PROS It's properly fast Hatch-like handling Feels properly special
CONS Tight interior relative to rivals Options can still get expensive Do you really need a GTS?
Porsche updated the Macan's front and rear bumpers and added new wheel designs to the order form for 2022. The interior sports a reworked center console, steering wheel, and shift lever. The base turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder now makes 261 horsepower, and the Macan S inherits the 375-hp twin-turbo 2.9-liter V-6 from last year's GTS. Porsche cut the Turbo from the list but transferred its 434-hp V-6 to the GTS.
PROS Spry handling, eager powertrains, sporty exterior styling.
CONS Standard interior materials don't impress, snug rear seat, most rivals offer more cargo space.
Three electric motors, more power, and electric torque vectoring improve the e-tron S Sportback's handling and agility.
PROS More power, responsive torque vectoring, it'll drift like a sports car.
CONS The regular e-tron weighs nearly 6000 pounds, this may be heavier; plans for the States are still to be determined.
Audi has unveiled the next evolution in its coming electric vehicle offensive, in the form of the 2021 Audi e-tron S. Building on its standard 95kWh e-tron, the S will receive a third electric motor and subsequent performance boost. With that enhancement, the e-tron S offers 320kW and 808Nm in normal driving mode and 370kW and 973Nm when in ‘Boost Mode’. By comparison, the current model e-tron produces 300kW and 664Nm.
