My parents have a Macan Turbo. Unbelievable performance for the size of car and drives really well.
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I'd always been against the whole SUV thing. Had a Hyundai Santa Fe, which cornered like a boat, you'd think you'd tip the car going round corners at 30mph.
Anyway, had the chance to test drive a Macan Diesel S for a couple of days and I must say I'm very impressed. When sat inside it's like a 911 but higher up with a better view of the road, it's fast and corners like no other SUV I've driven. I'd say it corners better than my
Seat Ibiza 1.2 TSI FR, obivously not as nimble, but felt less body roll, gripped a lot better and could carry much more speed round. I tried one with the active sports exhaust and must say it sounded quite good (for a diesel - I must add!).
I also had the chance to try out an F-Pace 3.0 and 2.0, and again both handled extremely well (though not as good as the Macan, but much better than other SUVs such as the Evoque).
Anyway, if Seat manage to get some of this sportness across, then they could too be onto a good thing
I appreciate that some people will always say an SUV is s**t because it handles badly, or just bought for fashion. For those, I say, try out a Macan if you ever get the chance and if you still think that, then fair enough.
I've always preferred a sporty looking and handling car as opposed to an SUV, however with my daily commute, I've tried sporty and found that speed bumps and car park ramps have been a royal pain. I was fortunate enough to run an F-Type for a few months, and much as I loved the way it drove, the speed bumps, traffic and roads I drove in general meant that it is was bettered for convenience by an SUV and also a
Seat Ibiza.
In future, I'd be tempted with a
Leon 290, though will have to test it out over the bumps, but if Seat can get the handling right on their SUV, I might actually prefer one of those.
I'll stand aside now and wait to be flamed by the SUV haters for the potential children I could be crushing under the optional bull bars, as opposed to the ones saved by sliding unharmed over the top of an aerodynamic sports car when it hits them at twice the speed.