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Introduced in 2014 for the 2015 model year, the Porsche Macan quickly became the German brand’s most popular model in Canada, ahead of the larger Cayenne. However, it was time for the compact SUV to get a lifting in an effort to stay up-to-date and boost sales until the next …

PALMA DE MALLORCA, Spain – Twenty years ago, seeing the words SUV and Porsche in the same sentence was unthinkable. The German company was—and still is—renowned for its rear-drive, rear-engine sports cars. Then the Cayenne came along in 2003 and introduced an entirely new customer to the brand. With the …

This week, we’re off to Mallorca to drive the refreshed 2019 Porsche Macan. It has been an extremely popular vehicle for the German manufacturer since its introduction in 2014. How popular you might ask? In Canada, it has outsold every other Porsche model by a considerable margin. The next closest …

CHÉTICAMP, Cape Breton Island – You simply can’t refuse an opportunity to drive a Porsche, especially when someone else is paying for gas and even when it’s one of the brand’s two sport utility vehicles. And even when they aren’t new models. The second-generation Cayenne is already in its seventh …

The Porsche Cayenne’s success is undeniable, and even the brand’s purists have adopted it. In order to gain a bigger market share of the SUV segment and to follow the downsizing trend, Porsche presented the Macan, smaller than the Cayenne. As usual for a Porsche, this little SUV is offered …

Our first drive of the 2017 Porsche Macan took place in Tenerife, Spain. The Macan, which is the Cayenne’s little brother, first hit the market last year and immediately challenged its rivals in the fast-growing compact luxury SUV segment. We all know what a success it’s been already, as its …

It’s a busy week for The Car Guide, as we head over to Europe to test Porsche’s two latest creations. In the case of the 911 Carrera, the automaker is letting us get used to the changes over time, with most of the previous gen’s characteristics being preserved so as …

It was -27 degrees Celsius that morning. We were in the big parking lot of the Estérel Hotel, along the banks of Masson Lake in the Laurentians. The skin on my fingers nearly stuck to the door handle of the three-ton truck that had been parked there since the night …

If I had asked you last year to identify the most affordable member of the Porsche family, you probably would have pointed your finger at the Boxster, the brand's entry-level compact roadster. As logical as that seems, you would have been mistaken - it was actually the Cayenne SUV, albeit …

When Porsche released the Cayenne in 2003, a lot of people thought the German brand’s end was nigh. How wrong they were! Now Porsche is releasing another new model: the Macan, a luxury compact SUV. In Canada, the Macan will initially be offered in two trim levels, the S and …