The Porsche Macan petrol is now available with a new limited-run special edition. Called the Macan with Design Package, it gets several accessories that set it apart from the standard SUV. The first 30 Macan buyers will be able to avail the Design Package free of cost – at the standard SUV's price of Rs 96.05 lakh. Post this – and for existing owners – the Design Package will be available at a Rs 7.5 lakh premium.
- Porsche Macan with Design Package gets exterior and interior changes
- Accessories include Sports Design Package and Carbon Interior Package
- Costs Rs 7.5 lakh after the first 30 units are sold and for existing Macan owners
Porsche Macan with Design Package features and accessories
Design Package adds Rs 7.5 lakh worth of accessories.
As mentioned above, the Design Package for the Macan adds several exterior and interior accessories to the standard SUV’s features list. The exterior accessories are LED puddle lamps, a new sportier exhaust pipe, coloured hub caps for the alloy wheels, and tinted LED tail-lights, along with the Sports Design Package (about Rs 2.2 lakh); this adds front and rear aprons and side skirts finished in the body colour, and blacked-out ORVMs.
On the inside, the Design Package features a black gear knob and the Carbon Interior Package (Rs 2.2 lakh), which adds a carbon finish to the dashboard and doors.
Porsche Macan with Design Package engine and performance
Same 265hp, 2.0-litre turbo-petrol engine as the standard Macan.
The Design Package does not get any mechanical changes. It shares its 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbo-petrol engine with the standard Macan, which develops 265hp and 400Nm. Porsche claims a 0-100kph time of 6.4 seconds, which reduces to 6.2 seconds with the Sport Chrono Package.
In India, the Porsche Macan continues to be priced higher than rivals like the Audi Q5 (Rs 68 lakh-73.79 lakh), BMW X3 (Rs 75.8 lakh-77.80 lakh), Mercedes-Benz GLC (Rs 78.3 lakh), and the recently launched Volvo XC60 facelift (Rs 71.90 lakh).
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