Porsche Macan. Once an honest petrol crossover that smashed the roads with the roar of a six-cylinder, now – BZZZ! – an electric beast that is overtaking its fossil brother in sales this year. And this is not because the petrol engine sucks, but because it was thrown out of sale in the European Union as if it were some outdated floppy disk. Brussels bureaucrats have apparently decided: "Petrol? This is for grandfathers!" Well, the petrol Macan will soon be over in the rest of the world too – it is retiring in 2026. Porsche is already cooking up a new crossover with an internal combustion engine, but this one will have a different name and will keep us waiting until 2028. Until then, electric sweets are flying from Zuffenhausen, and the new Porsche Macan GTS is the sweetest of them all.
Porsche Macan GTS It sits comfortably between the 4S and the Turbo, like the kid in the family who wants all eyes on him. It borrows the Turbo's rear electric motor, which translates to 509 horsepower - or 563 if you press the boost button. launch control and for a moment you feel like you're piloting SpaceX rocket. Torque? A whopping 954 Nm! Enough to keep your head glued to the seat when you You accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 3.6 seconds. Turbo is still half a second faster, but let's be realistic - if you need that half a second, you're either a racer formula E or maybe you just like to throw money out the window.
The GTS comes standard with the Sport Chrono package, Torque Vectoring Plus and air suspension that’s tuned as if the engineers in Zuffenhausen were driving around a racetrack and drinking coffee at the same time. It has the lowest center of gravity of any electric Macan, and if you throw a few more euros on the table, you get rear-wheel steering. The shock absorbers and stabilizers are tuned to the point that the ride is laser-sharp. This is not a car for lazy driving to the store in flip-flops – this is a Porsche that challenges you to show it what you can do on a winding road.
A look that screams “GTS!”
Exterior – Porsche Macan GTS? Black accents, darkened headlights and taillights, as if the car had just escaped from the filming of the new Batman. The standard Sport Design package brings more aggressive bumpers, which will also adorn other Macans from the summer of 2026. The side sills are more muscular, as if the GTS had just done 100 push-ups. A new shade of Lugano Blue joins the color palette alongside Carmine Red and Chalk, and in total you can choose from 15 standard colors or – if you have deep pockets – 60 additional ones through Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur. Wheels? 21-inch ones are standard, but real dudes take 22-inch ones in Anthracite Gray. Because, why not?
Interiors that embrace you – and empty your wallet
Porsche wouldn't be Porsche if it didn't offer you a million ways to spend even more money. The new GTS interior package brings contrasting stitching that matches the body colors - Carmine Red, Slate Gray Neo or Lugano Blue. The GTS logo adorns the steering wheel and instrument panel, but you only get that package if you pay extra for the carbon trim. Because, you know, nothing comes for free with Porsche - except maybe the smell of new leather. The interior is like the cockpit of a spaceship, except it smells of German precision and a little of your future mortgage.
Price? You better sit down – and where did you get those numbers from?
Orders are already being accepted in the US, with pricing starting at around €95,000 (£93,000), as confirmed by Porsche's official sources for the US market and estimated by European automotive media based on current Macan Electric models.
The exact European price has not yet been officially announced, but based on comparisons (e.g. the Macan Turbo costs around €110,000 in Germany) and reports from reliable sources like InsideEVs, Autoblog and Car and Driver, which refer to Porsche's press releases, we expect a starting price of around €95,000-100,000 (excluding VAT and optional equipment). That's just €6,000 ($6,500) less than the 630-horsepower Turbo. For comparison, the old petrol Macan GTS, that six-cylinder beauty from a decade ago, was around €9,200 ($10,000) cheaper. Deliveries start in spring 2026, and if you thought you were getting anything for free for that money, you've clearly forgotten that this is a Porsche.
Conclusion: Electric that breathes Porsche
The new Porsche Macan GTS is like an electric Swiss Army knife – fast, precise and ready to empty your bank account before you can even say “wow”. It combines brutal power, head-turning looks and driving dynamics that Jeremy Clarkson would describe as “like driving on butter, but with a sledgehammer in your hand”. Despite its breathtaking price tag, this is a car that proves that electric doesn’t mean the fun is over.