Cayman is snappy and agile and a Panamera is more than a Gran Turismo, capable also of winning the Carrera Panamericana long-distance race.

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[Blake Noble]

It's actually driving us so mad we reported on it not once, but twice! XD

[William Maley]

yeah.. It's driving us so crazy XD

[Blake Noble]

This reminds me of a scene from an old episode of Family Guy ...

It's like that. It's exactly like that.

Edited February 16, 2012 by black-knight

[Intrepidation]

Hah, that road was featured on Top Gear.

[G. David Felt]

My Trailblazer SS woud eat up that road reminds me if it stops raining for a weekend I can wash it and get pictures up of my new addition.

Edited February 16, 2012 by dfelt

[67impss]

+1 for the soccer Moms

[Robert Hall]

Macan, eh? Better than Cajun, I guess....

[regfootball]

i guess if it keeps the price on the Cayman's palatable....