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- Hey folks, I'm here today
in Nice, France, somewhere,

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not in Nice, but somewhere
in the south of France

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driving the all new Porsche
Macan Turbo Electric.

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They don't call it electric,

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but it is the Macan Turbo
Electric and it is very fast.

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We've got over 630 horsepower.

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I'll put the exact number down here

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'cause I don't have service

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and something like 800 or
something pound feet of torque.

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Again, no service number, down there,

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and the first thing you
notice, like all EVs,

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it's super fast.

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That's not exactly gonna change the world.

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I think zero to 60 in around a
little over 3.1, 3.2 seconds,

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and it definitely feels it.

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And this is Porsche's
first mass-ish market EV.

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It's cheaper than the Taycan
but it's still very expensive.

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There are two models right now,
Macon 4 and the Macon Turbo.

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4 starts at $78,800 without a destination,

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oh, there's another one,

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and the Turbo starts around $105,000.

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Now that's a lot of money when
you compare to the old Macan,

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which started in the low
sixties for a base car.

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But you get a lot more stuff as standard.

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All Macans come with panoramic roof,

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got radar cruise control,

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PASM, all sorts of sporty stuff
to make Macan feel special.

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One big thing here,

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this is the first car
on the new PPE platform,

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it's being developed with Audi.

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So you're gonna start seeing
a lot more cars coming out

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with this platform,
hundred kilowatt battery,

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motor in the rear, classic
electric car stuff.

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Speed wise, it's not
gonna break any records,

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it feels like an EV.

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But does it feel like a Porsche EV?

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And in a lot of ways,

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yes, the steering is super communicative

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for an electric box at least.

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You can't really feel
what the road's doing.

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It's a little vague.

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The thing that throws me off a
little bit with Porsche's EVs

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is that they don't really
employ regen breaking,

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or one pedal driving, I should say.

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Porsche believes it's
more efficient to coast

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rather than to constantly
have you're foot on the gas,

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the accelerator, a little bit.

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So it takes a little getting used to

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if you used to one pedal driving EV,

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there's no way to
activate that in this car,

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you just deal with that.

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The interior, it's
incredibly typical Porsche.

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Everything's like built really well

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and feels very nice to the touch,

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it has a nice quality,

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but there's not that much
of a wow factor with it.

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My one sticking point with
this car is the price.

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It costs a whole bunch of money

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and I'm not sure exactly
where it's meant to compete.

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It's more expensive than all the Teslas

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and it's kind of in line with the Mercedes

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and the Audis and the BMWs,

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but it's definitely sportier
than those cars are.

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So you're paying a lot
for the Porsche brand.

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So you gotta kind of figure out if

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that price premium is worth it to you.

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Now, how many of us are
gonna afford this car anyway?

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But, nice to know in
case you're the one guy

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who's watching Jalopnik
who has a lot of money.

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I know you're out there somewhere,

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but that's kind of it for the Macan Turbo.

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It's a good car,

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it's an expensive car,

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it's an incredibly fast car.

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I don't know if it's gonna
light your soul on fire

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like a internal combustion Porsche will,

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but in terms of a commuter car,

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an everyday car and you want an EV,

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probably can't go wrong with this guy.

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Thank you folks for watching
and I'll see you next time.

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Bye.
(car revving)