When Porsche announced a new version of the Macan crossover with a turbocharged four-cylinder engine a couple of years ago, the automaker neither confirmed nor denied that the gas-fed four-pot Macan would be sold in the United States. Certain global markets would receive the entry-level Macan, for sure, and just such a model already is on sale in the U.K. Now, Porsche has officially decided to bring the base Macan to the U.S., and it will debut at the 2016 New York auto show in April.
Before you get too excited, the four-cylinder Macan uses a corporate Volkswagen Group inline four-cylinder engine?not the turbocharged flat-four fitted to the new 718 Boxster sports car. Even so, the turbo four makes 252 horsepower and 273 lb-ft of torque and comes mated to a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic. Until now, the U.S. market’s entry-level Macan has been the S, which is powered by a 340-hp twin-turbocharged V-6, with the (also twin-turbo V-6) 400-hp Macan Turbo topping the range and the extra-sporty Macan GTS recently slotting between those two. Porsche claims the turbo four can motivate the Macan to 142 mph and from zero to 60 mph in 6.1 seconds, respectable figures all around.
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