In nearly every test we’ve done recently that involved a Porsche car or SUV, we’ve come to realise that adding a GTS badge to the tail moves that variant right to the head of the class, and it seems that rings true with the 2020 Porsche Macan GTS. There’s still a sentiment – despite their rampant success and market demand – that sports carmakers should stick...

When the Porsche Macan appeared in late 2013 it raised almost as many eyebrows as the German sports car maker’s original SUV, the Cayenne, did in 2002. But unlike the big Cayenne, which is now into its third generation, the smaller Porsche Macan is yet to be renewed and has instead just received a midlife makeover, with the facelifted model arriving in Austr...

In the grand scheme of Porsche as a brand, an SUV like the Macan is as controversial as it is inevitable. I mean, we’re talking about a brand with a fan-base which turned its nose up at the entire concept of water cooling, let alone having the Stuttgart crest defiled with a bloated SUV body. The march of time and changing tastes of the world have had their w...

The newish 2019 Porsche Macan range has landed in Aussie showrooms – something of a facelift by conventional car-making definition, yet something else according to the local arm. “It’s more half facelift, half new-generation” is the claim, and of course off goes the spin-doctoring alarm, though in fairness Porsche Australia does have (half) a point. Changes...

TURBO. GT3. RS. These nameplates have earmarked the ultimate Porsche in a model range for decades. But as well as promising otherworldly thrust or nerve-tingling engine revs, these iconic badges have also shadowed the Gran Turismo Sport’s renown. While the first GTS appeared with the Porsche 904 Carrera in 1963, then the front-engine 924 and 928 later on, it...