![]() The seven-speed PDK double-clutch transmission is now designed to deliver extremely short response times, optimum switching points and increased torque during gear changes for maximum acceleration. In Sport Plus mode, this package ensures the chassis, engine and transmission are tuned to sporty effect – accompanied by an even more emotional sound from the sports exhaust system. With the Sport Chrono Package, drivers can ramp up the performance of the Macan Turbo even further. A range of tailored equipment options are available Air suspension with selflevelling function and height adjustment, lowered by ten millimetres, is also available as an option. This system has also been optimally tuned to the body on the vehicle, which has been lowered by 15 millimetres. What’s more, Porsche Active Suspension Management (PASM) is available at the push of a button to deliver an exceptionally sporty position on the road. The discs are gripped by six-piston brake callipers completed with a red paint finish. The front axle features grooved brake discs with a di-ameter of 390 millimetres – 30 millimetres larger than the brake discs fitted on the Macan Turbo without Performance Package. However, it is not just the engine power that is given a boost in the Macan Turbo equipped with the Performance Package – a newly developed brake system, lowered body, controlled sports chassis, Sport Chrono Package and sports exhaust system are all fitted as standard. Depending on the tyres, fuel consump-tion (in line with the NEDC) for the new top-of-the-range Macan model is between 9.4 l/100 km and 9.7 l/100 km. This also increases the tractive force: In Sport Plus mode, the time taken to accelerate from 80 km/h to 120 km/h has dropped to 2.9 seconds (a reduction of 0.2 seconds). The maximum torque has also risen to 600 Nm (an increase of 50 Nm) and is available to the driver across a broad rev range of between 1,500 and 4,500 rpm. The car now accelerates from zero to 100 km/h in just 4.4 seconds (a reduction of 0.4 seconds), and achieves a new top speed of 272 km/h (an increase of 6 km/h). With 30 kW (40 hp) more than the Macan Turbo, this figure places this variant firmly in the top spot in this model line. On a testing road, the stiffer suspension settings create abruptness in their attempt to keep the body tied down.The Macan Turbo now tops off the model line, impressing with enhanced driving properties, increased agility and an even greater emotional appeal. After the performance enhancement, the twin-turbocharged, 3.6-litre V6 engine delivers 324 kW (440 hp combined fuel consumption 9.7–9.4 l/100 km CO 2 emissions 224–217 g/km). A bit of gentle vertical body movement is to be embraced as part of the 911’s idiosyncratic handling repertoire: it lets you gauge how hard the chassis is working. The stiffer suspension adds a smidge of lateral grip and near-limit stability for track use, but leaving the dampers in their softer setting is the way to make them work for you on the road. The heavier handwheel’s worth its place because it filters in just a natch more communication from the front end. Getting out of a standard Carrera S and into the 50th Anniversary Edition, you’ll notice the heavier steering, plus a slightly firmer ride when ‘Sport’ and ‘Sport+’ PASM modes are selected. ![]() ![]() Above 4500rpm the car accelerates as hard as you’re ever likely to want, and it delivers its pace so seductively: always smoothly, building to a 7000rpm crescendo as lingering and velvet-sharp as a chilli-laden Bloody Mary. ![]() So there’s no extra power or performance here - but the Carrera S felt like it needed neither. Match the standard specification on an equivalent non-anniversary 911 and you’ll pay almost £88k for it – not counting the wide body, wheels, or any of the other one-off additions. Metallic paint, dynamic headlights and jazzy ‘SportDesign’ door mirrors are included for no extra cost. It also gets a couple of special paint colours, some reasonably tasteful bits of supplementary body chrome and special interior trims, and a better equipment level than a normal Carrera S too. It gets 20in alloys which reference Porsche’s classic ‘Fuchs’ rim, and re-programmed PASM adaptive suspension to put those wider tracks to good use. The 50th Anniversary Edition is ostensibly a 3.8-litre Carrera S with the wider body normally reserved for the Carrera 4S and Turbo.
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